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Proverbs 26:2
“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צִפּוֹרtsippôwr · tsip-pore'
H6833 · Hebrew
H6833 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a little bird (as hopping)
- Derivation
- or צִפֹּר; from H6852 (צָפַר);
- KJV renderings
- bird, fowl, sparrow.
- Grammar
- כַּ — preposition with definite article
- צִּפּ֣וֹר — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 40 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:14Genesis 15:10Leviticus 14:4Leviticus 14:5Leviticus 14:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צִפּוֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.