צִפּוֹר

Genesis 7:14 צִפּ֥וֹר bird

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 15:10 הַצִפֹּ֖ר the bird[s]

So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

Leviticus 14:4 צִפֳּרִ֥ים birds

the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

Leviticus 14:5 הַצִּפּ֣וֹר the bird

Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:6 הַצִּפֹּ֤ר הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַצִּפֹּ֣ר the bird

And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

Leviticus 14:7 הַצִּפֹּ֥ר the bird

Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.

Here: A small bird. The text does not say which species; the rite required two of them (14:4), one slaughtered and one kept alive.

Leviticus 14:49 צִפֳּרִ֑ים birds

He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

Leviticus 14:50 הַצִּפֹּ֣ר the bird

and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:51 הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הַצִּפֹּ֣ר the bird

Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Leviticus 14:52 הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר the bird, and with the bird

And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

Leviticus 14:53 הַצִּפֹּ֧ר the bird

Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.

Deuteronomy 4:17 צִפּ֣וֹר bird of

of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

Deuteronomy 14:11 צִפּ֥וֹר bird

You may eat any clean bird,

Deuteronomy 22:6 צִפּ֣וֹר׀ a bird

If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

Nehemiah 5:18 וְצִפֳּרִים֙ and poultry

Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Job 41:5 כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר like <the> bird

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Psalm 8:8 צִפּ֣וֹר [the] bird[s] of

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

Psalm 11:1 צִפּֽוֹר׃ a bird

For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

Here: A small bird of the kind that fowlers hunt. In the standard Hebrew it is a direct address ('O bird!') or a comparison left implied ('as a bird'). The image is of something small, hunted and frightened, darting off to cover.

Psalm 84:3 צִפּ֨וֹר׀ a bird

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

Psalm 102:7 כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר like a bird

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

Psalm 104:17 צִפֳּרִ֣ים birds

where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

Psalm 124:7 כְּצִפּ֥וֹר like a bird

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

Here: 'Like a bird.' Tsippor is the usual word for small birds such as sparrows, the kind caught in great numbers for food. The picture is of something small and helpless.

Psalm 148:10 וְצִפּ֥וֹר and bird[s] of

wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

Here: "And bird of…" The form links it to the next word. Tsippor often means a small songbird, but here it stands for birds in general.

Proverbs 6:5 וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר and like a bird

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Here: 'And like a bird.' A general word for small birds such as sparrows, which were caught in large numbers with nets and traps. The bird is the classic picture of a creature that is helpless once it is held.

Proverbs 7:23 צִפּ֣וֹר a bird

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 26:2 כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר like <the> bird

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Here: 'Like the (small) bird.' Tsippor is the everyday word for a small songbird, often a sparrow. The first picture is of something small and restless, always on the move.

Proverbs 27:8 כְּ֭צִפּוֹר like a bird

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

Here: The prefix ke- means "like." Tsippor is a small bird, the sparrow-sized kind found all over the hills of Israel. It was common, cheap and easily hunted, so it is a picture of something small and exposed. It is grammatically feminine, which is why the next words are feminine ("her nest").

Ecclesiastes 9:12 וְכַ֨צִּפֳּרִ֔ים and like <the> birds

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Here: "And like the birds": the second comparison, small birds taken by fowlers for food and for sale.

Ecclesiastes 12:4 הַצִּפּ֔וֹר <the> bird

when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

Isaiah 31:5 כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים like birds

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

Here: Tsippor is the everyday word for a small bird, the kind that nests in eaves and trees. With the prefix kə- ('like') it opens a comparison that pairs with the lion in verse 4.

Lamentations 3:52 כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר like <the> bird

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Ezekiel 17:23 צִפּ֣וֹר bird

I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

Here: Bird, often small ones, used here as a collective. In the parallel tree passage, Ezekiel 31:6, the birds sit alongside 'all great nations,' which suggests peoples finding shelter.

Ezekiel 39:4 צִפּ֧וֹר bird[s]

On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

Here: The general word for bird. Joined to the previous word it makes "birds of prey, birds…", widening the circle beyond raptors.

Ezekiel 39:17 לְצִפּ֨וֹר to bird[s] of

And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

Here: A singular used for the whole group: 'to the birds'. In context (39:4, 'birds of prey') the scavengers are meant above all: vultures, kites, ravens.

Hosea 11:11 כְצִפּוֹר֙ like a bird

They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

Amos 3:5 צִפּוֹר֙ a bird

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

Here: A small bird of the kind caught for food, such as a sparrow, finch, quail or dove. It was the everyday quarry of the bird-catcher.