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Strong's #4707 - מִצְפֶּה
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1) watchtower, lookout point
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1408) py (תספ TsP) AC: Watch CO: Watchtower AB: ?: (eng: spy)
A) py (תספ TsP) AC: Watch CO: Watchtower AB: ?
Nf4 ) tipy (תספית TsPYT) - Watchtower: As watches over an area. KJV (1): watchtower - Strongs: H6844 (צָפִית)
jf) nfpy (תספונ TsPWN) - North: From the north star which is watched for direction. KJV (153): north, northward, northern - Strongs: H6828 (צָפֹן)
jfm) infpy (תספוני TsPWNY) - Northern: From the north star which is watched for direction. KJV (1): northern - Strongs: H6830 (צְפוֹנִי)
H) epy (תספה TsPH) AC: Watch CO: Watchtower AB: ?: A covering of an area by watching.
V) epy (תספה TsPH) - I. Watch: II. Overlay:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (83): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel) watch, watchman, behold, look, espy, overlay, cover, garnish - Strongs: H6822 (צָפָה), H6823 (צָפָה)
ff1) eipiy (תסיפיה TsYPYH) - Watching: KJV (1): watching - Strongs: H6836 (צִפִּיָּה)
hm) epym (מתספה MTsPH) - Watchtower: A place for watching. KJV (2): watchtower - Strongs: H4707 (מִצְפֶּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 watch-tower, Isaiah 21:8.
2 outlook-point, 2 Chronicles 20:24 on high ground.
מִצְפֶּה masc. (from the root צָפָה)
(1) a watchtower, Isaiah 21:8 also a lofty place, whence one can see far and wide, whether there be a watchtower built there or not, 2 Chronicles 20:24.
(2) [Mizpeh], pr.n. of several towns situated on lofty places
(a) in the plain country of Judah, Joshua 15:38.
(b) in Moab, 1 Samuel 22:3.
(c) of Gad, Judges 11:22 see מִצְפֶּה No. 1.
(d) of the Benjamites, Joshua 18:26 see מִצְפָּה No. 2. Also
(e) of a valley in the mountains of Lebanon, Joshua 11:8 compare 11:3.
