מִצְפֶּה
Mitspeh · mits-peh'
Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H4707 (מִצְפֶּה);
Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Mizpeh, watch tower. Compare H4709 (מִצְפָּה).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִצְפֶּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to mizpah3 · 20%
- and mizpeh2 · 13%
- to mizpeh2 · 13%
- of mizpeh1 · 7%
- mizpeh1 · 7%
- and from mizpeh1 · 7%
- in mizpeh1 · 7%
- thence to mizpeh1 · 7%
- toward the watch tower1 · 7%
- unto mizpah1 · 7%
- in mizpah1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.