Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4707 - מִצְפֶּה mitspeh (watchtower)

Original Word:	מִצְפֶּה
Transliteration:	mitspeh
Definition:	watchtower
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(mits-peh')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

watch tower

From tsaphah; an observatory, especially for military purposes -- watch tower.

see HEBREW tsaphah

Englishman's Concordance

1) watchtower, lookout point
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6822
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1950b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. מִצְמֶּהnoun masculine

1watch-tower, Isaiah 21:8.

2outlook-point, 2 Chronicles 20:24 on high ground.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4707. מִצְפֶּה (mitspeh) — 2 Occurrences

2 Chronicles 20:24
HEB:בָּ֥א עַל־ הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיִּפְנוּ֙
NAS: came to the lookout of the wilderness,
KJV: came toward the watch tower in the wilderness,
INT: came unto the lookout of the wilderness looked

Isaiah 21:8
HEB:אַרְיֵ֑ה עַל־ מִצְפֶּ֣ה ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י אָנֹכִ֞י
NAS:Then the lookout called, O Lord,
KJV: continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,
INT: A lion Then the lookout Lord I

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