צִיפּוֹרִים

צִיפּוֹרֵי, צִיפּוֹרִים, צִיפּוֹרִין, צִפּ׳II pr. n. pl. Sepphoris in Upper Galilee. Meg.6a קטרון זו צ׳וכ׳ Kitron (Jud. 1:30) is Sepphoris, and why is it named S.? Because it is perched on the top of a mountain like a bird (tsippor). B. Bath.75b אני ראיתי צ׳ בשלותה I have seen S. in her prosperous days. Sabb.121a, v. גַּסְטְרָא. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top רבי … בצ׳וכ׳ Rabbi lived in S. seventeen years. Arakh.IX, 6 קצדה … של ציפורים the old castle of S. (a fortification dating from the days of the lsraelitish conquest); Bab. ed. (32a) ציפודי; a. fr.Ex. R. s. 3, a. e. ציפורן (corr. acc.).