--- title: צָפָה — look out · The Tanakh dictionary description: צָפָה (6822), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: look out. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6822.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)‎ / צָפָה‎ # צָפָה «צָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **look out** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 37 times · **Key:** 6822 · **BDB:** צָפָה³ ### Glosses watchman (10); a.watchman (3); watchmen (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) look out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6822/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6822/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. look out or about, spy, keep watch (NH id., Pi. hope; Ethiopic ሰፈወ: iii. 2 hope);— Impf. 3 ms. juss. יִ֫צֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ Gn 31:49 (J) may י׳ keep watch between me and thee (that the covenant be kept = א׳ עֵד וגו׳ v 50); 3 fpl. עֵינָיו בַּגּוֹיִם תִּצְפֶּי֑נָה ψ 66:7 his eyes keep watch upon the nations; Pt. act. צוֹפֶה רָשָׁע לַצַּדִּיק ψ 37:32 a wicked man spieth upon the righteous; Ct 7:5 the town which looketh toward (פְּנֵי) Damascus; f. צוֹפִיָּה Pr 31:27 she keepeth watch of (c. acc.); pl. עֵינֵי י׳ צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים Pr 15:3; elsewhere as subst. watchman, abs. צֹפֶה 2 S 13:34 +; pl. צֹפִים 1 S 14:16; +, sf. צֹפָיו Is 56:10 Qr (Kt צפו), צֹפַיִךְ Is 52:8;—1 S 14:16 2 S 13:34 + 8 times SK, Ez 33:2, 6(×2); Is 52:8, so in שְׂדֵה צֹפִים Nu 23:14 (JE); fig. of prophets Ho 9:8; Je 6:17; Ez 3:17; 33:7; Is 56:10;—צוֹפִים 1 S 1:1 v. צוּפִי; Pt. pass. צָפוּ (Codd. and Qr צָפוּי), Jb 15:22 spied out (and brought) to (אֱלֵי) the sword (Ew Bi PerlesAnal. 29 צָפוּן cf. Di Bu). Pf. I pl. צִפִּינוּ La 4:17; Impf. 1 s. אֲצַפֶּה Mi 7:7 +; Imv. ms. צַפֵּה Na 2:2, fs. צַפִּי Je 48:19; Pt. מְצַפֶּה 1 S 4:13; Is 21:6; pl. sf. מְצַפֶּיךָ Mi 7:4;—watch (closely), אֶל־דֶּרֶךְ עִמְדִי וְצ׳ Je 48:19, צ׳־דֶרֶךְ Na 2:2; + אֶל of person expected La 4:17; fig. אֲצַפֶּה בְּי׳ Mi 7:7; abs. lit. 1 S 4:13; fig. Hb 2:1 I will look forth, to see (לִרְאוֹת) what he will say; ψ 5:4 I will look out (expectantly); pt. as n. = watchman Is 21:6; Mi 7:4. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6822/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 15:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.3/) בְּֽכָל־מָ֭קוֹם עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה צֹ֝פ֗וֹת רָעִ֥ים וטוֹבִֽים׃ *Word for word:* \[are\].in every place the.eyes of.Yahweh \[they.are\].watching evil.\[people\] and good.\[people\] *JPS 1917:* The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good. [Proverbs 31:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.27/) צ֭וֹפִיָּה הֲלִיכ֣וֹת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְלֶ֥חֶם עַ֝צְל֗וּת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵֽל׃ *Word for word:* \[she.is\].watching.over the.goings her.household her and.\[the\] bread of.laziness not she.eats *JPS 1917:* She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. - ← previous: [צָפַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6821.md) - next →: [צָפָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6823.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)