ספר

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See also: ספֿר

Aramaic

Verb

ספר (transliteration needed)

  1. to shave
  2. to narrate

Hebrew

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Compare Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̄rā, book).

Noun

סֵפֶר (séferm (plural indefinite סְפָרִים, singular construct סֵפֶר־, plural construct סִפְרֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. book
  2. (archaic) a writing
Declension
Derived terms
References

Etymology 2

Noun

סַפָּר (sapárm [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. barber

Etymology 3

Compare Ugaritic 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr /⁠sapara⁠/, to count, number; to recite), 𐎒𐎔𐎗 (spr, number, inventory), 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 (mspr, recitation, story, talk), Ge'ez ሰፈረ (säfärä, to measure), Amharic ሰፈረ (säffärä, to measure, to count).

Verb

סָפַר (safár)

  1. to count
Conjugation

Verb

סִפֵּר (sipér)

  1. defective spelling of סיפר.

Etymology 4

Noun

סְפָר (sfárm

  1. border, frontier

Anagrams