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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6852 - צָפַר

Transliteration

tsâphar

Phonetics

tsaw-far'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1958

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1633 ‑ ἐκχωρέω (ek‑kho‑reh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Judges 1

BSB (1)

Judges 1

CSB (1)

Judges 1

ESV (1)

Judges 1

KJV (1)

Judges 1

LEB (1)

Judges 1

LSB (1)

Judges 1

N95 (1)

Judges 1

NAS (0)

Judges 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Judges 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2685) r p y (תספר TsPR) AC: ? CO: Bird AB: Early: The early morning appearance of birds.

V) r p y (תספר TsPR) - Depart early: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) depart - Strongs: H6852 (צָפַר)

N^m) r p y (תספר TsPR) - Bird: [Aramaic only] KJV (4): fowl, bird - Strongs: H6853 (צִפַּר)

b^m) r i p y (תספיר TsPYR) - Male goat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): he goat - Strongs: H6841 (צְפִיר), H6842 (צָפִיר)

b^f1) e r i p y (תספירה TsPYRH) - Morning: The early morning as the sun rises. KJV (3): morning, diadem - Strongs: H6843 (צְפִירָה)

c^f) r f p y (תספור TsPWR) - Bird: KJV (40): bird, fowl, sparrow - Strongs: H6833 (צִפֹּר)

cm^m) n r f p y (תספורנ TsPWRN) - Point: The sharp pointed talon of a bird. Also a fingernail or the sharp point of a flint. KJV (2): nail, point - Strongs: H6856 (צִפֹּרֶן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [צָפַר] verb dubious; — Imperfect 3 masculine singular וְיִצְמֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד יָשֹׁב Judges 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 Judges 7:4), so Bu Now (compare Dr^{Hast. ii. 176} n).

II. צפר (√ of following; compare Arabic peep, twitter whistle (usually of bird; onomatopoetic); Assyrian ƒapâru is cry, howl: Late Hebrew צִמּוֺר = Biblical Hebrew, so Phoenician צפרᵑ7 צִמַּר, Syriac , Mandean ציפאר, ציפרא Nö^{M § 102}; also Arabic sparrow, etc., and (perhaps) Assyrian iƒƒuru, bird).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צָפַר

(1) to go in a circle, to revolve (see צְפִירָה ); hence to turn, to turn oneself about, Judges 7:3, “let him who is fearful and afraid וְיִצְפֹּר יָשֹׁב turn and return.”

(2) to dance in a circle, and generally, to leap, to dance. Arab. ضَفَرَ fut. I., compare גִּיל, חוּל, and מָתוֹל; whence צָפִיר a he-goat.

(3) to chirp, to twitter, as a bird (trillern), Arab. صفم. Hence צִפּוֹר, Chald. צִפַּר. See also pr.n. צוֹפַר. [The meaning given to this root in Thes. is, to pip, to chirp, as a bird.]

II.

צָפַר i.q. ظفر to wound with claws. See צִפֹּרֶן.

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List of Word Forms

וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר ויצפר veyitzPor wə·yiṣ·pōr wəyiṣpōr