H6833

צִפּוֹר

tsip.porH:N

bird

1) bird, fowl 1a) bird (singular) 1b) birds (coll) Aramaic equivalent: tse.phar (צְפַר "bird" H6853)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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.

[צִפַּר] noun feminine^{Dan 4:18} (compare K^{p. 165, Anm. 3}) bird (see Biblical Hebrew II. צפר); — plural absolute צִפֲּרִין Dan 4:30, emphatic צִפְּרַיָּא v.Dan 4:11, construct צִפֲּרֵי) v.Dan 4:9 v.Dan 4:18.

30 occurrences

Genesis (2), Leviticus (9), Deuteronomy (2), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (1), Amos (1)