מִסְפָּר, number, count. Cant. R. to VI, 9 (ref. to II Sam. XXIV, 9) מ׳ זה המנין וכ׳ mispar means counting, mifḳad, summing up. Pesik. R. s. 11 היו מ׳ they were a limited number; שלא במ׳ innumerable; a. fr.