The meaning of “סָפַר”
Understanding çâphar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer. -...
סָפַר
commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer. - properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate - intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate v 1) to count, recount, relate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count (things) 1a2) to number, take account of, reckon 1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered 1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare 1c1) to recount (something), rehearse 1c2) to talk 1c3) to count exactly or accurately 1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related n m 2) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe 2a) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary 2b) learned man, scribe
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 37:10 | “And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?” Word: סָפַר (çâphar) | |
| Deuteronomy 16:9 | “Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.” Word: סָפַר (çâphar) | |
| 2 Samuel 20:25 | “And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:” Word: סָפַר (çâphar) | |
| 2 Chronicles 26:11 | “Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.” Word: סָפַר (çâphar) | |
| Job 31:4 | “Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?” Word: סָפַר (çâphar) |
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