Etymology?:
from sāfar סָפַר ‘to recount / secretary’
Roots:
ספר
mispār n, m
1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep)
1b) recounting, relation
Mentioned in Genesis 41:49, 34:30 Exodus 16:16, 23:26 Codex Leviticus 25:15, 25:16, 25:50 Numbers 1:2, 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 15:12, 23:10, 29:18, 29:21, 29:24, 29:27, 29:30, 29:33, 29:37, 3:40, 26:53, 3:22, 3:28, 3:34, 3:43, 31:36, 14:34, 9:20, 14:29 Deuteronomy 32:8, 33:6, 25:2, 4:27 Joshua 4:5, 4:8 Judges 6:5, 7:12, 7:6, 7:15, 21:23 1 Samuel 6:18, 6:4, 27:7 2 Samuel 21:20, 24:9, 2:15, 24:2, 2:11 1 Kings 18:31 Isaiah 40:26, 21:17, 10:19 Jeremiah 2:28, 2:32, 46:23, 11:13, 44:28 Ezekiel 4:9, 12:16, 4:5, 4:4, 5:3 Hosea 2:1 Joel 1:6 Psalms 147:5, 40:13, 104:25, 105:34, 105:12, 147:4 Job 21:33, 1:5, 25:3, 38:21, 21:21, 5:9, 9:10, 3:6, 36:26, 14:5, 16:22, 15:20, 31:37 Song of Songs 6:8 Ecclesiastes 2:3, 6:12, 5:17 Esther 9:11 Daniel 9:2 Ezra 1:9, 2:2, 3:4, 8:34 Nehemiah 7:7 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7:40, 23:24, 27:1, 25:7, 11:11, 23:27, 22:4, 22:16, 21:5, 25:1, 12:24, 21:2, 23:3, 27:23, 9:28, 27:24, 16:19, 23:31 2 Chronicles 26:12, 29:32, 12:3, 35:7, 26:11