Hebrew word · H4558

מִסְפָּר

mispar

Mispar

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2; also called Mispereth at Neh.7.7;

Also named: mis.pe.ret (מִסְפֶּרֶת "Mispereth" H4559)

§ Mispar = "number"

1) one of those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

1a) also 'Mispereth'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Similar words

Where it appears

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:2 מִסְפָּ֥ר Mispar

    accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    Here: A personal name ('Mispereth' in Nehemiah 7:7). Its letters are exactly the same as the common noun 'number' a few words later, a coincidence the Hebrew reader would see on the page.

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