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Ezra 8:34

“By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִסְפָּרmiçpâr · mis-pawr'
H4557 · Hebrew

Definition: a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);
KJV renderings: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
Grammar: בְּ — preposition
מִסְפָּ֥ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:30 Genesis 41:49 Exodus 16:16 Exodus 23:26 Leviticus 25:15

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 מִסְפָּר here.

Verse 33 Verse 35

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.