H6852

צָפַר

tsa.pharH:V

to depart

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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 DrHast. ii. 176 n).


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