"סיפר" meaning in Hebrew

See סיפר in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /siˈpeʁ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-סיפר.wav
Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|dwv=סִפֵּר|sort=ספר|tr=sipér}} סיפר / סִפֵּר • (sipér) (pi'el construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pi|ספר}} Forms: סִפֵּר [canonical], sipér [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְסַפֵּר [error-unrecognized-form], סיפור [noun-from-verb], סִפּוּר [noun-from-verb], סיפרתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], סִפַּרְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], סיפרנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], סִפַּרְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], סיפרת [masculine, past, second-person, singular], סִפַּרְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], סיפרת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], סִפַּרְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], סיפרתם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], סִפַּרְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], סיפרתן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], סִפַּרְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], סיפר [masculine, past, singular, third-person], סִפֵּר [masculine, past, singular, third-person], סיפרה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], סִפְּרָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], סיפרו [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], סִפְּרוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מְסַפֵּר [masculine, present, singular], מְסַפֶּרֶת [feminine, present, singular], מְסַפְּרִים [masculine, plural, present], מְסַפְּרוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֲסַפֵּר [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נְסַפֵּר [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תְּסַפֵּר [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תְּסַפְּרִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תְּסַפְּרוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תְּסַפֵּרְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יְסַפֵּר [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תְּסַפֵּר [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יְסַפְּרוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תְּסַפֵּרְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], סַפֵּר [imperative, masculine, singular], סַפְּרִי [feminine, imperative, singular], סַפְּרוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], סַפֵּרְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural], סִפֵּר [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount Tags: construction-pi'el, transitive
    Sense id: en-סיפר-he-verb-lvXu7tvc Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר: 39 34 27
  2. (transitive) to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to Tags: construction-pi'el, transitive
    Sense id: en-סיפר-he-verb-NjUdCu42 Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר, Hair Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר: 39 34 27 Disambiguation of Hair: 0 56 44
  3. (Mishnaic Hebrew, intransitive) to speak Tags: construction-pi'el, intransitive
    Sense id: en-סיפר-he-verb-TKdixBly Categories (other): Mishnaic Hebrew, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 72 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 25 26 48 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר: 39 34 27 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 21 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: סיפור (sipúr), סִפּוּר (sipúr) Related terms: הִסְתַּפֵּר (histapér), סוֹפֵר (sofér), סֵפֶר (séfer)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sipúr",
      "word": "סיפור"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sipúr",
      "word": "סִפּוּר"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sipér",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפור",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפּוּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפְּרָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפֶּרֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפְּרִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפְּרוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפְּרִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְסַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפְּרִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "סִפֵּר",
        "sort": "ספר",
        "tr": "sipér"
      },
      "expansion": "סיפר / סִפֵּר • (sipér) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ספר"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "histapér",
      "word": "הִסְתַּפֵּר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sofér",
      "word": "סוֹפֵר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "séfer",
      "word": "סֵפֶר"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 34 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount"
      ],
      "id": "en-סיפר-he-verb-lvXu7tvc",
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ],
        [
          "recount",
          "recount"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "39 34 27",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "he:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to"
      ],
      "id": "en-סיפר-he-verb-NjUdCu42",
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "haircut",
          "haircut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "14 14 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 26 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 34 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 21 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speak"
      ],
      "id": "en-סיפר-he-verb-TKdixBly",
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Mishnaic Hebrew",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mishnaic Hebrew, intransitive) to speak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈpeʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "סיפר"
}

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    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־פ־ר",
    "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sipúr",
      "word": "סיפור"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sipúr",
      "word": "סִפּוּר"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sipér",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפור",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפּוּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרת",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפַּרְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפְּרָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סיפרו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפֶּרֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפְּרִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְסַפְּרוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפְּרִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְסַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּסַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפֵּר",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפְּרִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפְּרוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סַפֵּרְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "סִפֵּר",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "סִפֵּר",
        "sort": "ספר",
        "tr": "sipér"
      },
      "expansion": "סיפר / סִפֵּר • (sipér) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "ספר"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "histapér",
      "word": "הִסְתַּפֵּר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sofér",
      "word": "סוֹפֵר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "séfer",
      "word": "סֵפֶר"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ],
        [
          "recount",
          "recount"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to tell (a story), to narrate, to recount"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "haircut",
          "haircut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to cut the hair of, to give a haircut to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew intransitive verbs",
        "Mishnaic Hebrew"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Mishnaic Hebrew",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mishnaic Hebrew, intransitive) to speak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈpeʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "סיפר"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
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  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "סיפר",
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