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צָפַף

«צָפַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: chirp — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 6850 · BDB: צָפַף

Glosses

I.chirp (1); chirping (1); it.will.whisper (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

chirp tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. chirp, peep tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. chirp, peep (onomatop.; NH Pilp. id.; JAram. צַפְצֵף chirp; Arabic صُفْصُفٌ sparrow, etc.);—Impf. 3 fs. תְּצַפְצֵף Is 29:4, 1 s. אֲצַפְצֵף 38:14; Pt. מְצַפְצֵף 10:14, pl. הַמְצַפְצְפִים 8:19;—chirp, peep: of birds Is 10:14 (fig. of conquered peoples); of mourning, כְּסוּס … אֲצ׳ 38:14 (‖ אֶהְגֶּה כַּיּוֹנָה). of spirits, ghosts Is 8:19 (+ הַמַּהְגִּים), מֵעָפָר אִמְרָתֵךְ תְּצ׳ 29:4 (like a spirit’s).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «צָפַף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Isaiah 38:14

כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: like a.swallow a.crane so I.chirp I.moan like (the) dove they.are.low eyes my to the height[s] Lord my oppression [belongs].to me stand surety.for.me

JPS 1917: Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.

Isaiah 29:4

וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּמֵֽעָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ וּמֵעָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃

Word for word: and you.will.become.low from.[the] ground you.will.speak and from.[the] dust it.will.be.humbled utterance your and it.will.be like a.necromancer from.[the] ground voice your and from.[the] dust utterance your it.will.whisper

JPS 1917: And brought down thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of a ghost out of the ground, and thy speech shall chirp out of the dust.

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