- צפר
- צִפַּר, צִפְּרָא, צִפּוֹר, צִפּוֹרָא, צִי׳ch. sam(צפר bird, ), fowl, bird. Targ. O. Gen. 7:14 (Y. צפור). Targ. O. Lev. 14:5 (ed. Berl. צפירא, corr. acc.; Y. צפו׳). Ib. 6 (ed. Amst. צִיפְ׳, צַפְ׳). Targ. Prov. 7:23 ed. Wil. צַ׳ (ed. Lag. צִי׳); a. fr.Meïl. 20b, v. סְבַר III. Zeb.64b צ׳ מלבר the bird (whose head is to be pinched) must be turned outside (over the back of the priests hands). Gen. R. s. 79 ציפור מבלעדיוכ׳ no bird is caught without the decree of heaven; Y.Shebi.IX, 38d צפור; Esth. R. to I, 9 ציפר; Koh. R. to X, 8 ציפור, v. יְבַד. Ib. to IV, 6 (prov.) טבא חדא צ׳ כפותאוכ׳ better one bird tied, than a hundred flying; a. fr.Pl. צִפָּרִין, צִפָּרַיָּא, צִפּוֹ׳, צִי׳. Targ. Lev. 14:4 (ed. Berl. צִפֳּ׳). Targ. Ps. 104:17; a. fr.Y. Shebi. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. צַיָּידָא. Koh. R. l. c.; Lev. R. s. 3, beg., v. אֲגַר II; a. fr.בֵּית צִפָּרַיָּיא (name of a family) Beth-Tsipparaya. Arakh.II, 4 (Bab. ed. 10a ציפרא; Rashi צִפֳּרִים); Tosef. ib. I, 15 ציפרייא; Succ.51a.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
