H5610 H5610
census/enumeration—official counting
This late Hebrew noun means enumeration or census. It appears in Chronicles' account of Solomon's workforce organization, describing the count of foreign residents in Israel. The term represents the formal administrative process of numbering people for labor assignments. The root connection to the verb 'to count' is clear. This vocabulary reflects the bureaucratic language appropriate to royal building projects.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Administrative term for census or enumeration (2 Chr 2:17), specifically of Solomon's workforce. The noun derives from the counting verb, representing formal numbering for organizational purposes. Chronicles uses bureaucratic vocabulary fitting the extensive temple construction project. The term indicates systematic assessment of available labor resources among resident aliens. 1×
AR["الإحْصَاءِ"]·ben["গণনা"]·DE["[הספר]"]·EN["the-census"]·FR["[הספר]"]·heb["ה-ספר"]·HI["गिनती"]·ID["sensus"]·IT["[הספר]"]·jav["cacahipun"]·KO["그-인구조사"]·PT["o-censo"]·RU["исчисления"]·ES["el-censo"]·SW["hesabu"]·TR["sayımın"]·urd["مردم-شماری"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. סְפָר n.[m.] enumeration, census (late; on format. cf. LagBN 175);—abs. ס׳, sq. אֲשֶׁר as acc. cogn. with סָפַר 2 Ch 2:16.