רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה
Râmath ham-Mit-speh · raw-math' ham-mitspeh'
Ramath-ham-Mitspeh, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7413 (רָמָה) and H4707 (מִצְפֶּה) with the article interpolated; height of the watch-tower;
Ramath-ham-Mitspeh, a place 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: Ramath-mizpeh.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- 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)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign that works to reveal, behold of 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 רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto ramathmizpeh1 · 100%
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.