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סָפַר סָפְרָא‏ n.m. #2 scribe

scribe Com. Ezra4:8 : רְחוּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָפְרָא‏ Rḥum, the one responsible for the order, and Shimshai, the scribe. 4QEnGiants^a08.4 : ב֗כ֗ת֗ב יד חנוך ספר פרשא‏ with the manuscript of Enoch, excellent scribe. TgO Gen49:10 : לָא יְעִידֵי עָבֵיד שוּלטָן מִדְבֵית יְהוּדָה וְסָפְרָא מִבְנֵי בְנוֹהִי עַד עָלְמָא‏ . PJ Gen5:24 : וקרא שמיה מיטטרון ספרא רבא‏ he called his name Metatron, the great scribe.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 386b; DJBA: 828a; Jastrow: 1018; Levy Ch-W: 2:183; Tal Sam: 606; DNWSI: 798; DJA: 68b; Cook,Qumran: 168;

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Derivatives:

sprn, sprnˀ n.m. teacher, scribe