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H5608 · סָפַר

çâphar

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

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

KJV gloss list in the source

commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

Source pronunciation notation: saw-far'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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