סָפַר

From LSJ

Φεῦγ' ἡδονὴν φέρουσαν ὕστερον βλάβην → Procul voluptas sit ea, quam excipit dolor → Lass nicht auf Lust dich ein, die später Schaden bringt

Menander, Monostichoi, 532

English (Strong)

(Aramaic) from the same as סְפַר; a scribe (secular or sacred): scribe.
a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.