סָפִר
Used: 6 times · Key: lemma:סָפִר · BDB: סָפַר
Glosses
the (4); the.scribe (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
secretary tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. secretary, scribe tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. secretary, scribe (𝔗 Syriac; BH סֹפֵר);—emph. סָֽפְרָא the secretary, Persian official, Ezr 4:8, 9, 17, 23; cstr. סָפַר the scribe 7:12, 21, of Ezra as learned in God’s law.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «סָפִר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖א כְּנֵֽמָא׃
Word for word: Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe they.wrote a.letter one concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as.follows
JPS 1917: Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —
אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א דִּֽי־אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛א גְּמִ֖יר וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃
Word for word: Artaxerxes the.king of.(the) kings to Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens perfect and now
JPS 1917: 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth.
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