Sofer (סופר) means scribe in Hebrew.
It can also mean writer. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
scribe, writer
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sofer.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שמקצועו הוא כתיבת ספרים.
וַיַּגֵּד שָׁפָן הַסֹּפֵר לַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר סֵפֶר נָתַן לִי חִלְקִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ שָׁפָן לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sofer is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סוֹפֵר
- Written without vowel points
- סופר
- Said
- sofer
- Root
- ס־פ־ר
- Pattern
- קוֹטֵל
- Plural
- סוֹפְרִים
- Inflections
- ר' סוֹפְרִים
- Gematria
- 346
This is how Sofer is said in other languages.
- English
- scribe, writer
- Arabic
- كاتب
- Russian
- писа́тель
- French
- écrivain
- Spanish
- escritor
- German
- Schreiber
These words mean nearly the same as Sofer.
- מחברauthor
- רשם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Sofer.
The word Sofer is part of these phrases and sayings.
- סופר מהיר
- סופר סת"ם
- טעות סופר
- סופר מתא
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Sofer comes from the root ס־פ־ר, like these words.
This is where the word Sofer comes from.
האגיפטולוג ארנסט ווליס באדג' מוסר, שב פפירוס אנאסטאזי א הכתוב בלשון מצרית קדומה מצוייה תיבת הירוגליף מקבילה לעברית בצורת "ת'וּפֲּּר", "thupar" בהוראת - סופר,מעתיק, מזכיר. במלונים אחרים מופיעה התיבה בצורת - "סֻפִּיר" śu-pi-r. ארמית - סַפרַא/כַּתְוֲוה.
These words come before and after Sofer in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sofer.
What does Sofer (סופר) mean in Hebrew?
Sofer (סופר) means scribe and writer. It is said sofer, with the stress on fer.
What is a synonym for Sofer (סופר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sofer (סופר) are מחבר and רשם.
What rhymes with Sofer (סופר)?
Words that rhyme with Sofer (סופר) include חסר, עיוור, חבר, סיפר, גר, and זעיר.
Is Sofer (סופר) masculine or feminine?
The word Sofer (סופר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is סוֹפְרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סופר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.