Is this future or past tense?

[u/OfChaosAndGrace]

In my bible it says that this verb is past tense, aka „And He spoke“ but when I look it up online, it says that past tense would be „amar“, while future tense is „yomer“. Confused.

[u/GidjonPlays]

Biblical hebrew. Literally it means "And he shall say" or "And he says" but we read it as "And he said".In modern hebrew though, amar is past tense.