H5618

סֹפֶ֫רֶת

so.phe.retN:N-M-P

Sophereth

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55; also called Hassophereth at Ezr.2.55; § Sophereth = "writing" an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סֹפֶ֫רֶת proper name, masculine in ׳בְּנֵיהַֿמּ Ezra 2:55 a family of returned exiles (ᵐ5 Ασεφηραθ, A Ασεφοραθ, ᵐ5L Ασωφερεθ) = ׳בְּנֵיסֿ Neh 7:57 (ᵐ5 Σαφαραθ(ι) ᵐ5L Ασοφερεθ).


2 occurrences

Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)