מִסְפָּר

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.