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Upon hearing her father, Zipporah immediately ran after Moses like a bird (ke-zippor, i.e., with alacrity) (Ex. Rabbah 1: 32).
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The large hill, known in Greek (and therefore to classical scholars) and in English as Sepphoris, was the site of ancient Zippori, from the Hebrew zippor, for "bird," because the town had sat "at the top of the mountain like a bird," in the words of the Babylonian Talmud.
Israel Now 2000
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The large hill, known in Greek (and therefore to classical scholars) and in English as Sepphoris, was the site of ancient Zippori, from the Hebrew zippor, for "bird," because the town had sat "at the top of the mountain like a bird," in the words of the Babylonian Talmud.
Israel Now 2000
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