מִסְפָּר

1. a. number, Dom 7,6 the number of those lapping, לַכּוֺכָבִים ׳מִס Sl 147,4, + often (37 t. PH); ׳לֹא עָלָה הַמִּסְפָּר בְּמִסְפַּר דִּבְרֵי וגו 1 Kron 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, 2 Sam 21,20 twenty-four (in) number; ׳אֵין מ it was (they were) innumerable 1 Mos 41,49 (E), with לְ Dom 6,5; Dom 7,12; 1 Kron 22,16; 2 Kron 12,3, ׳לִתְבוּנָתוֺ אֵין מ Sl 147,5 (of ׳י); absolute Jer 2,32; Job 21,33; Hoj 6,8 ׳עַדאֵֿין מ = id. Job 5,9; Job 9,10; Sl 40,13, ׳וְאֵין לָהֶם מ Jer 46,23 ׳לְאֵין מ 1 Kron 22,4 ׳וְאֵין מ Sl 104,25; Sl 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 5 Mos 33,6 but let his men be few ׳יָמִים מ 4 Mos 9,20, ׳מ alone Es 10,19, usually in combination, ׳מְתֵי מ = a few men 1 Mos 34,30 (J), 5 Mos 4,27; Jer 44,28; 1 Kron 16,19; Sl 105,12, ׳אַנְשֵׁי מ Ezk 12,16 so ׳שְׁנוֺת מ Job 16,22 adverb phrase מִסְפַר יְמֵי חַיֵּיהֶם Praed 2,3 = during all their lives, compare Praed 5,17; Praed 6,18 = appointed (normal) number, יָמֶיךָ מֲַלֵּא ׳מ 2 Mos 23,26 (E).
\ \ b. with preposition ׃בְּ ׳מְעַט בְּמ Ezk 5,3 few in number; ׳בְּמ by (exact) count, tale 2 Sam 2,15; 5 Mos 25,2; 1 Kron 9,28 (twice in verse), so probably Ezk 20,37 read בְּמִסְפַּר ᵐ5 Toy for ᵑ0 מָסֹרֶת; in (prescribed) number 4 Mos 29,18 + 6 t. 4 Mos 29,1–200 (P), Ezr 3,4 = acc. to (proportioned to) the number of 3 Mos 25,15. 15 + often; ׳לְמִס according to number Dom 21,23; Jos 4,5; Jos 4,8 (JE) 4 Mos 14,29 (P) Ezk 4,5; 1 Kron 27,1 ׳כְּמִס = id. 1 Kong 18,31; 4 Mos 15,12 (twice in verse) (P); so ׳מ alone (adverb accusative) 2 Mos 16,16 (P) Job 1,5; Jer 2,28; Jer 11,13. — 4 Mos 23,10b read סָפַר מִי, compare v^a, so ᵐ5 Di So^Kau.

2. recounting, relation מִסְפַּר הַחֲלוֺם Dom 7,15 the recounting of the dream.