צָפָהtsâphâh
look out or about, spy, keep watch
Pronunciation: tsaw-faw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6822
Meanings
Qal: elsewhere as substantive watchman (Genesis 31:49; Genesis 31:50; Psalms 66:9)
Pi`el: watch (closely), participle as noun = watchman (Lamentations 4:17; Micah 7:7; Nahum 2:2)
Same root
- מִצְפֶּהmitspeh · H4707an observatory, especially formilitary purposes
- צָפָהtsâphâh · H6823to sheet over (especially with metal)
- צְפוֹTsᵉphôw · H6825Tsepho or Tsephi, an Idumaean
- צְפִיָּהtsᵉphîyâh · H6836watchfulness
- צִפְיוֹןTsiphyôwn · H6837Tsiphjon, an Israelite
- צֹפִיםTsôphîym · H6839Tsophim, a place East of the Jordan
- צָפִיתtsâphîyth · H6844a sentry
- צְפַתTsᵉphath · H6857Tsephath, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 35 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:49 But it was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May the Lord keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other’s sight.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.
- 1 Samuel 14:16 Saul’s lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.
- 2 Samuel 13:34 Meanwhile Absalom escaped. Then the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd coming down the hill on the road from the west. He ran to tell the king, “I see a crowd of people coming from the Horonaim road along the side of the hill.”
- 2 Samuel 18:24 While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the town, the watchman climbed to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked, he saw a lone man running toward them.
- 2 Samuel 18:25 He shouted the news down to David, and the king replied, “If he is alone, he has news.” As the messenger came closer,
See every passage
- Genesis 31:49
- 1 Samuel 4:13, 14:16
- 2 Samuel 13:34, 18:24, 18:25, 18:26, 18:27
- 2 Kings 9:17, 9:18, 9:20
- Job 15:22
- Psalms 5:3, 37:32, 66:7
- Proverbs 15:3, 31:27
- Song of Solomon 7:4
- Isaiah 21:6, 52:8, 56:10
- Jeremiah 6:17, 48:19
- Lamentations 4:17
- Ezekiel 3:17, 33:2, 33:6, 33:7
- Hosea 9:8
- Micah 7:4, 7:7
- Nahum 2:1
- Habakkuk 2:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).