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Hebrew
Etymology 1
The noun is an extension of the participle.
Noun
סוֹפֵר • (sofér) m (plural indefinite סוֹפְרִים)
- Writer, author, scribe.
Tanach, Jeremiah 8:8:אֵיכָ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ חֲכָמִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וְתוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑נוּ אָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר עָשָׂ֔ה עֵ֖ט שֶׁ֥קֶר סֹפְרִֽים׃- Eikhá tomrú: ḥakhamím anáḥnu v-torát Adonái itánu? Akhén hinéh la-shéqer asá et, shéqer sofrím.
- How do ye say: ‘We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us’? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 28a:אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחַ מִקְרָא וּמִשְׁנָה גְּמָרָא הֲלָכוֹת וְאַגָּדוֹת דִּקְדּוּקֵי תּוֹרָה וְדִקְִדּוּקֵי סוֹפְרִים קַלִּים וַחֲמוֹרִים וּגְזֵרוֹת שָׁווֹת תְּקוּפוֹת וְגִימַטְרִיָּאוֹת שִׂיחַת מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת וְשִׂיחַת שֵׁדִים וְשִׂיחַת דְּקָלִים מַשְׁלוֹת כֻּבְסִין מַשְׁלוֹת שׁוּעָלִים דָּבָר גָּדוֹל וְדָבָר קָטָן- Amrú aláv al Rabbán Yoḥanán ben Zakái she-lo hiníaḥ miqrá u-mishná, g'mará, halakhót v-agadót, diqduqéi Toráh v-diqduqéi sofrím, qalím va-ḥamorím u-gzerót shavót, t'qufót v-gemaṭriya'ót, siḥát mal'akhei ha-sharet v-siḥat shedim v-siḥat d'qalím, mashlót kuvsín, mashlót shu'alím, davár gadól, davár qaṭán.
- They said of Rabban Yochanan son of Zakkai that he did not neglect Bible, Mishnah, Gemara, legal works and folktales, minutiae of the Torah, minutiae of the scribes, a fortiori inferences and verbal analogies, seasons, numerology, the conversation of the ministering angels, and the conversation of demons and the conversation of palm trees, parables of launderers, parables of foxes, great things or small things.
Verb
סוֹפֵר • (sofér)
- Masculine singular present participle and present tense of סָפַר (safár).
Verb
סופר / סֻפַּר • (supár) (pu'al construction)
- (of a story) To be told, to be recounted.
- הסיפור שמעולם לא סופר ― hasipúr sheme'olám ló supár ― the untold story
Conjugation
References
- "סופר" in the Verb Conjugation Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
Etymology 2
From English super.
Adjective
סוּפֶּר • (súper)
- Super, great.
Adverb
סוּפֶּר • (súper)
- Super, very.
- אינטרנט סופר־מהיר ― ínternet súper-mahír ― super-fast Internet
Noun
סוּפֶּר • (súper) m
- supermarket
References
- “סופר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language