STRONGS NUMBER H4557


Word Summary
mispar: number, tally
Original Word: מִסְפָר
Transliteration: mispar
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-pawr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: number, tally
Meaning: a number, definite, indefinite, narration
Strong's Concordance
abundance, account, all, infinite, tale, telling, time

From caphar; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration -- + abundance, account, X all, X few, (in-)finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, + time.

see HEBREW caphar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4557. mispar

I. מִסְפָר133 noun masculine1 Chronicles 27:24 number, tale; — absolute ׳מGenesis 34:30 +; construct מִסְפַרExodus 16:16 +; suffix מִסְמַּרְכֶםNumbers 14:29, מִסְמָּרָםJudges 21:23 +; plural construct מִסְמְּרֵי1 Chronicles 12:23; —

1. a. number, Judges 7:6 the number of those lapping, ׳מִס לַכּוֺכָבִיםPsalm 147:4, + often (37 t. PH); וגו דִּבְרֵי בְּמִסְמַּר הַמִּסְמָּר עָלָה ׳לֹא1 Chronicles 27:24 (read בְּסֵפֶר‎) the number did not come up into (was not recorded in) the book of the daily doings, etc.; redundant after number, 2 Samuel 21:20 twenty-four (in) number; מ ׳אֵיןit was (they were) innumerable Genesis 41:49 (E), with לְJudges 6:5; 7:12; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Chronicles 12:3, מ אֵין ׳לִתְבוּנָתוֺPsalm 147:5 (of ׳י‎); absolute Jeremiah 2:32; Job 21:33; Song of Solomon 6:8; מ ׳עַדאֵֿין‎ = id. Job 5:9; 9:10; Psalm 40:13, מ לָהֶם ׳וְאֵיןJeremiah 46:23; מ ׳לְאֵין1 Chronicles 22:4; מ ׳וְאֵיןPsalm 104:25; 105:34; Joel 1:6; מ ׳הֲיֵשׁ לִגְדוּדָיוJob 25:3 can his bands be numbered ? without אֵין‎ = numerable, i.e. few, מ מְתָיו ׳וִיהִיDeuteronomy 33:6 but let his men be few מ ׳יָמִיםNumbers 9:20, ׳מ‎ alone Isaiah 10:19, usually in combination, מ ׳מְתֵי‎ = a few men Genesis 34:30 (J), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28; 1 Chronicles 16:19; Psalm 105:12, מ ׳אַנְשֵׁיEzekiel 12:16; so מ ׳שְׁנוֺתJob 16:22; adverb phrase חַיֵּיהֶם יְמֵי מִסְפַרEcclesiastes 2:3 = during all their lives, compare 5:17; Ecclesiastes 6:18 = appointed (normal) number, ׳מ מֲַלֵּא יָמֶיךָExodus 23:26 (E).

b. with preposition בְּמ ׳מְעַט ׃בְּEzekiel 5:3 few in number; ׳בְּמby (exact) count, tale 2 Samuel 2:15; Deuteronomy 25:2; 1 Chronicles 9:28 (twice in verse), so probably Ezekiel 20:37 read ᵐ5 בְּמִסְמַּר‎ Toy for מָסֹרֶת ᵑ0‎; in (prescribed) number Numbers 29:18 6t. Numbers 29 (P), Ezra 3:4; = acc. to (proportioned to) the number of Leviticus 25:15. 15 + often; ׳לְמִסaccording to number Judges 21:23; Joshua 4:5, 8 (JE) Numbers 14:29 (P) Ezekiel 4:5; 1 Chronicles 27:1; ׳כְּמִס‎ = id. 1 Kings 18:31; Numbers 15:12 (twice in verse) (P); so ׳מ‎ alone (adverb accusative) Exodus 16:16 (P) Job 1:5; Jeremiah 2:28; 11:13. — Numbers 23:10b read מִי סָפַר‎, compare va, so ᵐ5‎ Di SoKau.

2 recounting, relation הַחֲלוֺם מִסְמַּרJudges 7:15 the recounting of the dream.