•[צָפַף
S
6850
TWOT
1957
GK
7627
]
vb.
Pilp.
chirp, peep
(
onomatop.;
NH
Pilp.
id.;
J.Aram
צַפְצֵף
chirp;
Arabic
صُفْصُفٌ
(
ṣufṣufun
)
sparrow
, etc.
)
;—
Impf.
3
fs.
תְּצַפְצֵף
Is 29:
4,
1
S
.
אֲצַפְצֵף
38:1
4;
Pt.
מְצַפְצֵף
10:1
4,
pl.
הַמְצַפְצְפִים
8:1
9;—
chirp, peep:
1.
of birds
Is 10:14
(
fig.
or conquered peoples); of mourning,
אֲצ׳
…
כְּסוּס
38:14
(
||
אֶהְגֶּה כַּיֹּונָה
).
2.
of spirits, ghosts
Is 8:19
(
+
הַמַּהְגִּים
),
מֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצ׳
29:4
(like a spirit’s).
• צַפְצָפָה S 6851 TWOT 1957a GK 7628 n.f. a kind of willow ( ? onomatop., from rustling; NH id.; Arabic صَفْصَافٌ ( ṣafṣāfun ) ) ;— Ez 17:5 .
• I. [
צָפַר S 6852 TWOT 1958 GK 7629 ] vb. ;— Qal Impf. 3 ms. וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד יָשֹׁב Ju 7:3 let him return and ( Vrss ) let him depart , AV depart early (as Ki , from Aramaic צפרא , ܨܰܦܪܳܐ ( ṣapro ) morning , improb.), wholly uncertain; Gr וְיַעֲבֹר ; on difficulty of מֵהַר הַגּ׳ v. גִּלְעָד 2 , and GFM , who conj. וַיִּצְרְפֵם גִּדְעֹן and so Gideon put them to the test ( cf. v 4), so Bu Now ( cf. Dr Hast . ii. 176 n ).
II.
צפר
TWOT
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Arabic
صَفَرَ
(ṣafara) peep, twitter, whistle
(usually of bird; onomatop.); Assyrian
ṣapâru
is
cry, howl;
NH
צִפֹּור
= B
H, so
Ph.
צפר
,
å
צִפַּר
, Syriac
ܨܶܦܰܪ
(
ṣepar
),
Mand.
ציפאר
,
ציפרא
Nö
M§ 102; also Arabic
عُصْفُورٌ
(
˓uṣfūrun
)
sparrow
, etc., and (perhaps) Assyrian
iṣṣuru
,
bird
)
.
I . צִפֹּור S 6833, 6834 TWOT 1959a GK 7606, 7607 , צִפֹּר 40 n.f. Am 3:5 ( m. ψ 102:8 , cf. Kö
Synt.
§ 252 a
, so
104:17
, yet
cf.
Albr
ZAW xvi (1896), 71
),
bird
;—
abs.
צִפֹּור
Ho 11:11
+
15 times,
צִפֹּר
Gn 15:10
+
11 times,
cstr.
צִפֹּור
Dt 4:17
+
5 times,
צִפֹּר
ψ 8:9
;
pl.
צִפֳּרִים
Lv 14:4
+
5 times;—
1.
single
bird
,
Am 3:5 Ho 11:11
(
sim.
;
||
יֹונָה
),
La 3:52 Jb 40:29
ψ 102:8
;
124:7 Pr 6:
5;
7:23
;
26:2
;
AV Authorized Version. Mand. Mandean.
Kö E. König, Heb. Gram. Albr K. Albretch.