( ẓafār ) pronounced إِصْفَار , إِسْفَار ( ˒iṣfār, ˒isfār ) according to Thes ), ancient city of Ḥimyarite kings ( Ptol Σαπφαρ µητσόπολις v. Sprenger
Alte Geogr. Arabic § 301 et pass. ), so Thes Tuch Comm. Gen. 2:21 2, but dub. Glaser Skizze ii. 437, ס = צ improb. Di ad loc. Lag BN 61.
•
[
סְפֹרָה
S
5615
TWOT
1540e
GK
6228
]
n.f.
number
;—
pl. abs.
סְפֹרֹות לֹא יָדַעְתִּי
ψ 71:15
I know not
(
the
)
numbers
(of
י׳
’s acts of righteousness and deliverance, i.e. they are
innumerable;
cf.
å
Sym
m);
> Du
(after
Ö
B
ab א
ã É
) reads
סְפָרֹות
(
cf.
סִפְרָה
supr
.).
I . מִסְפָּר S 4557, 4558 TWOT 1540e, 1540f GK 5031, 5032133 n.m. 1 Ch 27:24 number, tale ;— abs. מ׳ Gn 34:30 +; cstr. מִסְפַּר Ex 16:16 +; sf. מִסְפַּרְכֶם Nu 14:29 , מִסְפָּרָם Ju 21:23 +; pl. cstr. מִסְפְּרֵי 1 Ch 12:2 3;— 1. a. number , Ju 7:6 the number of those lapping , מִס׳ לַכֹּוכָבִים ψ 147:4 , + often (37 times PH); לֹא עָלָה הַמִּסְפָּר בְּמִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי וגו׳ 1 Ch 27:24 (read בְּסֵפֶר ) the number did not come up into (was not recorded in) the book of the daily doings , etc.; redund. after num. , • 2 S 21:20 twenty-four ( in ) number; אֵין מ׳ it was ( they were ) innumerable Gn 41:49 ( E ), c. לְ Ju 6: 5; 7:12 1 Ch 22:16 2 Ch 12: 3, לִתְבוּנָתֹו אֵין מ׳ ψ 147:5 (of י׳ ); abs. Je 2:32 Jb 21:33 Ct 6:8 ; • עַד־אֵין מ׳ = id. , Jb 5:9 ; 9:10 ψ 40:13 , וְאֵין לָהֶם מ׳ Je 46:2 3; לְאֵין מ׳ •1 Ch 22: 4; וְאֵין מ׳ • ψ 104:25 ; 105:34 Jo 1: 6; הֲיֵשׁ מ׳ לִגְדוּדָיו Jb 25:3 can his bands be numbered? without אֵין = numerable , i.e. few , וִיהִי מְתָיו מ׳ Dt 33:6 but let his men be few , יָמִים מ׳ Nu 9:2 0, מ׳ alone Is 10:19 , usually in combin., מְתֵי מ׳ = a few men Gn 34:30 ( J ), Dt 4:27 Je 44:28 1 Ch 16:19 ψ 105:12 , אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Ez 12:1 6; so שְׁנֹות מ׳ Jb 16:2 2; adv. phr. מִסְפַּר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Ec 2:3 = during all their lives , cf. 5:1 6; 6:12 ; = appointed (normal) number , מ׳ יָמֶיךָ אֲמַלֵּא Ex 23:26 ( E ). b. c. prep. בְּ :
מְעַט בְּמ׳
Ez 5:3
few in number;
בְּמ׳
by
(exact)
count, tale
2 S 2:15 Dt 25:2 1 Ch 9:28
(×2), so prob.
Ez 20:37
read
בְּמִסְפַּר
Ö
Toy for
MT
מָסֹרֶת
;
in
(prescribed)
number
Nu 29:18
+
6 times
Nu 29
(
P
),
Ezr 3:4
;
=
according to (proportioned to)
the number of
Lv 25:15
(×2) +
often;
לְמִס׳
according to
number
Ju 21:23 Jos 4:
5,
8
(JE)
Nu 14:29
(
P
)
Ez 4:5 1 Ch 27:
1;
כְּמִס׳
=
id.
,
1 K 18:31 Nu 15:12
(×2) (
P
); so
מ׳
alone (
adv. acc
.)
Ex 16:16
(
P
)
Jb 1:5 Je 2:2
8;
11:13
.—
Nu
Ptol
Ptolemy (usually Claudius Ptolemy).
Glaser
E. Glaser,
skizze der Geschichte u. Geographie arabiens
.
B
Vatican MS. of Septuagint.
adv.
adverb.