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2 Chronicles 32:17

“He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סֵפֶרçêpher · say'-fer
H5612 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Derivation: or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אֲבֵדָה))), from H5608 (סָפַר);
KJV renderings: bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
סְפָרִ֣ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HC/Ncmpa
Usage: Occurs 188 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:1 Exodus 17:14 Exodus 24:7 Exodus 32:32 Exodus 32:33

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סֵפֶר here.

Verse 16 Verse 18

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.