ספר

See also: ספֿר

Aramaic

Verb

ספר • (transliteration needed)

  1. to shave
  2. to narrate

Hebrew

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)

Alternative forms

  • 𐤎𐤐𐤓 (spr) (Paleo-Hebrew script)

Etymology 1

Likely borrowed from Akkadian 𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum, “message, report”). Compare Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̄rā, “book”).

Noun

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

  1. book
  2. (archaic) a writing
Declension
Derived terms
References

Noun

סַפָּר • (sapár) m [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. barber
  • הסתפר

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

  1. defective spelling of סופר

Noun

סְפָר • (sfár) m

  1. border, frontier

Anagrams

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