STRONGS NUMBER H5612


Word Summary
sepher: a missive, document, writing, book
Original Word: סֵפֶר
Transliteration: sepher
Phonetic Spelling: (say'-fer)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; feminine; noun feminine
Short Definition: a missive, document, writing, book
Meaning: a missive, document, writing, book
Strong's Concordance
bill, book, evidence, learned letter, register, scroll

Or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8; Psa. 56:9) {sif-raw'}; from caphar; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book -- bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

see HEBREW 'abedah

see HEBREW caphar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5612. sepher

סֵ֫פֶר185 noun masculineIsaiah 29:11 missive, document, writing, book (probably ancient loan-word from Assyrian šipru, missive, message DlHWB 683, Tel Amarna šipru, šipirtu, id. WklTA Gloss; √ šâpâru, send, send message or letter DlHWB 683, Wkll.c., whence also sâpiru, writer, and (perhaps) ruler, šapirûtu, rule; see HomAufsätze (1892), 34 BuhlLex 13; perhaps compare Arabic go forth to journey, II. send on a journey Lane1370; Late Hebrew סֵפֶר‎ = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic סִיפְרָא‎ ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchwIdioticon 64; Arabic ); — ׳ס‎ absolute 2 Samuel 11:14 +; construct Exodus 24:7 +; suffix סִפְרִי32:33, סִפְרְךָ32:33; Psalm 139:16; plural סְפָרִים1 Kings 21:8 +; —

1 missive:

a. letter of instruction, written order, commission, or request, usually from king, 2 Samuel 11:14-15, 1 Kings 21:8 (twice in verse); 21:9, 11; 2 Kings 5:5-6, (twice in verse); 5:7; 10:1-2, 6, 7; 19:14 = Isaiah 37:14 compare 2 Chronicles 32:17; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; = written decree for publication Esther 1:22; 3:13; 8:5; 9:20, 25, 30 ( = אִגֶּרֶת9:25; 9:29, see above), compare הָרֶכֶשׁ רֹכְבֵי בַּסּוּסִים הָרָצִים בְּיִד סְפָרִים וַיִּשְׁלַח8:10. — [ס ׳כָּתַב2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 10:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 32:17; בַּסּ ׳כָּתַב‎ (of specific contents) 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 21:9, 11; ׳אֶתהַֿסּ קָרָא2 Kings 5:7 read the letter]. —

b. from prophet Jeremiah 29:1, other influential persons 29:25; 29:29 .

2 legal document, ׳ס כְּרִיתֻתcertificate of divorce Deuteronomy 24:1, 3and (figurative) Jeremiah 3:8; Isaiah 50:1; ׳ס הַמִּקְנָהdeed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11-12, (strike out article), 32:12; 32:14; 32:16, compare ׳בַּסּ32:10, הַסְּפָרִים32:14 (si vera lectio; strike out ᵐ5‎ Gie compare Gf), סֵפֶר32:16b; 32:44; ׳ס‎ = indictment Job 31:35 (object of כָּתַב‎; בְּ ׳כָּתַב‎ = sign Jeremiah 32:10, 12, 44).

3 book, or scroll, in which something is written to preserve it for future use Exodus 17:14 (E), Joshua 18:9 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:25; Isaiah 30:8; Job 19:23 +; in form of roll, compare הַשָּׁמַיִם כַּסֵּפֶר וְנָגֹ֫לוּIsaiah 34:4, ׳הַסּ הֶחָתוּם29:11-12, (see Jeremiah 36, etc., below); particular:

a. book of prophecies Jeremiah 25:13; 30:2 6t. Jeremiah 36; Daniel 12:4; ׳ס נַחוּם חֲזוֺןNahum 1:1; י ׳סֵפֶרIsaiah 34:4; so סֵפֶר מְגִלַּתJeremiah 36:2, 4 (= מְגִלָּה36:6 6t.; with many columns, דְּלָתוֺת36:23), Ezekiel 2:9, compare Psalm 40:8.

b. geneal. register, תּוֺלְדוֺת ׳סGenesis 5:1 (P), ׳ס הַיַּ֫חַשׂNehemiah 7:5.

