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צָפַף

tsa.phaph

to whisper

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Strong’s H6850Verb4 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

whisper1

chirping1

it will whisper1

i chirp1

In the text

Isaiah 8:19הַמְצַפְצְפִים
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[צָפַף] vb. Pilp. chirp, peep

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.