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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/safar/#m1)

### Examples

- The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/safar/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/safar/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/safar/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «safar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/safar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«safar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/safar.html) on Mova free.