ספר

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See also: ספֿר

Aramaic

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Verb

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ספר (transliteration needed)

  1. to shave
  2. to narrate

Hebrew

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Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)

Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Likely borrowed from Akkadian 𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum, message, report). Compare Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̄rā, book) and Arabic سِفْر (sifr, book).

Noun

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סֵפֶר (séferm (plural indefinite סְפָרִים, singular construct סֵפֶר־, plural construct סִפְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. book
  2. (archaic) a writing
    Synonyms: כְּתִיבָה (ktivá), כְּתָב (katáv)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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סַפָּר (sapárm [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. barber
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Etymology 3

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Compare Ugaritic 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr /⁠sapara⁠/, to count, number; to recite), 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr, number, inventory), 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 (mspr, recitation, story, talk), Ge'ez ሰፈረ (säfärä, to measure), Amharic ሰፈረ (säffärä, to measure, to count).

Verb

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סָפַר (safár)

  1. to count
Conjugation
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Verb

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סִפֵּר (sipér)

  1. defective spelling of סיפר.

Verb

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סֻפַּר (supár) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of סופר

Etymology 4

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Noun

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סְפָר (sfárm

  1. border, frontier

Anagrams

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