tsafaf · chirp, whisper

What it means

tsafaf (צָפַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “chirp, whisper”.

To chirp, to twitter like a bird; also to whisper or mutter.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Make shrill sounds like a bird; speak very low.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• chirped ×2
• who chirp ×1
• will whisper ×1

Where it appears

• Isaiah 8:19

  And when they say to you, “Consult those who call up the dead and the spiritists, who chirp and mutter,” should not a people consult its Elohim? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

• Isaiah 10:14

  And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers abandoned eggs, all the earth I have gathered; and there was no one who moved a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped.”

• Isaiah 29:4

  And you will be brought low; from the earth you will speak, and from the dust your saying will come low; and your voice will be like a spirit of the dead from the earth, and from the dust your saying will whisper.

• Isaiah 38:14

  Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped; I moaned like the dove; my eyes grew weak looking on high. Adonai, oppression is on me; be surety for me.