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# מִצְפֶּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4708

**Mizpeh** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Mizpeh [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4708/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִצְפֶּה³: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4708/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. הַמּ׳ in Shephelah of Judah Jos 15:38, Μασ(σ)ηφα. מִצְפֵּה־מוֹאָב 1 S 22:3, Μασσηφα. מִצְפֵּה גִלְעָד Ju 11:29(×2) (ἡ σκοπιά) prob. = רָמַת הַמּ׳ Jos 13:26 Μασ(ση)φα and perhaps מִצְפָּה 2.—Jos 11:8; 18:26 v. מִצְפָּה 3, 4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Mizpah (6); of Mizpah (1).

## In the verses

[Joshua 15:38](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.38/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.38/#tree)

וְדִלְעָ֥ן וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה וְיָקְתְאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and Dilean and (the) Mizpah and Joktheel

*JPS 1917:* and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;

[Joshua 18:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.26/#tree)

וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֥ה וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה וְהַמֹּצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (the) Mizpah and (the) Kephirah and (the) Mozah

*JPS 1917:* and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4708.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4708/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).