What does צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ṣĕparĕdēʿa) mean in the Bible?
צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ṣĕparĕdēʿa): Unclean creature symbolizing plague and divine judgment in the exodus narrative; primarily literal usage.
Hebrew · H6854
צְפַרְדֵּעַ
A marsh-leaper , i.e. frog
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צְפַרְדֵּעַ H6854
Pronunciation ṣĕparĕdēʿa
What does צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ṣĕparĕdēʿa) mean in the Bible?
צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ṣĕparĕdēʿa): Unclean creature symbolizing plague and divine judgment in the exodus narrative; primarily literal usage.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6854?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include The frogs (4), with frogs (3), and the frogs (2), and cause the frogs (1), and frogs (1).
Where does צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ṣĕparĕdēʿa) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 8:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (11), Psalms (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It The frogs 4× Exodus 8:4, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 8:11, Exodus 8:12
with frogs 3× Exodus 8:2, Exodus 8:3, Psalms 105:30
and the frogs 2× Exodus 8:6, Exodus 8:13
and cause the frogs 1× Exodus 8:5
and frogs 1× Psalms 78:45
and they also brought frogs 1× Exodus 8:7
that the frogs 1× Exodus 8:9
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Exodus 8:2 בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ to with frogs Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:3 צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ to with frogs Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:4 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ to The frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:5 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים to and cause the frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:6 הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ to and the frogs Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 8:7 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים to and they also brought frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:8 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים to the frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:9 הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים to that the frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:11 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים to The frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 8:12 הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים to the frogs Article | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 8:2
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 2
Exodus 11 Psalms 2
Source forms
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים 3x haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:5, Exodus 8:7, Exodus 8:12
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים 2x haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:8, Exodus 8:13
בַּֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ 1x baṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:2
הַצְּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ 1x haṣ·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ Exodus 8:6
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֗ים 1x haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:11
הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים 1x ha·ṣă·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:9
הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִֽים׃ 1x haṣ·p̄ar·də·‘îm Exodus 8:4
וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ 1x ū·ṣə·p̄ar·dê·a‘ Psalms 78:45
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine plural 8x Exodus 8:4, Exodus 8:5, Exodus 8:7, Exodus 8:8
Noun - feminine plural 2x Exodus 8:3, Psalms 105:30
Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Exodus 8:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Psalms 78:45
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Exodus 8:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Unclean creature symbolizing plague and divine judgment in the exodus narrative; primarily literal usage.
Source Gloss
a marsh-leaper , i.e. frog
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Unclean creature symbolizing plague and divine judgment in the exodus narrative; primarily literal usage.
a marsh-leaper, i.e. frog BDB: frogs Usage: frog.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Plague of frogs sent by God upon Egypt as divine judgment
Showing 1 selected witness from 13 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
צְפַרְדֵּעַ is built from this root:
צָפַר H6852
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain