Genesis 15:5
וַ יֹּוצֵא אֹתֹו הַ חוּצָה וַ יֹּאמֶר הַבֶּט נָא הַ שָּׁמַיְמָה וּ סְפֹר הַ כֹּוכָבִים אִם תּוּכַל לִ סְפֹּר אֹתָם וַ יֹּאמֶר לֹו כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶךָ
And he is causing to go out אֶת-him the Outside-her,559 and is saying, `Look, now, Dual-Heavens-her,560 and count the Round-ones, if you are able to record561 אֶת-them.` And he is saying to-himself, `Thus he is becoming your seed.`
| 561 | Strong’s #5608, saphar. To score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount. This word might infer the act of counting but more important is the fact that the word is a denominative verb from sepher, a missive, document, writing, book (#5612). Refer to the book [sepher] in Genesis 5:1. |