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ṣprwn, ṣprwnˀ (ṣep̄rōn, ṣep̄rōnā) n.m. little bird
(zool.) little bird
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ESSerm4 9:v455 ܐܝܟ ܨܦܪܘܢܐ ܨܐܕ ܠܢ | ܚܙܘܗ݀ ܕܐܢܬܬܐ ܡܢ ܪܘܚܩܐ‏ : the sight of a woman from afar hunts us like a little bird
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The passage at HP Sassoon(1) 205.10 cited by DJBA as the sole example of this word in Jewish texts is difficult to read in the photographs. Given the apparent feminine gender of the example, reading the common word ציפרתא there is now preferable, according to an email from M. Sokoloff (3/26/2019).
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1299[635]DJBA: 962bJ. Payne-Smith: 483

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