מִצְפָּה
Mitspâh · mits-paw'
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה);
Mitspah, the name of two 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: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה) when 'in pause'.)
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 מִצְפָּה 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
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to mizpeh6 · 19%
- in mizpeh4 · 13%
- and mizpah3 · 9%
- from mizpah3 · 9%
- of mizpeh2 · 6%
- to mizpah2 · 6%
- of mizpah2 · 6%
- at mizpah2 · 6%
- in mizpah2 · 6%
- it between mizpeh1 · 3%
- and mizpeh1 · 3%
- that were with him at mizpah1 · 3%
- and of mizpah1 · 3%
- that were in mizpah1 · 3%
- on mizpah1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.