צִיפּ׳

צִיפּ׳
צִפּוֹרֶן, צִיפּ׳c. (b. h. צִפֹּרֶן; v. צְפַר I) nail (of finger or toe), talon (of a bird). Mikv. IX, 2; 4. Gen. R. s. 20, end חלקים היו כצ׳ they were as smooth as a nail, Yalk. ib. 34. Koh. R. to VI, 7 כצ׳ מתוך הושט (the departure of the soul from the body is) like getting a nail out of the gullet, v. צִיפּוֹרֵי I; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 45 צִיפָּרְנָן של אבות ולאוכ׳ rather a nail of the fathers than the belly of the sons, i. e. the older generations were better than the latter; Yoma 9b טובה צִפּוֹרְנָןוכ׳.Du. צִפּוֹרְנַיִים, צִפּוֹרְניִם, צִפָּרְ׳, צִי׳. Tosef.M. Kat. II, 2 ליטול צ׳ to cut the nails; M. Kat. 17b. Y.Hor.II, 46d בצִיפָּרְנֵי ידיו through his finger nails; Gen. R. s. 98 דרך צִפּוֹרְנָיו. Sifra Shmini, ch. IV, Par. 3 צפורניים the talons; Yalk. Lev. 537; Toh. I, 2; Ḥull.121a; a. fr. 2) a digging tool, spade, mattock. Tosef.Sabb.XIV (XV), 1 צ׳ גדולה a large spade; Y. ib. XVII, beg.16a הציפרין (corr. acc.). Y.Shek.VIII, beg.51a אבא שאול היה קורא אותו צ׳וכ׳ (not אותן) Abba Saul called it (the מְרִיצָה) tsipporen, because it resembles a nail. Ex. R. s. 37, v. חָתַר; Lev. R. s. 10 Ar. (ed. הסייף). 3) (v. טוּפְרָא) onycha (unguis odoratus), a spice. Ker.6a; Y.Yoma IV, 41d; a. e.; v. שְׁחֵלֶת.(Ex. R. s. 3, a. e. ציפורן, v. צִיפּוֹרִין II.

Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. . 1903.

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