סְפָרַ֑ד

[סְפָרֵד?], סְפָרַ֑ד proper name, of a location Obad 1:20 ᵐ5 Εφραθα, Qa Σαφαραδ; location dubious; Spieg^{APK 242} Nö^{ZMG xxxiii (1879), 323} Che^{Founders 312} Say^{Monuments 483} and others compare Sparda in Asia Minor (= Sardis ? Behistun^{i, 15 Persep. I:12} NR^{a 28}); Schr^{COT on the passage} (compare KGF 116 ff.) Dl^{Par 249}, compare GASm^{12 Proph. ii. 176}, compare Šaparda in southwest Media (time of Sargon); a Saparda also northeast from Nineveh (Esarhaddon's time), compare Knudtzon^{Ass. Gebete, Nos. 8, 11, 30}.