H6848. tsepha
' צִפְעוֺנִי noun masculine id.; — absolute ׳צ [Isa 11:8] (|| מָּ֑תֶן), צ ׳בֵּיצֵי [59:5]; כְּצִפְעֹנִי [Prov 23:32] (simile; || נָתָשׁ); plural צִפְעֹנִים [Jer 8:17] (app. נְחָשִׁים); identification dubious; TristrNHB 275 ('possibly') daboia xanthina, a venomous viper, but vipers do not lay eggs FurrerBi HWB 2, 1423; Furrer proposes ailurophis vivex.
II. צפע (√ of following; compare Arabic cacavit, , Ethiopic excrement.).