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מִצְפֶּה

Mitspeh · H4708 · Hebrew · proper noun · 7 occurrences

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This name belongs to 6 places

Meanings

  1. Mizpeh

    Valley; close to Mount Hermon

    Examples

    Joshua 11:8 And the LORD handed them over to Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon, and Misrephoth-maim, and the Valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them.

  2. Mizpeh

    Town; located in the foothills; territory of Judah

    Examples

    Joshua 15:38 Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

  3. Mizpeh

    A town also known as Mizpah, in Gilead, where Jacob and Laban built a monument after their reconciliation and which was also the residence of Jephthah

    Examples

    Judges 11:29 Now the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon.

  4. Mizpeh, Mizpah

    Town, also known as Mizpah; territory of Benjamin; location where Israel assembled after the atrocity that was committed in Gibeah; location where Israel assembled during the time of Samuel's leadership; residence of governor Gedaliah after the destruction of Jerusalem

    Examples

    Joshua 18:26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, and Mozah,

  5. Mizpeh

    A location in Moab, the residence of the Moabite king

    Examples

    1 Samuel 22:3 And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries
Fortifications001003002003
This domain is carried over from this word's shared root meaning "watchtower" rather than independently shown by the sampled citations, which use the word only as the place name Mizpeh.
Names of Landforms003001008
This domain is not directly shown by the sampled citations, though places named Mizpeh were typically situated on elevated, hilltop terrain suited to a watchtower.
Names of Locations003001010
מִצְפֶּה names Mizpeh/Mizpah, a place name used of several distinct locations, illustrated at Joshua 11:8 ("the valley of Mizpeh to the east") and Joshua 13:26, 15:38.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4708. Mitspeh II. מִצְמֶּה proper name, of a location1. ׳הַמּ in Shephelah of Judah Jos…
H4708. Mitspeh
II. מִצְמֶּה proper name, of a location1. ׳הַמּ in Shephelah of Judah Jos 15:38, Μας(ς)ηφα.
2 מִצְמֵּהמֿוֺאָב 1Sa 22:3, Μασσηφα.
3 גִלְעָד מִצְמֵּה Jdg 11:29 (twice in verse) (ἡ σκοπιά) probably = הַמּ ׳רָמַת Jos 13:26 Μας(ση)φα and perhaps מִצְמָּה
2 — Jos 11:8; Jos 18:26 see מִצְמָּה 3, 4.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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