מִצְפֶּה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4707
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
observatory tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מִצְפֶּה²: n.m. watch-tower outlook-point tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. watch-tower, Is 21:8. outlook-point, 2 Ch 20:24 on high ground.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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: a watchtower (1); watchtower (1).
In the verses
וַיִּקְרָ֖א אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י עֹמֵ֤ד תָּמִיד֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַל־מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֥י נִצָּ֖ב כָּל־הַלֵּילֽוֹת׃
Word for word: and he.called.out a.lion on a.watchtower Lord my I [am].standing continually by.day and at post my I [am].stationed all the nights
JPS 1917: And he cried as a lion: 'Upon the watch-tower, O Lord, I stand continually in the daytime, and I am set in my ward all the nights.'
וִֽיהוּדָ֛ה בָּ֥א עַל־הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הֶ֣הָמ֔וֹן וְהִנָּ֧ם פְּגָרִ֛ים נֹפְלִ֥ים אַ֖רְצָה וְאֵ֥ין פְּלֵיטָֽה׃
Word for word: and Judah it.came to the watchtower of the wilderness and they.turned to the multitude and there they [were].corpses fallen ground to.[the] and there.[was].not an.escaped.remnant
JPS 1917: And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.
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