4707. mitspeh
Lexicon
mitspeh: Watchtower, lookout, or watchpost

Original Word: מִצְפֶּה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mitspeh
Pronunciation: mits-peh
Phonetic Spelling: (mits-peh')
KJV: watch tower
NASB: lookout, watchtower
Word Origin: [from H6822 (צָּפָה - watchman)]

1. an observatory, especially for military purposes

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
watch tower

From tsaphah; an observatory, especially for military purposes -- watch tower.

see HEBREW tsaphah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from tsaphah
Definition
watchtower
NASB Translation
lookout (2), watchtower (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. מִצְמֶּה noun masculine

1 watch-tower, Isaiah 21:8.

2 outlook-point, 2 Chronicles 20:24 on high ground.

Forms and Transliterations
הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה המצפה מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ מצפה ham·miṣ·peh hammiṣpeh hammitzPeh miṣ·peh miṣpeh mitzPeh
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Chronicles 20:24
HEB: בָּ֥א עַל־ הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיִּפְנוּ֙
NAS: came to the lookout of the wilderness,
KJV: came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,
INT: came unto the lookout of the wilderness looked

Isaiah 21:8
HEB: אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־ מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י
NAS: Then the lookout called, O Lord,
KJV: continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,
INT: A lion Then the lookout Lord I

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4707
2 Occurrences


ham·miṣ·peh — 1 Occ.
miṣ·peh — 1 Occ.

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