צְפוּנָה, (צָפַן) reserving. Lev. R. s. 2 (ref. to צָפֹנָה, Lev. I, 11) ומנין שהלשון הזה לשון צ׳ whence do you prove that this expression (the stem צפן) has the meaning of reserving? Answ. ref. to צפנתי (Cant. VII, 14).