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Strong's #6852 - צָפַר

Transliteration
tsâphar
Phonetics
tsaw-far'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
1958
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) (Qal) to go early, depart early

1a) meaning dubious

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1633 ‑ ἐκχωρέω (ek‑kho‑reh'‑o);  
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

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

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

Nm) rpy (תספר TsPR) - Bird: [Aramaic only] KJV (4): fowl, bird - Strongs: H6853 (צִפַּר)

bm) ripy (תספיר TsPYR) - Male goat: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): he goat - Strongs: H6841 (צְפִיר), H6842 (צָפִיר)

bf1) eripy (תספירה TsPYRH) - Morning: The early morning as the sun rises. KJV (3): morning, diadem - Strongs: H6843 (צְפִירָה)

cf) rfpy (תספור TsPWR) - Bird: KJV (40): bird, fowl, sparrow - Strongs: H6833 (צִפֹּר)

cmm) nrfpy (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)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 M § 102; also Arabic sparrow, etc., and (perhaps) Assyrian iƒƒuru, bird).


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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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וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר ויצפר veyitzPor wə·yiṣ·pōr wəyiṣpōr
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