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title: סְפָר — enumeration · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְפָר (5610), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: enumeration. BDB 1906: enumeration, census. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְפָר

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«סְפָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enumeration** — 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:** 5610 · **BDB:** סְפָר

### Glosses

census (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enumeration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5610/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

enumeration, census [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5610/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] enumeration, census (late; on format. cf. LagBN 175);—abs. ס׳, sq. אֲשֶׁר as acc. cogn. with סָפַר 2 Ch 2:16.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְפָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5610/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.2.16/)

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וַיִּסְפֹּ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הַגֵּירִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֣י הַסְּפָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְפָרָ֖ם דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וַיִּמָּצְא֗וּ מֵאָ֤ה וַחֲמִשִּׁים֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.counted Solomon all the people the sojourners who \[were\].in the.land of.Israel after the census which he had.counted.them David father his and they.were.found one.hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand(s) and six hundred(s)

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

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