סְפוֹרָה, number.—Pl. סְפוֹרוֹת. Y. Shek. V, beg. 48ᶜ (ref. to I Chr. II, 55 they are named Sof’rim, שעשו את התורה ס׳ ס׳ because they arranged the Law by numbers (as in Ter. I, 1; Sabb. VII, 2 etc.); Yalk. Chr. 1074 סְפִירוֹת.