Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H5608Bסֹפֵרso.pher
secretaryPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Show inJPS Tanakh 1917
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Other meanings of H5608
- H5608Aסָפַרsa.pharto recount
H:VOccurrences: 107
52 occurrences in 50 verses
With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of His statutes to Israel:
הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”סֹפֵ֞ר so.Fer “[the] scribe of”
all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchij
הַסֹּפֵ֗ר (סֹּפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of t
הַסֹּפֵ֡ר (סֹּפֵ֡ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law.
הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
הַסּוֹפֵֽר׃ (סּוֹפֵֽר) so.Fer “scribe”
and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them;
הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר (סּוֹפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unt
הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”
My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
סוֹפֵ֬ר so.Fer “a scribe”
Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
הַסּוֹפֵ֜ר (סּוֹפֵ֜ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”
How do ye say: 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.
סֹפְרִֽים׃ so.fe.Rim “scribes”
Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.
הַסֹּפֵ֜ר (סֹּפֵ֜ר) so.Fer “scribe”
he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber; and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hanania
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”הַסֹּפֵ֡ר (סֹּפֵ֡ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.
הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but the LORD hid them.
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many
הַסֹּפֵר֒ (סֹּפֵר֒) so.Fer “scribe”
And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.'
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”
and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the
סֹפֵר֙ so.Fer “[the] scribe of”
And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side. And they went in, and st
הַסֹּפֵ֖ר (סֹּפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side.
הַסֹּפֵ֖ר (סֹּפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”