סְפָר

«סְפָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: Sephar — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 5611 · BDB: סְפָר²

Glosses

towards (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Sephar tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.loc. in S. Arabia;—only c. ה loc. סְפָ֫רָה Gn 10:30, 𝔊 Σωφηρα; usually indentif. with Ṭ̄afâr (ظَفَار pronounced إِصْفَار, إِسْفَار according to Thes), ancient city of Ḥimyarite kings (Ptol. Σαπφαρ μητσόπολις v. SprengerAlte Geogr. Arabic § 301 et pass.), so Thes Tuch Comm. Gen. 2, 212, but dub. GlaserSkizze ii. 437, ס = צ improb. Diad loc. LagBN 61.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 10:30

וַֽיְהִ֥י מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם מִמֵּשָׁ֑א בֹּאֲכָ֥ה סְפָ֖רָה הַ֥ר הַקֶּֽדֶם׃

Word for word: and it.was place their.dwelling from Mesha going your towards Sephar the.hill.country of the.east

JPS 1917: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.

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