ספר

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See also: ספֿר

Aramaic

Verb

ספר (transliteration needed)

  1. to shave
  2. to narrate

Hebrew

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

סֵפֶר (séferm (plural indefinite סְפָרִים, singular construct סֵפֶר־, plural construct סִפְרֵי־)

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

Noun

סַפָּר (sapárm

  1. barber

Etymology 3

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

סָפַר (safár)

  1. to count
Conjugation

Verb

סִפֵּר (sipér)

  1. defective spelling of סיפר.

Verb

סֻפַּר (supár) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of סופר

Etymology 4

Noun

סְפָר (sfárm

  1. border, frontier

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