Word Study · Strong's H5608 · Hebrew
סָפַר
saphar
saw-far'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çâphar
“properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Rendered in the KJV as
commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
- 159occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 24 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 116inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 159 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 116
- הַסֹּפֵ֔ר10
- הַסֹּפֵ֑ר4
- הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר3
- הַסֹּפֵ֗ר3
- הַסֹּפֵר֙3
- וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר3
- יִסָּפֵ֖ר3
- סִפְּרוּ־3
- אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה2
- הַסּוֹפֵ֜ר2
- הַסּוֹפֵ֔ר2
- הַסֹּפֵ֜ר2
and 104 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 82
- the scribe37
- and he recounted10
- it will be counted5
- [the] scribe of4
- recount4
- to recount4
- and they recounted3
- I will recount3
- they have recounted3
- you will count3
- ¿ will it be recounted2
- [is one who] counted2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 60
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular37
- Hc/Vpw3ms11
- noun · masculine singular6
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular5
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural5
- noun · masculine plural4
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural4
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural4
- HC/Vpu3mp3
- Hc/Vpw3mp3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 37
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 11
- HNcmsa · 6
- HVNi3ms · 5
- HVpc1cs · 5
- HVpi3mp · 5
- HNcmpa · 4
- HR/Vpcc · 4
- HVpp3cp · 4
- HVpv2mp · 4
- HC/Vpu3mp · 3
- Hc/Vpw3mp · 3
All 159, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms37 of 159 · 23%
- Jeremiah17 of 159 · 11%
- Genesis13 of 159 · 8%
- 2 Kings13 of 159 · 8%
- 2 Chronicles10 of 159 · 6%
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Genesis13 occurrences
- Genesis 15:5וּסְפֹר֙useforconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularAnd the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”here: and count
- Genesis 15:5לִסְפֹּ֣רlisporpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”here: to count
- Genesis 16:10יִסָּפֵ֖רyisaferverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThen the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”here: it will be counted
- Genesis 24:66וַיְסַפֵּ֥רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msThen the servant told Isaac all that he had done.here: and he recounted
- Genesis 29:13וַיְסַפֵּ֣רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msWhen Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.here: and he recounted
- Genesis 32:12יִסָּפֵ֖רyisaferverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”here: it will be counted
- Genesis 37:9וַיְסַפֵּ֥רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msThen Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”here: and he recounted
- Genesis 37:10וַיְסַפֵּ֣רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msHe told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”here: and he recounted [it]
- Genesis 40:8סַפְּרוּ־saperu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”here: recount [it]
- Genesis 40:9וַיְסַפֵּ֧רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msSo the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,here: and he recounted
- Genesis 41:8וַיְסַפֵּ֨רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msIn the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.here: and he recounted
- Genesis 41:12וַנְּ֨סַפֶּר־vanesaper-Hc/Vpw1cpNow a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.here: and we recounted
- Genesis 41:49לִסְפֹּ֖רlisporpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.here: to measure [it]
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 9:16סַפֵּ֥רsaperverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.here: to recount
- Exodus 10:2תְּסַפֵּר֩tesaperverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularand that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”here: you may recount
- Exodus 18:8וַיְסַפֵּ֤רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msThen Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.here: and he recounted
- Exodus 24:3וַיְסַפֵּ֤רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msWhen Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”here: and he recounted
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 15:13וְסָ֨פַרvesafarHc/Vqq3msWhen the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.here: and he will count
- Leviticus 15:28וְסָ֥פְרָהvesaferahHc/Vqq3fsWhen a woman is cleansed of her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.here: and she will count
- Leviticus 23:15וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤םusefartemHc/Vqq2mpFrom the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.here: and you will count
- Leviticus 23:16תִּסְפְּר֖וּtisperuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.here: you will count
- Leviticus 25:8וְסָפַרְתָּ֣vesafartaHc/Vqq2msAnd you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.here: and you will count
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 16:9תִּסְפָּר־tispor-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.here: you will count
- Deuteronomy 16:9לִסְפֹּ֔רlisporpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.here: to count
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 5:14סֹפֵֽר׃sofernoun · masculine singularSome came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.here: a muster-officer
- Judges 6:13סִפְּרוּ־siperu-verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”here: they recounted
- Judges 7:13מְסַפֵּ֥רmesaperverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”here: [was] recounting
