The meaning of “מִסְפָּר”
Understanding miçpâr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time...
מִסְפָּר
[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time. - a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable - small, a few) - also (abstractly) narration 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 41:49 | “And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.” Word: מִסְפָּר (miçpâr) | |
| Joshua 4:8 | “And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.” Word: מִסְפָּר (miçpâr) | |
| 1 Chronicles 23:3 | “Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.” Word: מִסְפָּר (miçpâr) | |
| Job 16:22 | “When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. ” Word: מִסְפָּר (miçpâr) | |
| Jeremiah 11:13 | “For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.” Word: מִסְפָּר (miçpâr) |
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