סָפַר 107 verb count, 
Pi. recount, relate (probably ancient denominative from 
סֵפֶר; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Ethiopic 
 measure
 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); — 
    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: 
    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.
 
† 
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. 
† 
סֹפֵר, 
סוֺפֵר noun masculinePsalm 45:2 enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe (properly participle of 
סָפַר; Aramaic 
סַפְרָא, 
 id.
 id. compare 
 doctus, literatus
 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 GFM
Judges 5:14); Ew Sta and others read (as Jeremiah) 
scribe of general.
 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H5613.
														
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