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Job 37:20

“Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

סָפַרçâphar · saw-far'
H5608 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Grammar: הַֽ — particle (interrogative)
יְסֻפַּר — verb Pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HTi/VPi3ms
Usage: Occurs 161 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:5 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 16:10 Genesis 24:66 Genesis 29:13

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 סָפַר here.

Verse 19 Verse 21

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.