צִפּוֹרָה, Zipporah (Bird), wife of Moses. M. Kat. 16ᵇ (ref. to Num. XII, 1) וכי כושית שמה והלא צ׳ וכ׳ was her name Kushith? Was not Z. her name? &c. Ex. R. s. 1 נקרא שמה צ׳ … כציפור she was named Zipporah (bird), because she sped like a bird (to bring Moses to her father’s house); a. e.