Lexical Definition

‎מִסְפָּר‎ miçpâr (mis-pawr') number ^H:N-M
from ‎סָפַר‎

[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

• a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable
• small, a few)
• also (abstractly) narration

1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep)
1b) recounting, relation

See Greek: ἀριθμός · βιβλίον · διήγεσις · καταριθμέω · πλῆθος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מִסְפָר‎₁₃₃ noun masculine^{1Chr 27:24} number, tale; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 34:30 +; construct ‎מִסְפַר‎ Exod 16:16 +; suffix ‎מִסְפַּרְכֶם‎ Num 14:29, ‎מִסְפָּרָם‎ Judg 21:23 +; plural construct ‎מִסְפְּרֵי‎ 1Chr 12:23* —

1. a. number, Judg 7:6 the number of those lapping, ‎לַכּוֺכָבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מִס‎ Ps 147:4, + often (37 t. PH); ‎׳‎‎לֹא עָלָה הַמִּסְפָּר בְּמִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי וגו‎ 1Chr 27:24 (read ‎בְּסֵפֶר‎) the number did not come up into (was not recorded in) the book of the daily doings, etc.; redundant after number, 2Sam 21:20 twenty-four (in) number; ‎׳‎‎אֵין מ‎ it was (they were) innumerable Gen 41:49 (E), with ‎לְ‎ Judg 6:5; Judg 7:12; 1Chr 22:16; 2Chr 12:3, ‎׳‎‎לִתְבוּנָתוֺ אֵין מ‎ Ps 147:5 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎); absolute Jer 2:32; Job 21:33; Song 6:8 ‎׳‎‎עַדאֵֿין מ‎ = id. Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Ps 40:13*, ‎׳‎‎וְאֵין לָהֶם מ‎ Jer 46:23 ‎׳‎‎לְאֵין מ‎ 1Chr 22:4 ‎׳‎‎וְאֵין מ‎ Ps 104:25; Ps 105:34; Joel 1:6 ‎לִגְדוּדָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎הֲיֵשׁ מ‎ Job 25:3 can his bands be numbered ? without ‎אֵין‎ = numerable, i.e. few, ‎׳‎‎וִיהִי מְתָיו מ‎ Deut 33:6 but let his men be few ‎׳‎‎יָמִים מ‎ Num 9:20, ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone Isa 10:19, usually in combination, ‎׳‎‎מְתֵי מ‎ = a few men Gen 34:30 (J), Deut 4:27; Jer 44:28; 1Chr 16:19; Ps 105:12, ‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי מ‎ Ezek 12:16 so ‎׳‎‎שְׁנוֺת מ‎ Job 16:22 adverb phrase ‎מִסְפַר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם‎ Eccl 2:3 = during all their lives, compare Eccl 5:17*; Eccl 6:18 = appointed (normal) number, ‎יָמֶיךָ מֲַלֵּא‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 23:26 (E).
b. with preposition ‎׃בְּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מְעַט בְּמ‎ Ezek 5:3 few in number; ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ by (exact) count, tale 2Sam 2:15; Deut 25:2; 1Chr 9:28 (twice in verse), so probably Ezek 20:37 read ‎בְּמִסְפַּר‎ ᵐ5 Toy for ᵑ0 ‎מָסֹרֶת‎; in (prescribed) number Num 29:18 + 6 t. Num 29 (P), Ezra 3:4 = acc. to (proportioned to) the number of Lev 25:15. 15 + often; ‎׳‎‎לְמִס‎ according to number Judg 21:23; Josh 4:5; Josh 4:8 (JE) Num 14:29 (P) Ezek 4:5; 1Chr 27:1 ‎׳‎‎כְּמִס‎ = id. 1Kgs 18:31; Num 15:12 (twice in verse) (P); so ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone (adverb accusative) Exod 16:16 (P) Job 1:5; Jer 2:28; Jer 11:13. — Num 23:10b read ‎סָפַר מִי‎, compare v^a, so ᵐ5 Di So^Kau.

2. recounting, relation ‎מִסְפַּר הַחֲלוֺם‎ Judg 7:15 the recounting of the dream.

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