סֵפֶר

Book

SEH-fer

Meanings

BookScroll

About “Book” in Hebrew

Jews have been called 'Am HaSefer'—the People of the Book—for centuries, reflecting the central role of learning and literacy in Jewish culture. Every Jewish home traditionally contains a bookshelf of religious texts. Israel publishes more books per capita than any other country in the world, continuing a tradition of literary engagement that spans millennia.

Example

קָרָאתִי סֵפֶר מְעַנְיֵן.
I read an interesting book.

This word starts with the Hebrew letter samekh.

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