צְפַר

צְפַרIV, צַפְרָא, m. (צְפַר I) 1) morning. Targ. Gen. 1:5. Targ. Ps. 90:6; a. v. fr.(Ib. 10 וטייסין לצ׳, prob. to be read: כצִפָּרָא.Pes.111b בטולי דצ׳וכ׳ in the morning and evening shadows of things of less than a cubits length. B. Mets. 107b; B. Kam.92b (prov.) שתין … גברא דמצ׳ כרך sixty runners may run, but will not overtake a man that takes early morning meals. Taan.22a top, a. fr. לצ׳ when the morning came. Pes.12b; a. v. fr.Pl. צַפְרַיָּא, צַפְרִין. Targ. Ps. 101:8 (ed. Wil. sing.). Targ. Lam. 3:23; a. e. 2) whistling signal.Pl. as ab Y.Ḥag.II, 78a top, v. צְפר I.( 3) bird, v. next art.