SPARROW
(a) A term commonly translated “bird” or “bird” (Gen. 7:14; Deut. 4:17; Jb. 41:5), but which is preferably applied to small, transient birds, of which About a hundred species have been observed in Palestine (Deut. 14:11; Lev. 14:1; Ps. 12:4; Am. 3:5).
In the East, both in ancient times and in modern times, small birds (including sparrows, or “little birds,” as the King James Version translates), abound in the market and are sold as food (Mt. 10:29). -31); They were cheap and the people used them for daily sustenance. Jesus uses them as an example of the care that God has for his people.
The sparrows’ habit of wandering exemplifies the lack of effect that an undeserved curse (Prov. 26:2; Num. 23:8; Deut. 23:5) has on those at whom it is directed.
(b) The word “tzippor” (Sephor or Sefor) appears in the Hebrew Bible as:
the name of Balak’s father (Num. 22:2) and
that of Moses’ Midianite wife (Ex. 2:21).