מִצְפֶּה

mits.peh

lookout

Strong’s H4707Noun, masculine2 times in the Hebrew Bible

watchtower1

a watchtower1

In the text

2 Chronicles 20:24הַמִּצְפֶּה
When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
Isaiah 21:8מִצְפֶּה
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

מִצְפֶּה n.m.

1. watch-tower, Is 21:8.

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

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.