safar

«safar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A Hebrew root meaning "to count", also linked to telling… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A Hebrew root meaning "to count", also linked to telling and writing. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah plays on this root: sefirot ("countings"), sefer ("book") and sippur ("story") all come from it. It teaches that God made the world with numbers, letters and speech.

examples

• The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account'). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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