סֵ֫פֶר 185 noun masculineIsaiah 29:11 missive, document, writing, book (probably ancient loan-word from Assyrian
šipru,
missive,
message Dl
HWB 683, Tel Amarna
šipru, šipirtu,
id. Wkl
TA Gloss; √
šâpâru, send, send message or letter Dl
HWB 683, Wkl
l.c., whence also
sâpiru, writer, and (perhaps)
ruler, šapirûtu, rule; see Hom
Aufsätze (1892), 34 Buhl
Lex 13; perhaps compare Arabic
go forth to journey, II.
send on a journey Lane
1370; Late Hebrew
סֵפֶר = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic
סִיפְרָא 
; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic

Schw
Idioticon 64; Arabic

); —
ס׳ absolute
2 Samuel 11:14 +; construct
Exodus 24:7 +; suffix
סִפְרִי Exodus 32:33,
סִפְרְךָ Exodus 32:33;
Psalm 139:16; plural
סְפָרִים 1 Kings 21:8 +; —
† 1. missive:
a. letter of instruction,
written order, commission, or
request, usually from king,
2 Samuel 11:14,
15;
1 Kings 21:8 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 21:9,
11;
2 Kings 5:5,
6 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 5:7;
2 Kings 10:1,
2,
6,
7;
2 Kings 19:14 =
Isaiah 37:14 compare
2 Chronicles 32:17;
2 Kings 20:12 =
Isaiah 39:1; =
written decree for publication
Esther 1:22;
Esther 3:13;
Esther 8:5;
Esther 9:20,
25,
30 (=
אִגֶּרֶת Esther 9:25;
Esther 9:29, see above), compare
וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים בְּיִד הָרָצִים בַּסּוּסִים רֹכְבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ Esther 8:10. — [
כָּתַב ס׳ 2 Samuel 11:15;
1 Kings 21:8;
2 Kings 10:1,
6;
2 Chronicles 32:17;
כָּתַב בַּסּ׳ (of specific contents)
2 Samuel 11:15;
1 Kings 21:9,
11;
קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ 2 Kings 5:7 read the letter]. —
f. once
בַּסְּפָרִים Daniel 9:2 by means of the Scriptures (canonical books) compare Ew Meinh Bev Marti
Kau.
4. ס׳ =
book-learning, especially
writing: יָדַע (הַ) סֵּפֶר Isaiah 29:11,
12 (twice in verse) (of abilityto read); so
לְלַמְּדָם סֵפֶר וּלְשׁוֺן כַּשְׂדִּים Daniel 1:4 to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans (on construction see Ges
§ 128 a); more generally
וְחָכְמָה הַשְׂכִּיל בְּכָלסֿ׳ Daniel 1:17. — [
סֵפֶר book is joined with verbs thus: it is written (
יִכָּפֶב)
Malachi 3:16; a thing is written
בַּסּ׳ Exodus 17:14 +
20 times,
עַלסֿ׳ 2 Samuel 1:18 +
50 times (+
Jeremiah 36:32;
בַדְּיוֺ with ink Jeremiah 36:18),
אֶלסֿ׳ Jeremiah 30:2;
Jeremiah 51:60; conversely
דָּרַשׁ מֵעַל ס׳ Isaiah 34:16,
שָׁמַע מֵעַל ס׳ Jeremiah 36:11; see also
וְיֻחָ֑קוּ בַּסּ׳ Job 19:23 inscribe in a book,
חֻקָּהּ עָלסֿ׳ Isaiah 30:8 (||
כָּתְבָהּ עַללֿוּחַ);
מָחָה מִסּ׳ blot out of a book Exodus 32:32,
33;
Psalm 69:29;
קָרָא אֶתהַֿסּ׳ Jeremiah 51:63 read the book, scroll, but usually †
קָרָא בְס׳ Jeremiah 36:8,
10,
13;
Nehemiah 8:8;
Nehemiah 8:18;
Nehemiah 9:3;
Nehemiah 13:1]. —
ס׳ in
קִרְיַת ס׳, see
ק׳
† [
סִפְרָה]
noun feminine book; — suffix
הֲלאֹ בְּסִפְרָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 56:9 (compare
סֵפֶר 3g); strike out as gloss Bi Che Hup-Now Du. — compare also
H5615 [
סְפֹרָה]
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5609.
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