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צִפֹּור

Strong’s: H6833 · H6834

Associated OET lemmas: צִפּוֹר

Authors: Graham S. Ogden

Form 1

Part of speech: nsc

Sense 1: sparrow

Semantic domains: Birds (001001002001005)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = small bird, speckled brown in color; found in abundance around towns and settlements; lives on grass and grain; ◄ Passer domesticus, Passer hispaniolensis, and Passer moabiticus; ► clean and can therefore be eaten

Further resources: Fauna:3.21

PSA 84:4: RV PSA 84:3 · LV PSA 84:4 · Read together PSA 84:3

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OET-RV PSA 84:3

3 Even the sparrow has found herself a house,
⇔ ≈ and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young
⇔ near your altars, Commander-in-chief Yahweh, my King, and my god.

OET-LV PSA 84:4

4  Also a _bird it _has _found a _home and_a _swallow a _nest to/for_her/it which it _has _put ones _of_its _young with altars _of_your Oh_YHWH soldiers/messengers king _of_my and_god _of_my.

PRO 26:2: RV PRO 26:2 · LV PRO 26:2 · Read together PRO 26:2

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OET-RV PRO 26:2

2 Like a fluttering bird or a darting swallow,
⇔ so too an undeserved curse won’t land on you.

OET-LV PRO 26:2

2 Like_bird for_fluttering like_swallow for_flying so a _curse _of without _cause to_him it _will _come.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: RV PSA 84:3 · LV PSA 84:4 · Read together PSA 84:3

PRO: RV PRO 26:2 · RV PRO 27:8 · LV PRO 26:2 · LV PRO 27:8 · Read together PRO 26:2 · Read together PRO 27:8

HOS: RV HOS 11:11 · LV HOS 11:11 · Read together HOS 11:11

Sense 2: bird, fowl

Semantic domains: Birds (001001002001005)

Core domains: Animal (010)

Definition: = generic term for a small bird; ► usually clean and can therefore be eaten

Further resources: Fauna:3.1

GEN 7:14: RV GEN 7:14 · LV GEN 7:14 · Read together GEN 7:14

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OET-RV GEN 7:14

14 They had with them every kind of living creature, including every kind of livestock and every other kind of creature that lives on the land, and every kind of bird and everything else that flies.

OET-LV GEN 7:14

14 They and_all the_living to_its_kind and_all the_cattle/livestock to_its_kind and_all the_creeping _(thing) the_(one)_creeping on the_earth/land to_his/its_kind and_all (the)_bird to_his/its_kind every _of bird _of every _of wing.

GEN 15:10: RV GEN 15:10 · LV GEN 15:10 · Read together GEN 15:10

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OET-RV GEN 15:10

10 So Avram brought all those to Yahweh, and then he cut the animals (but not the birds) in half down the middle and laid the halves opposite to each other.

OET-LV GEN 15:10

10 And_he/it _took to_him/it DOM all _of these and_he _cut _in _two DOM_them in_middle and_he/it _gave each piece _of_its to_meet his/its_neighbour and_DOM the_bird[s] not he _cut _in _two.

All 32 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 7:14 · RV GEN 15:10 · LV GEN 7:14 · LV GEN 15:10 · Read together GEN 7:14 · Read together GEN 15:10

LEV: RV LEV 14:4–7 · RV LEV 14:49–53 · LV LEV 14:4–7 · LV LEV 14:49–53 · Read together LEV 14:4–7 · Read together LEV 14:49–53

DEU: RV DEU 4:17 · RV DEU 14:11 · RV DEU 22:6 · LV DEU 4:17 · LV DEU 14:11 · LV DEU 22:6 · Read together DEU 4:17 · Read together DEU 14:11 · Read together DEU 22:6

NEH: RV NEH 5:18 · LV NEH 5:18 · Read together NEH 5:18

JOB: RV JOB 41:5 · LV JOB 40:29 · Read together JOB 41:5

PSA: RV PSA 8:8 · RV PSA 11:1 · RV PSA 102:7 · RV PSA 104:17 · RV PSA 124:7 · RV PSA 148:10 · LV PSA 8:9 · LV PSA 11:1 · LV PSA 102:8 · LV PSA 104:17 · LV PSA 124:7 · LV PSA 148:10 · Read together PSA 8:8 · Read together PSA 11:1 · Read together PSA 102:7 · Read together PSA 104:17 · Read together PSA 124:7 · Read together PSA 148:10

PRO: RV PRO 6:5 · RV PRO 7:23 · LV PRO 6:5 · LV PRO 7:23 · Read together PRO 6:5 · Read together PRO 7:23

ECC: RV ECC 9:12 · RV ECC 12:4 · LV ECC 9:12 · LV ECC 12:4 · Read together ECC 9:12 · Read together ECC 12:4

ISA: RV ISA 31:5 · LV ISA 31:5 · Read together ISA 31:5

LAM: RV LAM 3:52 · LV LAM 3:52 · Read together LAM 3:52

EZE: RV EZE 17:23 · RV EZE 39:4 · RV EZE 39:17 · LV EZE 17:23 · LV EZE 39:4 · LV EZE 39:17 · Read together EZE 17:23 · Read together EZE 39:4 · Read together EZE 39:17

AMO: RV AMO 3:5 · LV AMO 3:5 · Read together AMO 3:5

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Sense 1: Zippor

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ► father of Balak, king of Moab

NUM 22:2: RV NUM 22:2 · LV NUM 22:2 · Read together NUM 22:2

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OET-RV NUM 22:2

2 The Moavi King Balak (Tsipor’s son), saw everything that Yisrael (Israel) had done to the Amorim,

OET-LV NUM 22:2

2 And_ Bālāq the _son _of Tsipōr/(Zippor) _he/it _saw DOM all _of that Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) it _had _done to_ʼAmorī[s].

NUM 22:4: RV NUM 22:4 · LV NUM 22:4 · Read together NUM 22:4

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OET-RV NUM 22:4

4 and they told the elders at Midyan, “Now all that lot will devour everything that’s around us, just like a cow completely cleans out a green field.”
¶ Now Tsipor’s son Balak was Moav’s king at that time,

OET-LV NUM 22:4

4 And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it _said to the _elders _of Midyān now the_company they _will _lick _up DOM all _of around _of_us as_ the_ox _licks _up DOM the _greenery _of the_field and_Bālāq the _son _of Tsipōr/(Zippor) was_king of_Mōʼāⱱ at_time the_that.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: RV NUM 22:2 · RV NUM 22:4 · RV NUM 22:10 · RV NUM 22:16 · RV NUM 23:18 · LV NUM 22:2 · LV NUM 22:4 · LV NUM 22:10 · LV NUM 22:16 · LV NUM 23:18 · Read together NUM 22:2 · Read together NUM 22:4 · Read together NUM 22:10 · Read together NUM 22:16 · Read together NUM 23:18

JOS: RV JOS 24:9 · LV JOS 24:9 · Read together JOS 24:9

JDG: RV JDG 11:25 · LV JDG 11:25 · Read together JDG 11:25