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sāfar סָפַרAto recount, Bsecretary’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root
Variants: סָפַר, סֹפֵר

sāfar Av Bn, m
Av
1) to count, recount, relate
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to count (things)
  1a2) to number, take account of, reckon
 1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
 1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
  1c1) to recount (something), rehearse
  1c2) to talk
  1c3) to count exactly or accurately
 1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related
B1) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
 1a) enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
 1b) learned man, scribe

Mentioned in Genesis 37:10, 37:9, 29:13, 40:8, 41:8, 41:49, 15:5, 16:10, 32:13, 40:9, 41:12, 24:66 Exodus 18:8, 9:16, 10:2, 24:3 Codex Leviticus 15:28, 25:8, 23:15, 15:13, 23:16 Numbers 13:27 Deuteronomy 16:9 Joshua 2:23 Judges 6:13, 7:13, 5:14 1 Samuel 11:5 2 Samuel 8:17, 20:25, 24:10 1 Kings 13:11, 4:3, 8:5, 3:8 2 Kings 8:5, 8:6, 25:19, 22:12, 8:4, 18:18, 18:37, 19:2, 22:8, 22:9, 22:3, 22:10, 12:11 Isaiah 33:18, 36:3, 36:22, 37:2, 52:15, 22:10, 43:26, 43:21 Jeremiah 23:27, 37:20, 36:10, 36:20, 36:21, 36:23, 52:25, 36:32, 8:8, 51:10, 36:12, 23:28, 23:32, 37:15, 33:22, 36:26 Ezekiel 9:2, 44:26, 9:3, 12:16 Hosea 2:1 Joel 1:3 Habakkuk 1:5 Psalms 44:2, 78:3, 88:12, 22:31, 73:28, 22:23, 48:14, 78:4, 78:6, 40:6, 19:2, 2:7, 69:27, 59:13, 50:16, 66:16, 75:2, 73:15, 45:2, 64:6, 145:6, 79:13, 56:9, 9:15, 96:3, 119:26, 22:18, 107:22, 87:6, 139:18, 118:17, 9:2, 71:15, 102:22, 26:7, 119:13, 48:13 Job 12:8, 28:27, 37:20, 31:4, 15:17, 14:16, 38:37, 39:2 Esther 6:13, 3:12, 8:9, 5:11 Ezra 7:6, 7:11, 1:8 Nehemiah 8:13, 8:9, 13:13, 8:4, 12:36, 8:1, 12:26 1 Chronicles 2:55, 24:6, 18:16, 27:32, 21:2, 23:3, 16:24 2 Chronicles 2:16, 34:20, 2:1, 24:11, 34:15, 34:18, 5:6, 26:11, 34:13

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