Jastrow: סְפִירָה

סְפִירָה f. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) counting. Nidd. 73ᵃ ראוי לס׳ fit to begin with it the count (of the seven days of purification); ib. לסְפִירַת או כי תזוב for the count required in the case described Lev. XV, 26, sq. Sifra Emor, Par. 10, ch. XII (ref. to Lev. XXIII, 16) כל סְפִירָתָם לא וכ׳ all they have to count (from Passover to the Feast of Weeks) shall be no more than fifty days. Ib. ס׳ שהיא תלויה בב"ד וכ׳ a count which depends on the court (deciding on the New Moons), to exempt the weekly Sabbath, שסְפִירָתָהּ בכל אדם which everybody counts; Men. 65ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. סְפִירוֹת. Ib. כל ס׳ שאתה סופר וכ׳ all the counted days together shall be no more than fifty (v. supra); a. e.—Yalk. Chr. 1075, v. סְפוֹרָה. —2) writing, recording. Gitt. 21ᵇ; Succ. 24ᵇ (ref. to ספר, Deut. XXIV, 1) לסְפִירַת דברים וכ׳ (the word sefer refers not to the writing material but) merely to the act of writing the words (formula of divorce). Yalk. Deut. 936; Erub. 15ᵇ לספִירוּת.