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title: מִצְפֶּה — Mizpeh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְפֶּה (4708), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Mizpeh. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Mizpeh** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 4708 · **BDB:** מִצְפֶּה³

### Glosses

Mizpah (6); of.Mizpah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mizpeh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4708/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4708/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. הַמּ׳ in Shephelah of Judah Jos 15:38, Μασ(σ)ηφα. מִצְפֵּה־מוֹאָב 1 S 22:3, Μασσηφα. מִצְפֵּה גִלְעָד Ju 11:29(×2) (ἡ σκοπιά) prob. = רָמַת הַמּ׳ Jos 13:26 Μασ(ση)φα and perhaps מִצְפָּה 2.—Jos 11:8; 18:26 v. מִצְפָּה 3, 4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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/1502/4708/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.38/)

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וְדִלְעָ֥ן וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה וְיָקְתְאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and Dilean and (the) Mizpah and Joktheel

*JPS 1917:* and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;

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[Joshua 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.26/)

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וְהַמִּצְפֶּ֥ה וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה וְהַמֹּצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (the) Mizpah and (the) Kephirah and (the) Mozah

*JPS 1917:* and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

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