See also: ספֿר

Aramaic edit

Verb edit

ספר (transliteration needed)

  1. to shave
  2. to narrate

Hebrew edit

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

Noun edit

סַפָּר (sapárm [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. barber
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Etymology 3 edit

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 edit

סָפַר (safár)

  1. to count
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

סִפֵּר (sipér)

  1. defective spelling of סיפר.

Verb edit

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

  1. defective spelling of סופר

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

סְפָר (sfárm

  1. border, frontier

Anagrams edit