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sēfer סֵ֫פֶרAscroll, 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

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