H5608B–סֹפֵר–so.pher

And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:

הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”סֹפֵ֞ר so.Fer “[the] scribe of”

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

הַסֹּפֵ֗ר (סֹּפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

הַסֹּפֵ֡ר (סֹּפֵ֡ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as 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 Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר (סּוֹפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.

הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

My heart is welling forth [ergänzt: with] a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

סוֹפֵ֬ר so.Fer “a scribe”

Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the chronicler, came to Hezekiah, with their garments 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, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

סֹפְרִֽים׃ so.fe.Rim “scribes”

And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

הַסֹּפֵ֜ר (סֹּפֵ֜ר) so.Fer “scribe”

and he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there: 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 Hananiah, and all the princes.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”הַסֹּפֵ֡ר (סֹּפֵ֡ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up 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”

And the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he fetched 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, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe's knife, and cast it into the fire that was in the pan until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the pan.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Nerijah; and he wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

הַסֹּפֵר֒ (סֹּפֵר֒) so.Fer “scribe”

And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement 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, my lord, O king: let my supplication, I pray thee, come before thee; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And out of the city he took a eunuch that was set over the men of war, and seven men of them that were in the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the host, who enrolled the people of the land. And sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the midst of the city.

סֹפֵר֙ so.Fer “[the] scribe of”

And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which is turned toward the north, and every man [ergänzt: with] his slaughter weapon in his hand; and in the midst of them, one man clothed with linen, with a writer's ink-horn by his side; and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

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 with linen, who had the writer's ink-horn by his side;

הַסֹּפֵ֖ר (סֹּפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”