sopher

[ soh-fer; Sephardic Hebrew saw-fer; Ashkenazic Hebrew soh-fer ]

/ ˈsoʊ fər; Sephardic Hebrew sɔˈfɛr; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈsoʊ fɛr /

scribe¹(def 3).

Origin of sopher

From the Hebrew word sōphēr

sopa, sopaipilla, soper, soph, sophar, sopher, sophi, sophia, sophie, sophism, sophist

This is what the early Sopherim did, and probably Ezra himself.

Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method |R. Travers Herford
They were the lines which the Sopherim collectively agreed upon, for their own practice as interpreters and judges.

Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method |R. Travers Herford
What was done by the Sopherim, and those with and for whom they worked, was done privately and without official sanction.

Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method |R. Travers Herford
The two chief secretaries (Sopherim) were Elihoreph and Ahiah.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar

But it would be a council of Sopherim, not of all the leading men of the nation.

Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method |R. Travers Herford