BDB5698 [H5611]

II. [סְפָר] proper name, of a location in South Arabia; — only with ה locative סְפָ֫רָה Gen 10:30, ᵐ5 Σωφηρα; usually indentified with ˆafâr (, pronounced , , according to Thes), ancient city of Himyarite kings (Ptolemy Σαπφαρ μητρόπολις see SprengerAite Geogr. Arab. § 301 et pass.), so Thes TuComm. Gen. 2, 212, but dubious GlaserSkizze ii. 437, ס = צ improbable Dion the passage LagBN 61.


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