סֵפֶר
siprâ
missive
Strong's H5612NounHebrewTWOT 1540b

סֵפֶר (siprâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning missive. It appears 188 times in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5612).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1540b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1540b)book; writing; bill, evidence, letter, register, scroll
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סִפְרָה noun, feminine: book

Strong's H5612 סֵפֶר: properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV:bill, book, evidence, × learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1540: סָפַר sāpar — count, recount, relate; number, take account of, reckon; rehearse, declare; related, rehearsed; score, inscribe, enumerate, celebrate; commune, penknife, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell, writer

See it in Scripture

Genesis 5:1Exodus 17:14Numbers 5:23

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