H5612. sepher

סֵ֫פֶר‎₁₈₅ noun masculine^{Isaiah 29:11} missive, document, writing, book (probably ancient loan-word from Assyrian šipru, missive, message Dl^{HWB 683}, Tel Amarna šipru, šipirtu, id. Wkl^{TA Gloss}; √ šâpâru, send, send message or letter Dl^{HWB 683}, Wkl^{l.c., whence} also sâpiru, writer, and (perhaps) ruler, šapirûtu, rule; see Hom^{Aufsätze (1892), 34} Buhl^{Lex 13}; perhaps compare Arabic go forth to journey, II. send on a journey Lane¹³⁷⁰; Late Hebrew סֵפֶר‎ = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic סִיפְרָא‎ ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schw^{Idioticon 64}; Arabic ); — ׳ס‎ absolute 2 Samuel 11:14 +; construct Exodus 24:7 +; suffix סִפְרִי‎ 32:33, סִפְרְךָ‎ 32:33; Psalm 139:16; plural סְפָרִים‎ 1 Kings 21:8 +; —

1 missive:

a. letter of instruction, written order, commission, or request, usually from king, 2 Samuel 11:14-15, 1 Kings 21:8 (twice in verse); 21:9, 11; 2 Kings 5:5-6, (twice in verse); 5:7; 10:1-2, 6, 7; 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14 compare 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; = written decree for publication Esther 1:22; 3:13; 8:5; 9:20, 25, 30 ( = אִגֶּרֶת‎ 9:25; 9:29, see above), compare הָרֶכֶשׁ רֹכְבֵי בַּסּוּסִים הָרָצִים בְּיִד סְפָרִים וַיִּשְׁלַח‎ 8:10. — [ס ׳כָּתַב‎ 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 10:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 32:17; בַּסּ ׳כָּתַב‎ (of specific contents) 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:9, 11; ׳אֶתהַֿסּ קָרָא‎ 2 Kings 5:7 read the letter]. —

b. from prophet Jeremiah 29:1, other influential persons 29:25; 29:29 .

2 legal document, ׳ס כְּרִיתֻת‎ certificate of divorce Deuteronomy 24:1, 3and (figurative) Jeremiah 3:8; Isaiah 50:1; ׳ס הַמִּקְנָה‎ deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11-12, (strike out article), 32:12; 32:14; 32:16, compare ׳בַּסּ‎ 32:10, הַסְּפָרִים‎ 32:14 (si vera lectio; strike out ᵐ5‎ Gie compare Gf), סֵפֶר‎ 32:16b; 32:44; ׳ס‎ = indictment Job 31:35 (object of כָּתַב‎; בְּ ׳כָּתַב‎ = sign Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 44).

3 book, or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use Exodus 17:14 (E), Joshua 18:9 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:25; Isaiah 30:8; Job 19:23 +; in form of roll, compare הַשָּׁמַיִם כַּסֵּפֶר וְנָגֹ֫לוּ‎ Isaiah 34:4, ׳הַסּ הֶחָתוּם‎ 29:11-12, (see Jeremiah 36, etc., below); particular:

a. book of prophecies Jeremiah 25:13; 30:2 6t. Jeremiah 36; Daniel 12:4; ׳ס נַחוּם חֲזוֺן‎ Nahum 1:1; י ׳סֵפֶר‎ Isaiah 34:4; so סֵפֶר מְגִלַּת‎ Jeremiah 36:2, 4 (= מְגִלָּה‎ 36:6 6t.; with many columns, דְּלָתוֺת‎ 36:23), Ezekiel 2:9, compare Psalm 40:8.

b. geneal. register, תּוֺלְדוֺת ׳ס‎ Genesis 5:1 (P), ׳ס הַיַּ֫חַשׂ‎ Nehemiah 7:5.

c. law-book, ׳ס הַבְּרִית‎ Exodus 24:7 (E), 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30; 2 Kings 23:21; ׳ס הַתּוֺרָה‎ Deuteronomy 28:61; 29:20; 30:10; 31:26; Joshua 1:8; 8:34 (all D), 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Kings 22:11; Nehemiah 8:3; ׳ס אֱלֹהִים תּוֺרַת‎ Joshua 24:26 (E), Nehemiah 8:8 (reading ׳ס תּוֺרַת‎, so ᵐ5‎, compare Talmud^Nedarim37b), 8:18; 9:3; ׳ס י ׳תּוֺרַת‎2 Chronicles 17:9; 34:14; ׳ס משֶׁה תּוֺרַת‎ Joshua 8:31; 23:6 (both D), 2 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 8:1; ׳ס משֶׁה‎2 Chronicles 25:4; 35:12; Nehemiah 13:1.

