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title: צְפַר — bird · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צְפַר (lemma:צְפַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: bird. BDB 1906: n.f. bird. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְפַר

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«צְפַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **bird** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:צְפַר · **BDB:** צִפַּר

### Glosses

the.birds (2); birds (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bird [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bird [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 4:18 (cf. K. p. 165, Anm. 3 bird (v. BH 11. צפר);—pl. abs. צִפֲּרִין Dn 4:30, emph. צִפְּרַיָּא v 11, cstr. צִפֲּרִי v 9, 18.

### Jastrow 1903

צְפַר I: to be bright to be swift to be shrill to whistle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (cmp. צָפָה) \[to be bright; denom. צַפְרָא; (of movement) to be swift; denom. צִפּוֹר, צָפִיר \&c., (of sound) to be shrill,\] to whistle. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot. אין צַפְרִית חד זמן וכ׳ when I whistle once, put your garments on \&c.; ib. 78ᵃ top \[read:\] אית בי עבד אנא צ׳ תרין צפרין … תמנין וכ׳ I can do (this); I can whistle twice and bring up eighty young men for you \&c.; Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot. אי בי עביד נא צ׳ תרין זמנין וכ׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְפַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.18/)

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וְעָפְיֵ֤הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּמָז֨וֹן לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵ֑הּ תְּחֹת֗וֹהִי תְּדוּר֙ חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֔א וּבְעַנְפ֕וֹהִי יִשְׁכְּנָ֖ן צִפֲּרֵ֥י שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and foliage its \[was\].beautiful and fruit its \[was\].plentiful and food for.all \[was\].on it under it it.dwelt the.animal\[s\] of the.field and in branches its they.dwelt the.birds of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation;

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[Daniel 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.11/)

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קָרֵ֨א בְחַ֜יִל וְכֵ֣ן אָמַ֗ר גֹּ֤דּוּ אִֽילָנָא֙ וְקַצִּ֣צוּ עַנְפ֔וֹהִי אַתַּ֥רוּ עָפְיֵ֖הּ וּבַדַּ֣רוּ אִנְבֵּ֑הּ תְּנֻ֤ד חֵֽיוְתָא֙ מִן־תַּחְתּ֔וֹהִי וְצִפְּרַיָּ֖א מִן־עַנְפֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].proclaiming with power and as.follows \[he.was\].saying cut.down! the tree and cut.off! branches its strip.off! foliage its and scatter! fruit its let.it.flee the animal\[s\] from under it and the birds from branches its

*JPS 1917:* He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

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