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Hebrew wordlink #331284

OSHB Jer 52:25 סֹפֵר (şofēr) Strongs=5608 b Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’
contextual word gloss=‘the_scribe_of’ word gloss=‘secretary_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-588 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Jeremiah

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Other uses (2) of identical word form סֹפֵר (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סֹפֵר’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_scribe_of’.

2 KI 12:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_scribe_of’ word gloss=‘secretary_of’ OSHB 2 KI 12:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11  and_he/it _was just_as_they _saw if/because _that much the_money was_in_chest and_ the _scribe _of _he/it _ascended the_king and_the_priest (the)_great and_they _tied _up and_they _counted DOM the_money which_was_found the _house _of YHWH. (KI2_12:11)

OET-RV: 11 They used the funds to pay the supervisors and inspectors and the tradesmen doing the repair work: carpenters and builders, (KI2 12:11)

EZRA 7:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_scribe_of’ word gloss=‘learned_of’ OSHB EZRA 7:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 and_this is_(the)_copy _of the _letter which he _gave the_king ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ to_ˊEzrāʼ the_priest/officer the_scribe the _scribe _of the _matters _of the _commands _of YHWH and_his _of_regulations on Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZR_7:11)

OET-RV: 11 King Artahshasta (Artaxerxes) had given a letter for Ezra the priest and scribe and expert in Yahweh’s commands and instructions to take with him, saying: (EZR 7:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘סֹפֵר’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘[is_one_who]_counted’, ‘[was]_a_scribe’, ‘[was]_secretary’, ‘a_muster-officer’, ‘the_scribe_of’.