Lexical Summary tsipporen: fingernail, stylus point Original Word: צִפֹּרֶןTransliteration: tsipporen Phonetic Spelling: (tsip-po'-ren) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: fingernail, stylus point Meaning: a claw, nail, the point of a, style Strong's Concordance nail, point From tsaphar (in the denominative sense (from tsippowr) of scratching); properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of a style (or pen, tipped with adamant) -- nail, point. see HEBREW tsaphar see HEBREW tsippowr Brown-Driver-Briggs H6856. tsipporen צִמֹּ֫רֶן noun [masculine] nail (of finger), stylus-point; — construct ׳צ Jeremiah 17:1; plural suffix צִמָּרְנֶיהָ Deuteronomy 21:12; — 1 finger-nail Deuteronomy 21:12 (compare RSK 178; Semitic i. 407, 2nd ed. 428 WeHeid. 2. 171). 2 transf., ׳בְּצ שָׁמִיר Jeremiah 17:1 with a point of diamond (compare PlinNH 37, 4). V. צפר (√ of following; Aramaic צְפִירָצ, image unavailable = צָפִיר; perhaps compare Arabic leap (but = )). |
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