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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.