sēfer סֵ֫פֶר ‘Ascroll, Bbook’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from sāfar סָפַר ‘to recount / secretary’
Roots:
ספר
Variants: סֵ֫פֶר, סִפְרָה
sēfer An, m Bn, f
A1) missive, document, writing, book
1a) missive
1a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
1b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
1c) book, scroll
1c1) book of prophecies
1c2) genealogical register
1c3) law-book
1c4) book (of poems)
1c5) book (of kings)
1c6) books of the canon, scripture
1c7) record book (of God)
1d) book-learning, writing
1d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know')
B1) book
Mentioned in Genesis 5:1 Exodus 17:14, 24:7, 32:32, 32:33 Numbers 5:23, 21:14 Deuteronomy 29:19, 24:3, 24:1, 30:10, 29:20, 28:58, 31:26, 29:26, 28:61, 17:18, 31:24 Joshua 8:31, 24:26, 10:13, 1:8, 8:34, 18:9, 23:6 1 Samuel 10:25 2 Samuel 11:14, 11:15, 1:18 1 Kings 15:7, 21:8, 22:39, 21:11, 16:14, 21:9, 15:23, 11:41, 14:19, 14:29, 15:31, 16:5, 16:20, 16:27, 22:46 2 Kings 14:6, 22:13, 10:2, 10:6, 23:24, 23:2, 10:1, 16:19, 1:18, 23:3, 5:7, 10:7, 5:5, 5:6, 20:12, 22:8, 22:16, 23:21, 21:25, 13:12, 14:15, 14:18, 22:10, 8:23, 10:34, 12:20, 13:8, 14:28, 15:6, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 20:20, 21:17, 23:28, 24:5, 19:14, 22:11, 15:11 Isaiah 50:1, 34:16, 30:8, 29:11, 39:1, 29:12, 29:18, 37:14, 34:4 Jeremiah 51:63, 3:8, 29:29, 36:10, 36:13, 51:60, 32:16, 36:32, 29:1, 29:25, 30:2, 32:12, 36:2, 36:4, 36:18, 45:1, 32:14, 25:13, 32:44, 36:8, 32:11, 36:11, 32:10 Ezekiel 2:9 Nahum 1:1 Malachi 3:16 Psalms 40:8, 139:16, 69:29, 56:9 Job 31:35, 19:23 Ecclesiastes 12:12 Esther 3:13, 8:5, 8:10, 9:20, 9:30, 1:22, 9:32, 6:1, 9:25, 10:2, 2:23 Daniel 9:2, 1:4, 1:17, 12:1, 12:4 Nehemiah 12:23, 8:3, 13:1, 8:1, 8:18, 7:5, 8:8, 9:3, 8:5 1 Chronicles 9:1 2 Chronicles 25:4, 34:21, 35:12, 34:30, 34:31, 16:11, 20:34, 25:26, 28:26, 35:27, 34:15, 34:16, 34:24, 24:27, 32:17, 32:32, 34:18, 36:8, 34:14, 27:7, 17:9