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:17סוֹפֵֽר׃sofernoun · masculine singularZadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;here: [was] secretary
- 2 Samuel 20:25סֹפֵ֑רsofernoun · masculine singularSheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;here: [was] secretary
- 2 Samuel 24:10סָפַ֣רsafarverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAfter David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”here: he had counted
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 3:8יִסָּפֵ֖רyisaferverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularYour servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.here: it will be counted
- 1 Kings 4:3סֹפְרִ֑יםsoferimnoun · masculine pluralElihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;here: [were] scribes
- 1 Kings 8:5יִסָּפְר֛וּyisaferuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThere, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.here: they were counted
- 1 Kings 13:11וַיְסַפֶּר־vaysaper-Hc/Vpw3msNow a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.here: and he recounted
- 1 Kings 13:11וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּםvaysaperumHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mpNow a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.here: and they recounted them
2 Kings13 occurrences
- 2 Kings 8:4סַפְּרָה־saperah-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heNow the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”here: recount !
- 2 Kings 8:5מְסַפֵּ֣רmesaperverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”here: recounting
- 2 Kings 8:6וַתְּסַפֶּר־vatesaper-Hc/Vpw3fsWhen the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”here: and she recounted
- 2 Kings 12:10סֹפֵ֤רsofernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.here: [the] scribe of
- 2 Kings 18:18הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen they called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 18:37הַסֹּפֵ֜רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 19:2הַסֹּפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amozhere: the scribe
- 2 Kings 22:3הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 22:8הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 22:9הַסֹּפֵר֙hasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.”here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 22:10הַסֹּפֵר֙hasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMoreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 22:12הַסֹּפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:here: the scribe
- 2 Kings 25:19הַסֹּפֵר֙hasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.here: the scribe
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:55סֹפְרִים֙soferimnoun · masculine pluralBethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.here: [the] Sophrites
- 1 Chronicles 16:24סַפְּר֤וּsaperuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluralDeclare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.here: recount
- 1 Chronicles 18:16סוֹפֵֽר׃sofernoun · masculine singularZadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;here: [was the] scribe
- 1 Chronicles 21:2סִפְרוּ֙sifruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”here: count
- 1 Chronicles 23:3וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙vaiyisaferuHc/VNw3mpThe Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.here: and they were counted
- 1 Chronicles 24:6הַסּוֹפֵ֜רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.here: the scribe
- 1 Chronicles 27:32וְסוֹפֵ֖רvesoferconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularDavid’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.here: and a scribe
2 Chronicles10 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:2וַיִּסְפֹּ֨רvaiyisporHc/Vqw3msSo he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: and he counted
- 2 Chronicles 2:17וַיִּסְפֹּ֣רvaiyisporHc/Vqw3msSolomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.here: and he counted
- 2 Chronicles 2:17סְפָרָ֖םsefaramverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSolomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.here: he had counted them
- 2 Chronicles 5:6יִסָּפְר֛וּyisaferuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThere, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.here: they were counted
- 2 Chronicles 24:11סוֹפֵ֤רsofernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.here: [the] scribe of
- 2 Chronicles 26:11הַסּוֹפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularUzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.here: the scribe
- 2 Chronicles 34:13סוֹפְרִ֥יםsofrimnoun · masculine pluralwere over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.here: [were] scribes
- 2 Chronicles 34:15הַסּוֹפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.here: the scribe
- 2 Chronicles 34:18הַסּוֹפֵר֙hasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMoreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.here: the scribe
- 2 Chronicles 34:20הַסּוֹפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:here: the scribe
Ezra4 occurrences
- Ezra 1:8וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙vaiyisperemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpCyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.here: and he counted out them
- Ezra 7:6סֹפֵ֤רsofernoun · masculine singularthis Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.here: [was] a scribe
- Ezra 7:11הַסֹּפֵ֑רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:here: the scribe
- Ezra 7:11סֹפֵ֞רsoferverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:here: [the] scribe of
Nehemiah7 occurrences
