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title: סְפֹרֹות — Sophereth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְפֹרֹות (5615), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Sophereth. BDB 1906: n.f. number. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְפֹרֹות

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«סְפֹרֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sophereth** — 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:** 5615 · **BDB:** סְפֹרָה

### Glosses

numbers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sophereth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5615/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. number [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5615/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. number;—pl. abs. לֹא יָדַעְתִּי סְפֹרוֹת ψ 71:15 I know not (the) numbers (of י׳’s acts of righteousness and deliverance, i.e. they are innumerable; cf. 𝔗 Symm.); \> Du (after 𝔊 Bab א 𝔖 𝔙) reads סְפָרוֹת (cf. סִפְרָה supr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְפֹרֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5615/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.15/)

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פִּ֤י ׀ יְסַפֵּ֬ר צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ כָּל־הַיּ֥וֹם תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹ֖א יָדַ֣עְתִּי סְפֹרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* mouth my it.will.recount righteousness your all the day salvation your (dm) not I.know numbers

*JPS 1917:* My mouth shall tell of Thy righteousness, and of Thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

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