d. book of poems, ׳ס י ׳מִלְחֲמֹת‎ Numbers 21:14 (JE), ׳ס הַיָּשָׁר‎ Joshua 10:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 1:18.

e. book concerned with kings, ׳ס שְׁלֹמֹה דֵּבְרֵי‎ 1 Kings 11:41, and especially ׳ס וגו לְמַלְכֵי הַיָּמִים ׳דּבְרֵי‎ 14:19, 29 31t. Kings (18 t. of Israel, 15 t. of Judah), compare Esther 10:2 (of Media and Persia); also דָּוִיד ׳ס לַמֶּלֶךְ הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 27:24 (reading ׳ס‎ for ᵐ5 מִסְמָּד,‎ Kit^Hpt); ׳ס וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִיהוּדָה הַמְּלָכִים‎2 Chronicles 16:11; וְיִשׁ ׳יְהוּדָה ׳ס מַלְכֵי‎25:26; 28:26; 32:32; ׳ס ׳מ ׳יִשׂ וִיהוּדָה‎27:7; 35:27; 36:8; ׳ס ׳מ ׳יִשׂ‎ 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 20:34; ס מִדְרַשׁ ׳הָמְּלָכִים‎24:27; also ׳ס הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי‎ Nehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; ׳ס הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת‎ 6:1.

f. once בַּסְּפָרִים‎ Daniel 9:2 by means of the Scriptures (canonical books) compare Ew Meinh Bev Marti^Kau.

g. God's record-book, Psalm 139:16, ׳ס זִכָּרוֺן‎ Malachi 3:16; God's register of living, Exodus 32:32-33, (E), ׳ס חַיִּים‎ Psalm 69:29; ׳הַסּ‎ Daniel 12:1 (citizens of Messianic kingdom).

4 ׳ס‎ = book-learning, especially writing: סֵּפֶר (הַ) יָדַע‎ Isaiah 29:11-12, (twice in verse) (of abilityto read); so כַּשְׂדִּים וּלְשׁוֺן סֵפֶר לְלַמְּדָם‎ Daniel 1:4 to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans (on construction see Ges^{§ 128a}); more Generally בְּכָלסֿ ׳הַשְׂכִּיל וְחָכְמָה‎ 1:17. — [סֵפֶר‎ book is joined with verbs thus: it is written (יִכָּפֶב‎) Malachi 3:16; a thing is written ׳בַּסּ‎ Exodus 17:14 20t., ׳עַלסֿ‎ 2 Samuel 1:18 50t. ( + Jeremiah 36:32; בַדְּיוֺ‎ with ink 36:18), ׳אֶלסֿ‎ 30:2; 51:60; conversely ס מֵעַל ׳דָּרַשׁ‎ Isaiah 34:16, ס מֵעַל ׳שָׁמַע‎ Jeremiah 36:11; see also ׳בַּסּ וְיֻחָ֑קוּ‎ Job 19:23 inscribe in a book, ׳עָלסֿ חֻקָּהּ‎ Isaiah 30:8 ("" עַללֿוּחַ כָּתְבָהּ‎); מִסּ ׳מָחָה‎ blot out of a book Exodus 32:32-33, Psalm 69:29; אֶתהַֿסּ ׳קָרָא‎ Jeremiah 51:63 read the book, scroll, but usually בְס ׳קָרָא‎ 36:8, 10, 13; Nehemiah 8:8; 8:18; 9:3; 13:1]. — ׳ס‎ in ס ׳קִרְיַת‎, see ׳ק‎

[סִפְרָה‎] noun feminine book; — suffix בְּסִפְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֲלאֹ‎ Psalm 56:9 (compare סֵפֶר‎ 3g); strike out as gloss Bi Che Hup-Now Du. — compare also [סְפֹרָה‎] below