ne.um marks a pronouncement as belonging to the speaker named with it, most often the LORD.

The attested use is an attribution of a pronouncement to its named speaker, overwhelmingly in declarations identified as the LORD’s. It can introduce or close statements of judgment, promise, observation, or command; Ezekiel also shows the expression being falsely claimed by speakers whom the LORD says he did not send.

1. Speaker-attributed declaration · dominant

   The common masculine singular construct form identifies a statement as the pronouncement of the speaker named with it. In Amos 3:15 the APB renders the judgment on houses of ivory ending “declares the LORD,” while in Ezekiel 12:25 it frames the LORD’s spoken word as one that will be carried out. Ezekiel 13:6 and Ezekiel 13:7 show the same attribution being claimed by false speakers: the APB renders “Utterance of the LORD,” though the LORD says that he had not spoken.

   Amos 3:15Ezekiel 12:25Ezekiel 13:6Ezekiel 13:72 Samuel 23:1Amos 9:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB most often presents the attribution with “declares the LORD” or “declares the Lord GOD,” and in several clauses uses “utterance of.” These renderings show the verse-level attribution rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.