"sofer" meaning in English

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "סופר",
        "tr": "sofér"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew סופר (sofér)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew סופר (sofér).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sofers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soferim",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sofrim",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sopher",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soifer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soyfer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "soferim",
        "3": "sofrim"
      },
      "expansion": "sofer (plural sofers or soferim or sofrim)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              46,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "Twice in seven years it must be examined by a sofer (a religious scribe) to assure its legitimacy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings."
      ],
      "id": "en-sofer-en-noun-s9wdwLrh",
      "links": [
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ],
        [
          "Torah",
          "Torah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/soʊˈfɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊfəɹ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sofer"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "סופר",
        "tr": "sofér"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew סופר (sofér)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew סופר (sofér).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sofers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soferim",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sofrim",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sopher",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soifer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soyfer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "soferim",
        "3": "sofrim"
      },
      "expansion": "sofer (plural sofers or soferim or sofrim)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from Hebrew",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              46,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "Twice in seven years it must be examined by a sofer (a religious scribe) to assure its legitimacy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ],
        [
          "Torah",
          "Torah"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/soʊˈfɛɹ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊfəɹ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sofer"
}