צִפּוֹרָה, צִיפּ׳ pr. n. f. (b. h. צִפֹּרָה) Zipporah (Bird), wife of Moses. M. Kat. 16ᵇ (ref. to Num. XII, 1) וכי כושית שמה והלא צ׳ וכ׳ was her name Kushith? Was not Z. her name? &c. Ex. R. s. 1 נקרא שמה צ׳ … כציפור she was named Zipporah (bird), because she sped like a bird (to bring Moses to her father’s house); a. e.
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צִפּוֹרָה , צִיפּ׳ pr. n. f. (b. h. צִפֹּרָה ) Zipporah ( Bird ), wife of Moses. M. Kat. 16ᵇ (ref. to Num. XII, 1 ) וכי כושית שמה והלא צ׳ וכ׳ was her…
References
- Moed Katan 16b:19
- Numbers 12:1
- Shemot Rabbah 1