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H6856

צִפֹּ֫רֶן

tsip.po.renH:N-M

fingernail

1) fingernail, stylus point 1a) finger-nail 1b) point (of a diamond) Aramaic equivalent: te.phar (טְפַר "nail/claw" H2953)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צִפֹּ֫רֶן noun [masculine] nail (of finger), stylus-point; — construct ׳צ Jer 17:1 plural suffix צִפָּרְנֶיהָ Deut 21:12 —

1. finger-nail Deut 21:12 (compare RSK 178; Semitic i. 407, 2nd ed. 428 WeHeid. 2. 171).
2. transf., שָׁמִיר ׳בְּצ Jer 17:1 with a point of diamond (compare PlinNH 37, 4).

[טְפַר] noun masculine nail, claw (ᵑ7 טוּפְרָא, Syriac ; see Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּ֫רֶן, √ IV. צפר); — plural suffix of man טִפְר֫וֺהִי Dan 4:30 of beast, טפריה (K§ 53, 2. b)) Dan 7:19, Qr טִפְרַהּ.

2 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Jeremiah (1)