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Lexicon :: Strong's H6850 - ṣāp̄ap̄

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צָפַף
Transliteration
ṣāp̄ap̄
Pronunciation
tsaw-faf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1957

Strong’s Definitions

צָפַף tsâphaph, tsaw-faf'; a primitive root; to coo or chirp (as a bird):—chatter, peep, whisper.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H6850 in the following manner: peep (2x), chatter (1x), whisper (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H6850 in the following manner: peep (2x), chatter (1x), whisper (1x).

  1. (Pilpel) to chirp, peep

    1. of birds

    2. of ghosts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָפַף tsâphaph, tsaw-faf'; a primitive root; to coo or chirp (as a bird):—chatter, peep, whisper.
STRONGS H6850: Abbreviations
† [צַפַף] verb
Pilp. chirp, peep (onomatopoetic; Late Hebrew Pilpal id.; Jewish-Aramaic צַפְצֵף chirp; Arabic bdb086104 sparrow, etc.); — Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּצַפְצֵף Isaiah 29:4, 1st person singular אֲצַפְצֵף Isaiah 38:14; Participle מְצַפְצֵף Isaiah 10:14, plural הַמְפְצְפִים Isaiah 8:19; — chirp, peep:
1. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (figurative of conquered peoples); of mourning, אֲצ'֗֗֗ כְּסוּס Isaiah 38:14 (|| אֶהְנֶּה בַּיּוֺנָה).
2. of spirits, ghosts Isaiah 8:19 (+ הַמַּהְגִּים), מֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצ׳ Isaiah 29:4 (like a spirit's).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

8:19; 8:19; 10:14; 10:14; 29:4; 29:4; 38:14; 38:14

H6850

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6850 matches the Hebrew צָפַף (ṣāp̄ap̄),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,
and from the dust your speech shall whisper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Like a swallow or a crane I chirp;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
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