safar

noun

«safar» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah plays on this root: sefirot ("countings"), sefer ("book") and sippur ("story") all come from it. It teaches that God made the world with numbers, letters and speech.

Meaning

A Hebrew root meaning "to count", also linked to telling and writing. tree →

Examples

The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account'). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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