STRONGS H5608:
Abbreviations
סָפַר 107 verb count,
Pi. recount, relate (probably ancient denominative from
סֵפֶר; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Ethiopic
measure Di
404); —
Qal27 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ 2 Samuel 24:10,
2nd person masculine singular סָפַרְתָּה Psalm 56:9,
וְסָפַרְתָּ֫ Leviticus 25:8, etc.;
Imperfect יִסְפֹּר Psalm 87:6 +
Job 38:37 where read probably
יִסְפֹּר (Bu) for MT
יְסַפֵּר,
יִסְפּוֹר Job 31:4,
וַיִּסְפֹּר 2 Chronicles 2:1;
2 Chronicles 2:16, suffix
וַיִּסְפְּרֵם Ezra 1:8;
2nd person masculine singular תִּסְפֹּר Job 39:2,
תִּסְפּוֹר Job 14:16,
תִּסְפָּר־ Deuteronomy 16:9, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
סְפֹר Genesis 15:5; masculine plural
סִפְרוּ 1 Chronicles 21:2;
Psalm 48:13;
Infinitive construct לִסְפֹּר Genesis 15:5 +
2 times;
Participle סֹפֵר Isaiah 33:18 (twice in verse) (see also
סֹפֵר n. below); —
1. count things, to learn their number, with accusative, Genesis 15:5 (twice in verse) (J) 2 Samuel 24:10 + 10 times (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Chronicles 2:16); accusative omitted Genesis 41:49 (E); + ל (dativus commodi [dative of benefit] or ethicus [of interest]), Leviticus 15:13, 28; Leviticus 23:15; Leviticus 25:8 (all PH), Deuteronomy 16:9; Ezekiel 44:26; Ezra 1:8; Psalm 87:6; Isaiah 33:8 (absolute), Isaiah 33:18 (but text suspicious, conjectures in Du CheHpt).
2. number = take account of, carefully observe and consider, reckon: תִּסְפּוֹר צְעָדַי Job 14:16 of my steps thou takest account, so Job 31:4; see also Job 38:37 (compare above); נֹדִי סָפַרַתַּה Psalm 56:9 my wandering hast thou reckoned, taken into account (Che reads סִפַּרְתִּי after ).
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּפֵר Hosea 2:1 +
4 times;
3rd person masculine plural יִסָּֽפְרוּ 1 Kings 8:5;
2 Chronicles 5:6,
וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ 1 Chronicles 23:3; —
be counted, numbered usually with negative, to indicate multitude,
מֵרֹב לֹא יִסּ׳ Genesis 16:10 (J)
it is not to be counted, for multitude, so
Genesis 32:13 (J),
1 Kings 3:8 (||
יִמָּנֶה לֹא),
1 Kings 8:5 (+
id.),
2 Chronicles 5:6 (+
id.); compare
Hosea 2:1 (+
יִמַּד לֹאֿ),
Jeremiah 33:22 (||
לֹא יִמַּד); positively, only
וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ הַלְּוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 23:3.
Pi.67 Perfect 1st person singular סִפַּ֫רְתִּי Psalm 119:26,
סִפַּ֑רְתִּי Psalm 119:13;
3rd person plural סִפְּרוּ Judges 6:13 +
3 times;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְסַפֵּר Job 38:37 +,
1st person singular אֲסַפֵּר Psalm 22:18 +; cohortative
אֲסַפֵּ֑רָה Job 15:7;
1st person plural וַנּסַפֶּר־ Exodus 10:2, etc.;
Imperative סַפֵּר Isaiah 43:26, etc.;
Infinitive construct (לְ)סַפֵּר Psalm 50:16 +
5 times;
Participle מְסַפֵּר Judges 7:13;
2 Kings 8:5; plural
מְסַפְּרִים Psalm 19:2;
Psalm 78:4; —
recount, rehearse, declare:
1. recount something (accusative) to (לְ person) Judges 6:13; Judges 7:13; Genesis 24:66 (J), 1 Samuel 11:5 + 18 times (of rehearsing glorious deeds of י׳ Psalm 44:2; Psalm 73:28; Psalm 78:3; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 79:13); with accusative + בְּ local Ezekiel 12:16, elsewhere of rehearsing name or praise of י׳ Exodus 9:16 (J) Psalm 9:15; Psalm 96:3 = 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 102:22; Jeremiah 51:10; with accusative alone Psalm 9:2; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 119:13 (+ בְּ instrumental), Psalm 145:6 + 8 times Psalms + Isaiah 43:21, all of rehearsing praise of י׳; compare מִסַּפֵּֽר עָֽצְמוּ Psalm 40:6 [Psalm 40:5] they are too great to rehearse with accusative also Jeremiah 23:28, 32; Job 15:17; Job 28:27; Psalm 119:26; accusative omitted Isaiah 43:26, with לְ person Genesis 40:8 (E) + 6 times, with אֶלֿ person Genesis 37:10 (E), with בְּאָזְנֵי Exodus 10:2; with כְּמוֺ (which see) Psalm 73:15; with אֶלֿ concerning Psalm 2:7, compare Psalm 69:27 ( Ew Ol Gr Bi Che Bae add; in that case read יֹסִ֑פוּ); with עַלֿ concerning + לְ person Joel 1:3.
2. apparently, in weakened sense, talk Psalm 59:13; Psalm 64:6 (with ל concerning), Psalm 73:15 (with כְּמוֺ).
3. count exactly, accurately כָּלעַֿצְמוֺתָ֑י אֲסַפֵּר Psalm 22:18 I can count exactly all my bones (in wasted body). — Psalm 40:6 see below 1, Job 38:37 read יִסְפֹּר.
