ציפור, ציפורא, v. צפור, צפורא.
ציפוראה, v. ציפוריא.
ציפורה, v. צפורה.
ציפורי, ציפורין, צפ׳ I m. pl. (אפר II) whirling waters. M. Kat. 29a וכ׳ בפי כצ׳, v. פיטורי; [Rashi; like a knotted rope passing through a loop-hole in the mast); Lev. R. s. 4; Koh. R. to VI, 7 כציפורן, v. צפורן]
ציפורי, ציפורים, ציפורין, צפ׳ II pr. n. pl. Sepphoris in bpper Galilee. Meg. 6a וכ׳ צ׳ זו קטרון Kitron (Jud. I, 30) is Sepphoris, and why is it named S. Because it is perched on the top of a mountain like a bird (tsippor). B. Bath. 75b בשלותה צ׳ ראיתי אני I have seen S. in her prosperous days. Sabb. 121a, v. גסטרא. Y. Kil. IX, 32b top וכ׳ בצ׳ . . . רבי Rabbi lived in S. seventeen years. Arakh. IX, 6 ציפורים של . . קצרה the old castle of S. (a forti. fication dating from the days of the sraelitish conquest); Bab. ed. (32a) ציפורי; a. fr. -- Ex. R. s. 3, a. e. ציפורן (corr. acc.).
ציפוריא, ציפוראה, ציפר׳, צפ׳ m. (preced.) SSepphorite, of SSepphoris. Y. Ter. XI, end, 48b; Cant. R. to VI, 8 צ׳ חייא ר׳ R. Hiya of S.; a. fr. - Pl. ציפוראיי, ציפורייא, צפ׳. Y. Keth. XII, 35a top; Y. Kil. IX, 32b top ציפריא. Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7a; a. fr.
ציפורים, ציפורין, v. יפוריa ז, 1I.
ציפורית f. (ציפורי II) of Sepphoris. Tosef. Maas. Sh. IV, 13 וכ׳ צ׳ צ׳ הימנו נוטל טבירית טריסית .. נותן if a man lends his neighbor a Tiberian lressis, he must accept in return a Sepphorite ressis, and vice versa.
ציפורן, v. צפורן.
ציפורני m.(preced.art.) fepphorite. - Pl. ציפורנין. Y. Bicc. I, 63d bot. וכ׳ הצ׳ מן מביאין אין you must not ofter first-fruits belonging to Sepphorites or to Beth Sheanites.
ציפורת ציפורתא, v. sub צפ׳.
*ציפיא f. (צפה; cmp. Syr. צפיותא, P. Sm. 3429) clearness, the liguid parts of honey cells. Sot. 48b דבש מןהצ׳ הבא the honey which comes from the inner portions of the cells (=צופים נופת), v. נופת; Y. ib. IX, 24b bot. דבש בצפייה הבא honey which comes in a state of clearness.
ציפיתא, v. ציפתא.
ציפר, ציפר, ציפרא, ציפ׳, v. sub צפ׳.
ציפרונה, v. צפדינא.
ציפרי, ציפריא, v. sab ציפור׳.
ציפרין, Y. Sabb. XVII, beg. 16d הצ׳, read; הציפורן.
ציפרתא, v. צפרתא.
ציפרתי f. name of a clean bird, tsipparti. Hull. 65a.
ציפתא, צפ׳ f. =ציפא II, matting, mat. -[Targ. Y. II Deut. XXXII, 9 בצ׳ ed. Vien., read; בפיצתא.]-- Sabb. 140b וכ׳ חדתא אצ׳ . . . בר a student at the school house should not sit down on new matting, because it ruins the gar- ments. Ned. 50a top וכ׳ לצ׳ דלי he lifted up the mat (on which he had been sitting), and said &c. Kidd. 12b צר דאסא a braid of myrtle twigs (worth less than a P'rutah). Gitt. 68a עילויה צ׳ ליה שדו Rashi (ed. ציפיתא) they threw a mat over it (the pit). Ib. דשדיא צ׳ I see a map that is thrown down.
צי, צי, v. אוץ. צ.
ציץ I to come forth; to glisten, bloom, v. צוץן.
ציץ ch. same, 1) to stand forth, shine, bloom. Targ. Koh. XII, 5 ותצין Var. (for ותפין, v. פמן; h. text וינאן). Targ. Ps. CXXIX, 6 (Ms. יניין; h. text שלף). --2י) to look for, search. Targ. Prov. II, 4 ed. Lag (v. בא).
ציץ II m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) something glistening, foil. Tanh. Vayetse 12 (describing the Teraphim) . . . מביאין וכ זהב צ על וכותבין they get a firstborn man and slaughter him and write the name of a spirit of uncleanness onn a golden plate, and put the plate under his tongue with sorcerous ceremonies &c. - Esp. fhe highpriest's front plate. Succ. 5a וכ׳ טס כמין דומה צ׳ the front plate was something like a gold foil &c.; Sabb. 63b. Zeb. 88b ... צ׳ פנים עזות the plate procures forgiveness for sins com- mitted by effrontery. Gen.R. s. 71 צ ובזה צ׳ בזהiin this (the tribe of Levi) is the sheen (of the high priest's frontlet), and in that (the tribe of Judah) is the splendor (of the crown, Ps. CXXXII, 18); a. fr. - [Pl. ציצין. Tosef. Sot. III, 4 ed. Zuck. בצ׳ with fineries, v. צלצול.] - 2) blossom. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Is. XL, 8) ציצו ונבל . . יבש the flower of Abimelech was dried up, and his blossom faded (his procreative faculty was lost); Yalk. Is. 309. - Pl. ציצים, ציצין. Sabb. 145b (ref. to Is. XXVII, 6) צ׳ עושין . . . אלו וכ׳ this refers to the scholars in Babylonia who create blossoms and flowers for the Torah (revive learning); a. e. - 3) filament, thread, thread ike shred, fringe. Ib. 131a Ms. M., v. צון. - P. as ab. Ib. 94b; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 12 וכ׳ וצ׳ . . . צפורן a nail, and shreds (of skin) the largest portions of which are severed from the body. Sabb. XIX, 6 וכ׳ המעכבין צ׳ shreds of the corona which make the circumcision invalid. Y. ib. XIX, 17a; a. fr. -- Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 2 (describing a scarab or dragon used as an emblem of idolatry, v. דרקון) מצוארו יוצאין שהצ׳ כל from whose neck fringes come forth; Y. ib. III, 42a top; Bab. ib. 43a.
ציצא ch. same, 1) gold plate. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXI, 19 (describing the Terafim, v. preced.). -Esp. the highpriest's front plate. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 36. Targ. O. ib. XXXIX, 30 (Y. ציצת,constr. fem.); a. e. - 2) צ׳ אבני yewels. Targ. II Esth. I, 2. -- 3) blossom. Targ. Job XIV, 2 ed. Lag., v. נן I ch. - 44) name of a bird of prey, night-hawk. Targ. G. Lev. XI, 16; Deut. XIV, 15 (cmp. גן II; h. text תחמס). --- Pl. ציעין a) fns. Targ. Lev. XI, 9, sq.; Deut. XIV, 9 sq.; v. ציעיתא. - b) wings..Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 9 (Mms. ניציין). 161 *