- Nehemiah 8:1הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 8:4הַסֹּפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularEzra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 8:9הַסֹּפֵ֡רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 8:13הַסֹּפֵ֑רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 12:26הַסּוֹפֵֽר׃ פhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 12:36הַסּוֹפֵ֖רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.here: the scribe
- Nehemiah 13:13הַסּוֹפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.here: the scribe
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 5:11וַיְסַפֵּ֨רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msHaman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.here: and he recounted
- Esther 6:13וַיְסַפֵּ֨רvaysaperHc/Vpw3msHaman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: and he recounted
Job8 occurrences
- Job 12:8וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvisaperuHC/Vpu3mpOr speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.here: and they may recount
- Job 14:16תִּסְפּ֑וֹרtisporverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularFor then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.here: you will count
- Job 15:17וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃vaasaperahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularListen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,here: and I will recount
- Job 28:27וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּvaysaperahHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fsthen He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.here: and he recounted it
- Job 31:4יִסְפּֽוֹר׃yisporverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularDoes He not see my ways and count my every step?here: does he count?
- Job 37:20הַֽיְסֻפַּר־haysupar-question particle + verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularShould He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?here: ¿ will it be recounted
- Job 38:37יְסַפֵּ֣רyesaperverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWho has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavenshere: will he count
- Job 39:2תִּסְפֹּ֣רtisporverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularCan you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?here: will you count?
Psalms37 occurrences
- Psalms 2:7אֲסַפְּרָ֗הʾasaperahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularI will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.here: I will recount
- Psalms 9:1אֲ֝סַפְּרָ֗הʾasaperahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularI will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.here: I will recount
- Psalms 9:14אֲסַפְּרָ֗הʾasaperahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularthat I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.here: I may recount
- Psalms 19:1מְֽסַפְּרִ֥יםmesaperimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.here: [are] recounting
- Psalms 22:17אֲסַפֵּ֥רʾasaperverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.here: I count
- Psalms 22:22אֲסַפְּרָ֣הʾasaperahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularI will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.here: I will recount
- Psalms 22:30יְסֻפַּ֖רyesuparverb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularPosterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.here: it will be recounted
- Psalms 26:7וּ֝לְסַפֵּ֗רulesaperconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.here: and to recount
- Psalms 40:5מִסַּפֵּֽר׃misaperpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.here: for recounting
- Psalms 44:1סִפְּרוּ־siperu-verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWe have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.here: they have recounted
- Psalms 45:1סוֹפֵ֬רsofernoun · masculine singularMy heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.here: a scribe
- Psalms 48:12סִ֝פְר֗וּsifruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralMarch around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,here: count
- Psalms 48:13תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּtesaperuverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluralconsider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.here: you may recount [it]
- Psalms 50:16לְסַפֵּ֣רlesaperpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?here: to recount
- Psalms 56:8סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫הsafartahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?here: you have taken account of
- Psalms 59:12יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃yesaperuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralBy the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.here: [which] they speak
- Psalms 64:5יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּyesaperuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.here: they speak
- Psalms 66:16וַ֭אֲסַפְּרָהvaasaperahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularCome and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.here: so let me recount
- Psalms 69:26יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃yesaperuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralFor they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.here: they have recounted
- Psalms 71:15יְסַפֵּ֬רyesaperverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularMy mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.here: it will recount
- Psalms 73:15אֲסַפְּרָ֥הʾasaperahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singularIf I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.here: I will speak
- Psalms 73:28לְ֝סַפֵּ֗רlesaperpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.here: to recount
- Psalms 75:1סִ֝פְּר֗וּsiperuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWe give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.here: people recount
