Lexical Definition

‎צָפַר‎ tsâphar (tsaw-far') to depart ^H:V
a primitive root

depart early.

• to skip about, i.e. return

1) (Qal) to go early, depart early
1a) meaning dubious

See Greek: ἐκχωρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צָפַר‎] verb dubious; — Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְיִצְפֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד יָשֹׁב‎ Judg 7:3 let him return and (Vrss) let him depart, AV depart early (as Ki, from Aramaic ‎צפרא‎, morning, improbable), wholly uncertain; Gr ‎וְיַעֲבִר‎; on difficulty of ‎׳‎‎מֵהַר הַגּ‎ see ‎גִּלְעָד‎

2. and GFM, who conjectures ‎וְיִצְרְפֵם גִּדְעֹן‎ and so Gideson put them to test (compare vJudg 7:4), so Bu Now (compare Dr^{Hast. ii. 176} n).

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