BDB5696 [H5608]
1. a. enumerator, muster-officer in description of leaders of Israel ׳ משְׁכִים בְּשֵׁבֶט ס Judg 5:14.
\ \ b. king's official =secretary 2Sam 8:17 = 2Sam 20:25 = 1Chr 18:16; 2Kgs 18:18; 2Kgs 18:37 = Isa 36:3; Isa 36:22 Solomon had two 1Kgs 4:3 (in all these distinguished from מַזְכִּיר ); also 2Kgs 19:2 = Isa 37:2; Jer 36:10; Jer 36:12, compare ׳ לִשְׁכַּת הַסּ vJer 36:12 vJer 36:20 vJer 36:21, ׳ בֵּית הַסּ Jer 37:15; Jer 37:20 acting as treasurer and paymaster 2Kgs 12:11 = 2Chr 24:11, — compare Zadok Neh 13:13 — 2Kgs 22:3; 2Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 22:9; 2Kgs 22:10; 2Kgs 22:12 = 2Chr 34:15; 2Chr 34:18; 2Chr 34:20; 1Chr 24:6 (Levite); שַׂר הַצָּבָא ׳ הַסּ 2Kgs 25:19 = Jer 52:25 (si vera lectio in Kings) implies military authority (but ׳ שַׂר הַצּ perhaps gloss GFMJudg 5:14 ); Ew Sta and others read (as Jeremiah) scribe of general .
\ \ c. in Persia,secretaries who wrote out (king's) decrees, according to Esth 3:12; Esth 8:9.
\ \ d. 2Chr 26:11 uses׳ ס for muster-officer; 1Chr 2:55 mentions families of סוֺפְרִים ; 2Chr 34:13 knows ׳ ס as Levites; ׳ ס 1Chr 27:32 = man of learning .
\ \ b. king's official =
\ \ c. in Persia,
\ \ d. 2Chr 26:11 uses
2. professional class of learned men, 'scribes' able to read and write Jer 36:26; Jer 36:32 with writing implements, ׳ מָהִיר עֵט ס Ps 45:2, ׳ קֶסֶת הַסּ Ezek 9:2; Ezek 9:3, ׳ תַּעַר הַסּ Jer 36:23 especially learned in the law, and assuming to issue its precepts, עֵט שֶׁקֶר סֹפְרִים Jer 8:8.
3. specifically of Ezra , at once priest (כֹּהֵן ) and learned in the law (סֹפֵר ), Ezra 7:11, ׳ בְרֵי מִצְוֺת י Di ׳ ס vEzra 7:11 [compare Aramaic vEzra 7:12 vEzra 7:21], מָהִיר בְּתוֺרֵת משֶׁה ׳ ס vEzra 7:6; Neh 8:1; Neh 8:4; Neh 8:9; Neh 8:13; Neh 12:26; Neh 12:36.
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