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sofers

sofers is the plural of sofer.

Meaning of sofer

Noun

sofer (plural sofers or soferim or sofrim)

  1. A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings.
    • Twice in seven years it must be examined by a sofer (a religious scribe) to assure its legitimacy.1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader

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Proper noun capitalized: Sofers

Sofers

  1. (plural) plural of Sofer

Questions about sofers

What is sofers the plural of?
Sofers is the plural of sofer.
What part of speech is sofers?
Sofers is a proper noun.

Words near sofers in the dictionary

  1. Sofee
  2. Sofees
  3. sofer
  4. soferic
  5. soferim
  6. sofers
  7. SOFFA
  8. SOFFAs
  9. Soffer
  10. Soffers
  11. Soffi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sofers (page history and authors); Sofers (page history and authors); sofer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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