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title: סֹפֶרֶת — Sophereth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹפֶרֶת (5618), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Sophereth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹפֶרֶת

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«סֹפֶרֶת» 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:** 5618 · **BDB:** סֹפֶ֫רֶת

### Glosses

of.Sophereth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sophereth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5618/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5618/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in בְּנֵי־הַסּ׳ Ezr 2:55 a family of returned exiles (𝔊 Ασεφηραθ, A Ασεφοραθ, 𝔊L Ασωφερεθ) = בְּנֵי־ס׳ Ne 7:57 (𝔊 Σαφαραθ(ι), 𝔊L Ασοφερεθ).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹפֶרֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5618/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.57/)

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בְּנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּנֵי־סוֹטַ֥י בְּנֵי־סוֹפֶ֖רֶת בְּנֵ֥י פְרִידָֽא׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.the.servants of.Solomon the.descendants of.Sotai the.descendants of.Sophereth the.descendants of.Perida

*JPS 1917:* The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida;

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