Lexical Definition

‎צָפַף‎ tsâphaph (tsaw-faf') to whisper ^H:V
a primitive root

chatter, peep, whisper.

• to coo or chirp (as a bird)

1) (Pilpel) to chirp, peep
1a) of birds
1b) of ghosts

See Greek: ἀντέπω · ἀσθενέω · γῆ · φωνέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צַפַף‎] verb Pilpel chirp, peep (onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew Pilpal id.; Jewish-Aramaic ‎צַפְצֵף‎ chirp; Arabic sparrow, etc.); — Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּצַפְצֵף‎ Isa 29:4, 1 singular ‎אֲצַפְצֵף‎ Isa 38:14 Participle ‎מְצַפְצֵף‎ Isa 10:14, plural ‎הַמְפְצְפִים‎ Isa 8:19 — chirp, peep:

1. of birds Isa 10:14 (figurative of conquered peoples); of mourning, ‎׳‎‎בְּסוּסאֲ֗֗֗צ‎ Isa 38:14 (|| ‎אֶהְנֶּה בַּיּוֺנָה‎).

2. of spirits, ghosts Isa 8:19 (+ ‎הַמַּהְגִּים‎), ‎׳‎‎מֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצ‎ Isa 29:4 (like a spirit's).

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