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title: צָפַף — chirp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָפַף (6850), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: chirp. BDB 1906: vb. chirp, peep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָפַף

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«צָפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chirp** — 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:** 6850 · **BDB:** צָפַף

### Glosses

I.chirp (1); chirping (1); it.will.whisper (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chirp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6850/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. chirp, peep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6850/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. chirp, peep (onomatop.; NH Pilp. id.; JAram. צַפְצֵף chirp; Arabic صُفْصُفٌ sparrow, etc.);—Impf. 3 fs. תְּצַפְצֵף Is 29:4, 1 s. אֲצַפְצֵף 38:14; Pt. מְצַפְצֵף 10:14, pl. הַמְצַפְצְפִים 8:19;—chirp, peep: of birds Is 10:14 (fig. of conquered peoples); of mourning, כְּסוּס … אֲצ׳ 38:14 (‖ אֶהְגֶּה כַּיּוֹנָה). of spirits, ghosts Is 8:19 (+ הַמַּהְגִּים), מֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצ׳ 29:4 (like a spirit’s).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָפַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6850/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.14/)

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כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* like a.swallow a.crane so I.chirp I.moan like (the) dove they.are.low eyes my to the height\[s\] Lord my oppression \[belongs\].to me stand surety.for.me

*JPS 1917:* Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.

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[Isaiah 29:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.4/)

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וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּמֵֽעָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ וּמֵעָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.become.low from.\[the\] ground you.will.speak and from.\[the\] dust it.will.be.humbled utterance your and it.will.be like a.necromancer from.\[the\] ground voice your and from.\[the\] dust utterance your it.will.whisper

*JPS 1917:* And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp out of the dust.

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