סָפַר

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H5608

Transliteration: çâphar

Pronunciation: saw-far'

Definition: commune

Original: ספר

Transliteration: sâphar

Phonetic: saw-far'

BDB Definition:

to count, recount, relate (verb)
1. (Qal)
  1. to count (things)
  2. to number, take account of, reckon
2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
  1. to recount (something), rehearse
  2. to talk
  3. to count exactly or accurately
4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (noun masculine)
1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
2. learned man, scribe

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1540,1540c