Original Language Studio
Genesis 31:49
“And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִצְפָּהMitspâh · mits-paw'
H4709 · Hebrew
H4709 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
- Derivation
- feminine of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה);
- KJV renderings
- Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of H4708 (מִצְפֶּה) when 'in pause'.)
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מִּצְפָּה֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Joshua 11:3Judges 10:17Judges 11:11Judges 11:34Judges 20:1
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 מִצְפָּה 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.