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2 Kings 9:17
“And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6822 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- צֹּפֶה֩ — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:491 Samuel 4:131 Samuel 14:162 Samuel 13:342 Samuel 18:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָפָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.