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סְפַר

«סְפַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: book — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: lemma:סְפַר · BDB: סְפַר

Glosses

the.book (2); books (1); of (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

book tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. book tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 7:10 book (v. BH סֵ֫פֶד);—cstr. ס׳ דָּכְרָנַיָּא Ezr 4:15(×2), ס׳ משֶׁה 6:18; pl. abs. סִפְרִין Dn 7:10 books (of records, v. Dr); emph. בֵּית סִפְדַיָּא Ezr 6:1 house of records.

Jastrow 1903

סְפַר ²: sea-district tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

constr. סְפַר, same; ס׳ יַמָּא sea-district. Targ. O. Gen. XLIX, 13 (h. text חֹף); a. fr.—Pl. סַפְרַיָּא, constr. סַפְרֵי. Targ. Y. ib.—[Targ. Y. Lev. XIII, 45 ספריא, some ed., v. סָפְדָּא.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סְפַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezra 6:1

בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

Word for word: then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures [were].deposited there in Babylon

JPS 1917: Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

Ezra 6:18

וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ כָהֲנַיָּ֜א בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן וְלֵוָיֵא֙ בְּמַחְלְקָ֣תְה֔וֹן עַל־עֲבִידַ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם כִּכְתָ֖ב סְפַ֥ר מֹשֶֽׁה׃פ

Word for word: and they.appointed the priests in divisions their and the Levites in classes their over the.service of.(the) God which [is].in Jerusalem according to.the.writing of.the.book of.Moses

JPS 1917: And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

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