ספר

סָפַר, סַפְרָאI m. = h. סוֹפֵר, 1) scribe, writer of documents; copyist. Targ. Jer. 36:20, sq.; a. fr.Ab. Zar.9a, v. בַּצִּירָא, Ib. 10a v. דַּוְקָנָא. Ḥull.64b, sq. פסיק להו ס׳וכ׳ the copyist (of the Scriptures) divides them into two words. Y.Succ.II, 53a top סַפְרָה דגופתא the scribe of Gufta; a. fr. 2) scholar, teacher. Targ. Is. 3:2 (h. text נביא); ib. 9:14. Targ. O. Gen. 49:10 (h. text מחקק); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 70, end אית ס׳ דליתוכ׳ is there a teacher that has no pupils?, i. e. I (Laban) learned trickery from you (Jacob).Esp. Bible teacher. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e., v. מַתְנְיָין; a. fr.ס׳ מתא, v. סוֹפֵר.Pl. סַפְרַיָּא, סַפְרַיָּיא, סַפְרִין, סַפְרֵי. Targ. Y. I Gen. 49:10. Targ. 1 Sam. 10:15 (h. text נביאים); a. fr.Sot.IX, 5 (49a), v. חַכִּימָא. Midr. Till to Ps. 91:6 מפקיד לס׳וכ׳ ordered the school teachers to let the children go free (during the summer) from the fourth to the ninth hour of the day; Lam. R. to I, 3; Num. R. s. 12 לסַפְרַיָּה; a. fr.