Table 1.

Examples for inflected and derived words in Hebrew for the root , SPR. The root appears in , inflectional morphology in , derivational in . The root meanings relate to stories, numbers, and hair-cutting.

Inflection				Derivation
Hebrew	Transliteration	Transcription	Translation	Hebrew	Transliteration	Transcription	Translation
		safarti	counted-1sg			safran	librarian-mas
		safart, safarta	counted-2sg-fem counted-2sg-mas			sifriya	library
		safra, sifra	counted-3sg-fem, her book, digit			sifrut, sfarot, saparut	literature, digits, hairdressing
		safarnu	counted-1pl			histaper	got-a-haircut (cut-hair-refl)
		safartem	counted-2pl-mas			siper	told, cut hair
		safarten	counted-2pl-fem			nispar, nesaper	was-counted, tell-fur-1pl
		safru	count-past-3pl			saparit, sifriyat	hairdresser-fem, library-of
		sofer	counts-mas, author-mas			sipur	story
		soferet	counts-fem, author-fem			siporet	fiction
		sofrim	count-pres-pl-mas, author-pl-mas			mispar, (mesaper)	number, (can also be inflection: tells-3sg-mas)
		sofrot	count-pres-pl-fem, author-pl-fem			misperet	scissor-kick
		espor	count-fut-1sg			histaparnu	We-got-a-haircut (cut-hair-refl-1pl)
		tesapri, tisperi	cut-hair-fut-2sg-fem tell-fut-2sg- fem, count-fut-2sg-fem			sipartem	told-past-2pl, cut hair-past-2pl
		yispor	count-fut-3sg-mas			nisperu	were-counted
		tispor	count-fut-2sg-mas			mistaprot	getting-a-haircut-pres-pl-fem
		nispor	count-fut-1pl			misparim	numbers
		tisperu, tesapru	count-fut-2pl, cut-hair-fut-2pl, tell-fut-2pl			safraniyot	librarian-fem-pl
		yesapru	cut-hair-fut-3pl tell-fut-3pl			sifron	booklet
		sfarim, saparim	books, barbers			mispara	barbershop
		sifri, sapri	my-book, tell-imperative-fem-sg			misparayim	scissors
		sfarayix	your-books			tisporet	haircut

Some of the words have additional readings, we chose the main ones for simplicity.