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title: צִפּוֹר — Zippor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִפּוֹר (6834), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Zippor. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִפּוֹר

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«צִפּוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zippor** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6834 · **BDB:** צִפּוֹר²

### Glosses

of.Zippor (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zippor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6834/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6834/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Balak, king of Moab (bird; perhaps specif. sparrow, cf. GrayProp. N. 94; Palm. n.pr.m. צפרא);—צ׳ Nu 22:2, 4, 16; Jos 24:9; Ju 11:25, צִפֹּר Nu 22:10; 23:18; Σεπφωρ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִפּוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6834/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.2/)

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וַיַּ֥רְא בָּלָ֖ק בֶּן־צִפּ֑וֹר אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw Balak the.son of.Zippor (et) all that it.had.done Israel to the Amorite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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[Numbers 22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.10/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בִּלְעָ֖ם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּלָ֧ק בֶּן־צִפֹּ֛ר מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָ֖ב שָׁלַ֥ח אֵלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Balaam to (the) God Balak the.son of.Zippor the.king of.Moab he.sent to me

*JPS 1917:* And Balaam said unto God: 'Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me saying:

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