Strong's Hebrew #6852 - צָפַר tsaphar (perhaps to depart)

depart early

A primitive root; to skip about, i.e. Return -- depart early.

1) (Qal) to go early, depart early
1a) meaning dubious
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1958

I. [צָפַר] verb dubious; — Imperfect3masculine singular וְיִצְמֹּר מֵהַר הַגִּלְעָד יָשֹׁב Judges 7:3 let him return and (Vrss) let him depart, AV depart early (as Ki, from Aramaic צפרא, morning, improbable), wholly uncertain; Gr וְיַעֲבִר; on difficulty of ׳מֵהַר הַגּ see גִּלְעָד

2 and GFM, who conjectures וְיִצְרְפֵם גִּדְעֹן and so Gideson put them to test (compare Judges 7:4), so Bu Now (compare Dr^{Hast. ii. 176} n).

II. צפר (√ of following; compare Arabic peep, twitter whistle (usually of bird; onomatopoetic); Assyrian ƒapâru is cry, howl: Late Hebrew צִמּוֺר = Biblical Hebrew, so Phoenician צפר ᵑ7 צִמַּר, Syriac , Mandean ציפאר, ציפרא Nö^{M § 102}; also Arabic sparrow, etc., and (perhaps) Assyrian iƒƒuru, bird).

Strong's Hebrew: 6852. צָפַר (tsaphar) — 1 Occurrence

Judges 7:3
HEB: וְחָרֵ֔ד יָשֹׁ֥ב וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר מֵהַ֣ר הַגִּלְעָ֑ד
NAS: let him return and depart from Mount
KJV: let him return and depart early from mount
INT: and afraid return early mount Gilead