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H6848B

צִפְעוֹנִי

tsiph.o.niH:N-M

serpent

1) poisonous serpent 1a) a viper Also means: tse.pah (צֶ֫פַע "serpent" H6848A)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute ׳צ Isa 11:8 (|| פָּ֑תֶן), ׳בֵּיצֵי צ Isa 59:5 כְּצִפְעֹנִי Prov 23:32 (simile; || נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים Jer 8:17 (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; TristrNHB 275 ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs FurrerBi HWB 2, 1423; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex.

4 occurrences

Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1)