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title: מִצְפֶּה — observatory · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְפֶּה (4707), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: observatory. BDB 1906: n.m. watch-tower outlook-point. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְפֶּה

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«מִצְפֶּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **observatory** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4707 · **BDB:** מִצְפֶּה²

### Glosses

a.watchtower (1); watchtower (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

observatory [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4707/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. watch-tower outlook-point [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4707/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. watch-tower, Is 21:8. outlook-point, 2 Ch 20:24 on high ground.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִצְפֶּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4707/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 21:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.8/)

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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.'

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[2 Chronicles 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.24/)

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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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