H5608B–סֹפֵר–so.pher

And this `is' a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel:

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

And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

הַסֹּפֵ֗ר (סֹּפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Nehemiah -- he `is' the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

הַסֹּפֵ֡ר (סֹּפֵ֡ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.

הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”

These `are' in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, 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 Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe `is' before them;

הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר (סּוֹפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand `is' Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them `it is' to give a portion to their brethren.

הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue `is' the pen of a speedy writer.

סוֹפֵ֬ר so.Fer “a scribe”

and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.

הַסּוֹפֵ֜ר (סּוֹפֵ֜ר) so.Fer “scribe”

and sendeth Eliakim, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet,

הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר (סּוֹפֵ֗ר) so.Fer “scribe”

How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

סֹפְרִֽים׃ so.fe.Rim “scribes”

and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

הַסֹּפֵ֜ר (סֹּפֵ֜ר) so.Fer “scribe”

and he goeth down `to' the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.

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

And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.

הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (סֹּפֵ֑ר) so.Fer “scribe”

and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that `is' on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that `is' on the stove.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Jehovah doth hide them.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.

הַסֹּפֵר֒ (סֹּפֵר֒) so.Fer “scribe”

and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return `to' the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.'

הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (סֹּפֵ֔ר) so.Fer “scribe”

and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch, who hath been inspector over the men of war, and seven men of those seeing the king's face, who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land, who are found in the midst of the city;

סֹפֵר֙ so.Fer “[the] scribe of”

And lo, six men are coming from the way of the upper gate, that is facing the north, and each his slaughter-weapon in his hand, and one man in their midst is clothed with linen, and a scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and they come in, and stand near the brazen altar.

הַסֹּפֵ֖ר (סֹּפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”

And the honour of the God of Israel hath gone up from off the cherub, on which it hath been, unto the threshold of the house.

הַסֹּפֵ֖ר (סֹּפֵ֖ר) so.Fer “scribe”