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title: מִסְפָּר — Mizpar. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִסְפָּר (4558), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Mizpar. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִסְפָּר

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

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4558 · **BDB:** מִסְפָּר³

### Glosses

Mispar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mizpar. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4558/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4558/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a returned exile Ezr 2:2 (𝔊 Μαλσαρ, A 𝔊L Μασφσαρ), = מִסְפֶּ֫רֶת Ne 7:7 (𝔊 Μασφεραν, א Μασφαραδ, A Μαασφαραθ, 𝔊L Μασφαρ).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִסְפָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4558/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.2/)

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אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶ֗ל יֵשׁ֡וּעַ נְ֠חֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָ֨ה רְֽעֵלָיָ֜ה מָרְדֳּכַ֥י בִּלְשָׁ֛ן מִסְפָּ֥ר בִּגְוַ֖י רְח֣וּם בַּעֲנָ֑ה מִסְפַּ֕ר אַנְשֵׁ֖י עַ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* who they.came with Zerubbabel Jeshua Nehemiah Seraiah Reelaiah Mordecai Bilshan Mispar Bigvai Rehum Baanah the.number of.the.men of.the.people of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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