Lexical Definition

‎צִפּוֹר‎ tsippôwr (tsip-pore') bird ^H:N
or צִפֹּר tsippôr (tsip-pore'); from ‎צָפַר‎

bird, fowl, sparrow.

• a little bird (as hopping)

1) bird, fowl
1a) bird (singular)
1b) birds (coll)

See Greek: ὄρνεον · πετεινόν · στρουθίον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tse.phar (‎צ‎ְ‎פ‎ַ‎ר‎ "bird" צְפַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: צְפַר
I. ‎צִפּוֺר‎, ‎צִפֹּר‎₄₀ noun feminine^{Amos 3:5} (masculine Ps 102:8*, compare Kö^{Synt § 252 a}, so Ps 104:17, yet compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896). 71}), bird; — absolute ‎צִפּוֺר‎ Hos 11:11 + 15 t., ‎צִפֹּר‎ Gen 15:10 + 11 t., construct ‎צִפּוֺר‎ Deut 4:17 + 5 t., ‎צִפֹּרֹ‎ Ps 8:9* plural ‎צִפְָּרִים‎ Lev 14:4 + 5 t.; —

1. single bird, Amos 3:5; Hos 11:11 (simile; || ‎יוֺנָה‎), Lam 3:52; Job 40:29*; Ps 102:8*; Ps 124:7; Prov 6:5; Prov 7:23; Prov 26:2; Prov 27:8 (all simile), Lev 14:5 + 10 t. Lev 14 ‎׳‎‎בָּנָף כָּלצֿ‎ Deut 4:17, ‎טְהוֺרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּלצֿ‎ Deut 14:11 (‎כל‎ distributive); ‎׳‎‎קַןצֿ‎ Deut 22:6 bird's nest, ‎׳‎‎קוֺל הַצּ‎ Eccl 12:4 plural Isa 31:5 (simile), Neh 5:18; Lev 14:4 (‎שְׁתֵּי צִפְָּרִים‎, in purify.; compare We^{Heid. 2.171} RS^{Semitic i. 402, 2nd ed. 422}), vLev 14:49 (id.), Ps 104:17; Eccl 9:12.

2. less often collective, either def. Gen 15:10 (two), or indefinite Ps 11:1 (figurative), ‎צִפֹּר שָׁמַיִם‎ Ps 8:9*, especially ‎כָּלכָּֿ֠נָף‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ezek 39:17; Ps 148:10, ‎כָּלכָּֿנָף‎ ‎׳‎‎כֹּל צ‎ Ps 17:23; Gen 7:14, also redund. with ‎עַיִט‎, ‎כָּלכָּֿנָף‎ ‎׳‎‎עֵיט צ‎ Ezek 39:4 birds of prey of all kinds.

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