מִצְפֶּה
mitspe · watchtower
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4707 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mitspe (מִצְפֶּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “watchtower”.
A high place from which one keeps watch and sees far.
How to say it
mits·pe
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A high place from which one keeps watch and sees far.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 2 Chronicles 20:24
When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they turned toward the multitude, and look, they were corpses fallen to the ground, and there was no escape.
- Isaiah 21:8
And a lion cried out, “On the watchtower, Adonai, I stand continually by day, and at my post I am stationed every night.