(Aramaic) from the same as cphar; a scribe (secular or sacred) -- scribe.
see HEBREW cphar
H5613. capher
[סָפֵר] noun masculine secretary, scribe (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew סֹפֵר); — emphatic סָֽפְרָא the secretary, Persian official, Ezra 4:8-9, 17, 23; construct סָפַר the scribe 7:12, 21, of Ezra as learned in God's law.