- Psalms 78:3סִפְּרוּ־siperu-verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralthat we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.here: they have recounted
- Psalms 78:4מְֽ֭סַפְּרִיםmesaperimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralWe will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.here: recounting
- Psalms 78:6וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvisaperuHC/Vpu3mpthat the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own childrenhere: and may they recount [them]
- Psalms 79:13נְ֝סַפֵּ֗רnesaperverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralThen we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.here: we will recount
- Psalms 87:6יִ֭סְפֹּרyisporverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selahhere: he will count
- Psalms 88:11הַיְסֻפַּ֣רhaysuparquestion particle + verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularCan Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?here: ¿ will it be recounted
- Psalms 96:3סַפְּר֣וּsaperuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluralDeclare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.here: recount
- Psalms 102:21לְסַפֵּ֣רlesaperpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,here: to recount
- Psalms 107:22וִֽיסַפְּר֖וּvisaperuHC/Vpu3mpLet them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.here: and let them recount
- Psalms 118:17וַ֝אֲסַפֵּ֗רvaasaperHC/Vpu1csI will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.here: and I may recount
- Psalms 119:13סִפַּ֑רְתִּיsipartiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularWith my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.here: I recount
- Psalms 119:26סִ֭פַּרְתִּיsipartiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.here: I recounted
- Psalms 139:18אֶ֭סְפְּרֵםʾesperemverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIf I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.here: I will count them
- Psalms 145:6אֲסַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃ʾasapperenahverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThey will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.here: I will recount it
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 22:10סְפַרְתֶּ֑םsefartemverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.here: you counted
- Isaiah 33:18סֹפֵר֙soferverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”here: [is one who] counted
- Isaiah 33:18סֹפֵ֥רsoferverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”here: [is one who] counted
- Isaiah 36:3הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.here: the scribe
- Isaiah 36:22הַסּוֹפֵ֜רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.here: the scribe
- Isaiah 37:2הַסּוֹפֵ֗רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amozhere: the scribe
- Isaiah 43:21יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃ סyesaperuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.here: they will recount
- Isaiah 43:26סַפֵּ֥רsaperverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singularRemind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.here: recount
- Isaiah 52:15סֻפַּ֤רsuparverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularso He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.here: it had been recounted
Jeremiah17 occurrences
- Jeremiah 8:8סֹפְרִֽים׃soferimnoun · masculine pluralHow can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?here: scribes
- Jeremiah 23:27יְסַפְּר֖וּyesaperuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.here: they recount
- Jeremiah 23:28יְסַפֵּ֣רyesaperverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularLet the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.here: let him recount
- Jeremiah 23:32וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙vaysaperumHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.here: and they have recounted them
- Jeremiah 33:22יִסָּפֵר֙yisaferverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAs the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”here: it will be counted
- Jeremiah 36:10הַסֹּפֵ֜רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFrom the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:12הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularhe went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:12הַסֹּפֵ֡רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularhe went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:20הַסֹּפֵ֑רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:21הַסֹּפֵ֑רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:23הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:26הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularInstead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 36:32הַסֹּפֵר֒hasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 37:15הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 37:20הַסֹּפֵ֔רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”here: the scribe
- Jeremiah 51:10וּנְסַפְּרָ֣הunesaperahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”here: so let us recount
- Jeremiah 52:25סֹפֵר֙sofernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.here: [the] scribe of
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 9:2הַסֹּפֵ֖רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.here: the scribe
- Ezekiel 9:3הַסֹּפֵ֖רhasoferthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.here: the scribe
- Ezekiel 12:16יְסַפְּר֜וּyesaperuverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluralBut I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”here: they may recount
- Ezekiel 44:26יִסְפְּרוּ־yisperu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluraland after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.here: people will count