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title: מִצְפָּה — Mitspah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְפָּה (4709), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: Mitspah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְפָּה

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«מִצְפָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mitspah** — 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:** 40 times · **Key:** 4709 · **BDB:** מִצְפָּה

### Glosses

Mizpah (32); (the) (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mitspah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4709/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4709/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (proposes outlook-point or -height; c. art. (except Ho 5:1));— in Gilead, expl. as name given to Laban’s cairn, N. of Jabbok Gn 31:49 (on text v. Ball Holz; 𝔊 ἡ ὅρασις). prob. S. of Jabbok, Ju 10:17 (ἡ σκοπιά), 11:11, 34 (Μασσηφα; so 𝔊L 10:17), Ho 5:1 (ἡ σκοπιά); appar. = ii. מִצְפֶּה 3, BuhlGeogr. 262 (-פֶּה, -פָּה, seem to interchange); site unknown; v. conj. in Buhll.c., cf. GASmGeogr. 586. near Hermon, אֶרֶץ הַמּ׳ Jos 11:3, Μασευμαν, Μασσηφα(θ), = בִּקְעַת־מִצְפֶּה v 8, Μασσωχ, Μασσηφα; v. BuhlGeogr. 240. old sacred place in Benj., Μασσηφα, etc.;—הַמּ׳ Ju 20:1 +, הַמִּצְפָּ֫תָה 1 S 7:5 +;—Ju 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1 S 7:5 + 7 times 1 S 7, 10; 1 K 15:22 = 2 Ch 16:6; 2 K 25:23, 25; Je 40:6 + 12 times 40, 41, Ne 3:7, 15, 19; = הַמִּצְפֶּה Jos 18:26;—mod. Nabî Samwîn, 5 miles NW. of Jerusalem, v. BuhlGeogr. 167 f..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 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 «מִצְפָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4709/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.17/)

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וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.called.together Samuel (et) the people to Yahweh (the) Mizpah

*JPS 1917:* And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah.

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[1 Samuel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.7.5/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל קִבְצ֥וּ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Samuel gather (et) all Israel to (the) Mizpah so that.I.may.pray for you to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Samuel said: 'Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.'

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