23:10b read סָפַר מִי , cf. v a, so Ö Di So ^Kau. • 2. recounting, relation , מִסְפַּר הַחֲלֹום Ju 7:15 the recounting of the dream .

• II . מִסְפָּר S 4557, 4558 TWOT 1540e, 1540f GK 5031, 5032 n.pr.m. a returned exile Ezr 2:2 ( Ö Μαλσαρ , A Ö L Μασφσαρ ), = מִסְפֶּ˜רֶת Ne 7:7 ( Ö Μασφεραν , א Μασφαραδ , A Μαασφαραθ , Ö L Μασφαρ ).

מִסְפֶּ˜רֶת S 4559 GK 5033 v. foregoing.

• סֹפֶ˜רֶת S 5618 GK 6230 n.pr.m. in בְּנֵי־הַסּ׳ Ezr 2:55 a family of returned exiles ( Ö Ασεφηραθ , A Ασεφοραθ , Ö L Ασωφερεθ ) = בְּנֵי־ס׳ Ne 7:57 ( Ö Σαφαραγ(ι) , Ö L Ασοφεσεθ ).

• [ סְפָרֵד ^?], סְפָרַ˜ד S 5614 GK 6224 n.pr.loc. Ob 20 Ö Εφραθα , Q a Σαφαραδ ; loc. dub .; Spieg ^{APK 242} Nö ^ZMG xxxiii (1879), 323 Che ^{Founders 312} Say Monuments 483

al. cp. Sparda in Asia Minor ( = Sardis? Behistun ^{i, 15} Persep. ??? ¹² NR ^{a 28}); Schr ^COT ad loc. ( cf. KGF 116 ff.) Dl ^{Par 249}, cf. GASm 12 Proph. ii. 176 , cp. Šaparda in SW.

Media (time of Sargon); a Saparda also NE. from Nineveh (Esarhaddon’s time), cf. Knudtzon Ass. GebeteNos. 8, 11, 30 .

• סְפַרְוַ˜יִם S 5617 GK 6226 n.pr.loc. city conquered by king of Assyrian;—

ס׳ 2 K 17:1 4; 18:34 = סְפַרְוָ˜יִם Is 36:1 9, עִיר סְפַרָוָ˜יִם 2 K 19:13 = Is 37:1 3; סְפַרְוָ˜יִם also 2 K 17:31b Qr ( Kt ספרים ); Ö Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιµ , etc., Ö L Σεπφαρειµ ;—usually indentif. with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babyl. , a city in two parts, Sipp. of Šamaš (mod. Abbu

Habba ), and Sipp. of Anunitu(m) , on opp. side of canal, hence du. ס׳ = the two Sipparas , Schr ^COT 2 K 17, 24 , cf. Dl ^{Par 209–212} Tiele ^{Gesch. 88}; this recently disputed, in view of mention with Hamath and other northern cities ( 2 K 17:24 and especially

So A. Socin. Spieg Altpersische Keilinschriften. Nö T. Nöldeke .

Che T. K. Cheyene, Founders of Old Testament Criticism; Say A. H. Sayce, Higher Criticism and the Monuments. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies?

Knudtzon J. A. Knudtzon, Assyrische Gebete an den Sonnengott .

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