צְפַרְדֵּעַ

צְפַרְדֵּעַc. (b. h.) frog. Ker.13b. Toh.V. 1; 4. Snh.67b (ref. to Ex. 8:2) צ׳ אחת היתהוכ׳ originally there was only one frog ; Ex. R. s. 10. Ib. אני עושה שליחותי …ע״י צ׳ I have my message carried, and be it even through a serpent, a scorpion or a frog; a. fr.Pl. צְפַרְדְּעִים, צְפַרְדְּעִין Ib. השחתת הצ׳ the ruin which the frogs effected. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66b> קולנין (כגון) צ׳ … ואח״כ and then he sent them criers (heralds), that is the frogs; Pesik. R. s. 17; a. e.