The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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ספַר‏ n.m. document

document, written record Com. PJ Gen5:3 : ולא איתייחסו זרעיתיה בספר יחוס אדם‏ his descendants were not given genealogy in the genealogical record of Adam. w. mglh : scroll JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Jer36:2 : מְגִילַת סִפרָא‏ .

book Com^-OA^-OfA. Ezra4:15 : סְפַר־דָּכְרָנַיָּא‏ the record book. the Sifra midrash =ספרא דבי רב‏ JBA, LJLA. TgIChron 11:22 : וטבל וסליק ותנא ספרא דבי רב הוא ספרא דאוריית כהניא ביומא זוטא דסתווה בעשר׳ יומין בירחא דטבת‏ he immersed and came up and completely learned the Sifra, which is the text of the priestly Law, on the shortest day of winter, the 10th day of the month of Tebeth.

writing, writing system Palmyrene, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr. 4QLevi^aar1.1.9 : ספר ומוסר וחכמה‏ writing, education, and wisdom. TgJ Is29:12 : וְיִתיְהֵיב סִפרָא לִדלָא יָדַע סִפרָא‏ let the book be given to one who is illiterate.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 387a; DJBA: 807b; Jastrow: 1018; Levy Ch-W: 2:184; Tal Sam: 607; DNWSI: 799; DJA: 68b; Cook,Qumran: 168;

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Derivatives:

spr, sprˀ (sāp̄ar, sāp̄rā) n.m. #2 scribe

sprn, sprnˀ n.m. teacher, scribe