Word Study · Strong's H6856 · Hebrew

צִפֹּרֶן

tsipporen

tsip-po'-ren

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsippôren

“properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of astyle (or pen, tipped with adamant)

Rendered in the KJV as

nail, point.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן1
צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃1

How it is rendered · 2

finger-nails her1
with a point of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 1
HR/Ncmsc · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy1 of 2 · 50%
Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 21:12צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃tzipareneihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularthen you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,here: finger-nails her

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 17:1בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶןbetziporenpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.here: with a point of

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