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)

Pronunciation

edit

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
References
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Noun

edit

סַפָּר (sapárm [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. barber
edit

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) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of סופר

Etymology 4

edit

Noun

edit

סְפָר (sfárm

  1. border, frontier

Anagrams

edit