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Pu. be recounted, related, rehearsed: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לְ סֻפַּר Isaiah 52:15;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular לְ יְסֻפַּר Job 37:20 (clause as subject), +
לְ concerning Psalm 22:31; with
בְּ local
Psalm 88:12; absolute
יְסֻפָּ֑ר Habakkuk 1:5.
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סֹפֵר,
סוֺפֵר noun masculinePsalm 45:2 enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (properly participle of
סָפַר; Aramaic
סַפְרָא,
id. compare
doctus, literatus; O Aramaic
ספרא id., Lzb
330 Cook
85; Phoenician
ספר Lzb
330); — absolute
סֹפֵר Judges 5:14 +,
סוֺפֵר 2 Samuel 8:17 +; construct
סֹפֵר 2 Kings 12:11 +
2 times, +
Jeremiah 52:25 (Gie GFM read
הַסּ׳ as ||
2 Kings 25:19); plural
סֹפְרִים 1 Kings 4:3;
Jeremiah 8:8,
סוֺ׳ 1 Chronicles 2:55;
2 Chronicles 34:13; construct
סֹפְרֵי Esther 3:12;
Esther 8:9; —
1.
a. enumerator, muster-officer in description of leaders of Israel משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט ס׳ Judges 5:14.
b. king's official = secretary 2 Samuel 8:17 = 2 Samuel 20:25 = 1 Chronicles 18:16; 2 Kings 18:18, 37 = Isaiah 36:3, 22; Solomon had two 1 Kings 4:3 (in all these distinguished from מַזְכִּיר); also 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2; Jeremiah 36:10, 12, compare לִשְׁכַּת הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20; Jeremiah 36:21, בֵּית הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 37:15, 20; acting as treasurer and paymaster 2 Kings 12:11 2 Chronicles 24:11, — compare Zadok Nehemiah 13:13; — 2 Kings 22:3, 8, 9, 10, 12 2 Chronicles 34:15; 34:18; 34:20; 1 Chronicles 24:6 (Levite); שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַסּ׳ 2 Kings 25:19 = Jeremiah 52:25 (si vera lectio in Kings) implies military authority (but שַׂר הַצּ׳ perhaps gloss GFMJudges 5:14); Ew Sta and others read (as Jeremiah) scribe of general.
c. in Persia, secretaries who wrote out (king's) decrees, according to Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9.
d. 2 Chronicles 26:11 uses ס׳ for muster-officer; 1 Chronicles 2:55 mentions families of סוֺפְרִים; 2 Chronicles 34:13 knows ס׳ as Levites; ס׳ 1 Chronicles 27:32 = man of learning.
2. professional class of learned men, 'scribes' able to read and write Jeremiah 36:26, 32; with writing implements, מָהִיר עֵט ס׳ Psalm 45:2, קֶסֶת הַסּ׳ Ezekiel 9:2, 3, תַּעַר הַסּ׳ Jeremiah 36:23; especially learned in the law, and assuming to issue its precepts, עֵט שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Jeremiah 8:8.
3. specifically of Ezra, at once priest (כֹּהֵן) and learned in the law (סֹפֵר), Ezra 7:11, בְרֵי מִצְוֺת י׳ Di ס׳ Ezra 7:11 [compare Aramaic Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21], מָהִיר בְּתוֺרֵת משֶׁה ס׳ Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1, 4, 9, 13; Nehemiah 12:26, 36.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5613.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
15:5; 15:5; 15:5; 16:10; 24:66; 32:13; 37:10; 40:8; 41:49
Exodus
9:16; 10:2; 10:2
Leviticus
15:13; 15:28; 23:15; 25:8; 25:8
Deuteronomy
16:9; 16:9
Judges
5:14; 5:14; 5:14; 6:13; 6:13; 7:13; 7:13
1 Samuel
11:5
2 Samuel
8:17; 8:17; 20:25; 24:10; 24:10
1 Kings
3:8; 4:3; 4:3; 8:5; 8:5
2 Kings
8:5; 12:11; 12:11; 18:18; 18:37; 19:2; 22:3; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:12; 25:19; 25:19
1 Chronicles
2:55; 2:55; 16:24; 18:16; 21:2; 23:3; 23:3; 24:6; 27:32
2 Chronicles
2:1; 2:16; 2:16; 5:6; 5:6; 24:11; 26:11; 34:13; 34:13; 34:15; 34:18; 34:20
Ezra
1:8; 1:8; 7:6; 7:11; 7:11; 7:12; 7:21
Nehemiah
8:1; 8:4; 8:9; 8:13; 12:26; 12:36; 13:13
Esther
3:12; 3:12; 8:9; 8:9
Job
14:16; 14:16; 15:7; 15:17; 28:27; 31:4; 31:4; 37:20; 38:37; 38:37; 38:37; 38:37; 39:2
Psalms
2:7; 9:2; 9:15; 19:2; 19:2; 22:18; 22:18; 22:31; 40:5; 40:6; 44:2; 45:2; 45:2; 48:13; 50:16; 56:9; 56:9; 59:13; 64:6; 69:27; 73:15; 73:15; 73:28; 78:3; 78:4; 78:4; 79:13; 87:6; 87:6; 88:12; 96:3; 102:22; 119:13; 119:13; 119:26; 119:26; 145:6
Isaiah
33:8; 33:18; 33:18; 36:3; 36:22; 37:2; 43:21; 43:26; 43:26; 52:15
Jeremiah
8:8; 8:8; 23:28; 23:32; 33:22; 36:10; 36:12; 36:12; 36:20; 36:21; 36:23; 36:26; 36:32; 37:15; 37:20; 51:10; 52:25; 52:25
Ezekiel
9:2; 9:3; 12:16; 44:26
Hosea
2:1; 2:1
Joel
1:3
Habakkuk
1:5