c. law-book, ׳ס הַבְּרִיתExodus 24:7 (E), 2 Kings 23:2 2 Chronicles 34:30; 2 Kings 23:21; ׳ס הַתּוֺרָהDeuteronomy 28:61; 29:20; 30:10; 31:26; Joshua 1:8; 8:34 (all D), 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; 2 Kings 22:11; Nehemiah 8:3; ׳ס אֱלֹהִים תּוֺרַתJoshua 24:26 (E), Nehemiah 8:8 (reading ׳ס תּוֺרַת‎, so ᵐ5‎, compare TalmudNedarim37b), 8:18; 9:3; ׳ס י ׳תּוֺרַת2 Chronicles 17:9; 34:14; ׳ס משֶׁה תּוֺרַתJoshua 8:31; 23:6 (both D), 2 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 8:1; ׳ס משֶׁה2 Chronicles 25:4; 35:12; Nehemiah 13:1.

d. book of poems, ׳ס י ׳מִלְחֲמֹתNumbers 21:14 (JE), ׳ס הַיָּשָׁרJoshua 10:13 (JE), 2 Samuel 1:18.

e. book concerned with kings, ׳ס שְׁלֹמֹה דֵּבְרֵי1 Kings 11:41, and especially ׳ס וגו לְמַלְכֵי הַיָּמִים ׳דּבְרֵי14:19, 29 31t. Kings (18 t. of Israel, 15 t. of Judah), compare Esther 10:2 (of Media and Persia); also דָּוִיד ׳ס לַמֶּלֶךְ הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי1 Chronicles 27:24 (reading ׳ס‎ for ᵐ5 מִסְמָּד,‎ KitHpt); ׳ס וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִיהוּדָה הַמְּלָכִים2 Chronicles 16:11; וְיִשׁ ׳יְהוּדָה ׳ס מַלְכֵי25:26; 28:26; 32:32; ׳ס ׳מ ׳יִשׂ וִיהוּדָה27:7; 35:27; 36:8; ׳ס ׳מ ׳יִשׂ1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 20:34; ס מִדְרַשׁ ׳הָמְּלָכִים24:27; also ׳ס הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵיNehemiah 12:23; Esther 2:23; ׳ס הַיָּמִים דִּבְרֵי הַזִּכְרֹנוֺת6:1.

f. once בַּסְּפָרִיםDaniel 9:2 by means of the Scriptures (canonical books) compare Ew Meinh Bev MartiKau.

g. God's record-book, Psalm 139:16, ׳ס זִכָּרוֺןMalachi 3:16; God's register of living, Exodus 32:32-33, (E), ׳ס חַיִּיםPsalm 69:29; ׳הַסּDaniel 12:1 (citizens of Messianic kingdom).

4 ׳ס‎ = book-learning, especially writing: סֵּפֶר (הַ) יָדַעIsaiah 29:11-12, (twice in verse) (of abilityto read); so כַּשְׂדִּים וּלְשׁוֺן סֵפֶר לְלַמְּדָםDaniel 1:4 to teach them the writing and speech of the Chaldeans (on construction see Ges§ 128a); more Generally בְּכָלסֿ ׳הַשְׂכִּיל וְחָכְמָה1:17. — [סֵפֶרbook is joined with verbs thus: it is written (יִכָּפֶב‎) Malachi 3:16; a thing is written ׳בַּסּExodus 17:14 20t., ׳עַלסֿ2 Samuel 1:18 50t. ( + Jeremiah 36:32; בַדְּיוֺwith ink 36:18), ׳אֶלסֿ30:2; 51:60; conversely ס מֵעַל ׳דָּרַשׁIsaiah 34:16, ס מֵעַל ׳שָׁמַעJeremiah 36:11; see also ׳בַּסּ וְיֻחָ֑קוּJob 19:23 inscribe in a book, ׳עָלסֿ חֻקָּהּIsaiah 30:8 ("" עַללֿוּחַ כָּתְבָהּ‎); מִסּ ׳מָחָהblot out of a book Exodus 32:32-33, Psalm 69:29; אֶתהַֿסּ ׳קָרָאJeremiah 51:63 read the book, scroll, but usually בְס ׳קָרָא36:8, 10, 13; Nehemiah 8:8; 8:18; 9:3; 13:1]. — ׳ס‎ in ס ׳קִרְיַת‎, see ׳ק

[סִפְרָה‎] noun feminine book; — suffix בְּסִפְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֲלאֹPsalm 56:9 (compare סֵפֶר3g); strike out as gloss Bi Che Hup-Now Du. — compare also [סְפֹרָה‎] below