סְפָר

II. [סְפָר] proper name, of a location in South Arabia; — only with ה locative סְפָ֫רָה 1 Mos 10,30, ᵐ5 Σωφηρα; usually indentified with ˆafâr (, pronounced , , according to Thes), ancient city of Himyarite kings (Ptolemy Σαπφαρ μητρόπολις see Sprenger^{Aite Geogr. Arab. § 301 et pass}.), so Thes Tu^{Comm. Gen. 2, 212}, but dubious Glaser^{Skizze ii. 437}, ס = צ improbable Di^{on the passage} Lag^{BN 61}.