H7434

רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה

ra.mat ham.mits.pehN:N--L

Ramath-mizpeh

Ramath-mizpeh = "high place of the watch tower" a place in Gilead on the northern border of Gad Another name of ra.mot gi.l.ad (רָמֹת "Ramoth" H7433)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. מִצְפֶּה

proper name, of a location1. ׳הַמּ in Shephelah of Judah Josh 15:38, Μας(ς)ηφα.
2. מִצְפֵּהמֿוֺאָב 1Sam 22:3, Μασσηφα.
3. מִצְפֵּה גִלְעָד Judg 11:29 (twice in verse) (ἡ σκοπιά) probably = ׳רָמַת הַמּ Josh 13:26 Μας(ση)φα and perhaps מִצְפָּה
2. — Josh 11:8; Josh 18:26 see מִצְפָּה
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רָ(א)מַת proper name, of a location construct, in combination:

1. רָמַת לֶחִ֑י Judg 15:17, see II. לְחִי p.534.
2. רָמַת הַמִּצְפֶּה Josh 13:26 (P), in Gilead, on northern border of Gad; Αραβωθ [A Ραμωθ ᵐ5L Ραμεθ] κατὰ Τὴν Μας(ση)φα; = II. מִצְפֶּה 3; on (dubious) identification compare GASmGeogr. 586 f. BuhlGeogr. 262.
3. רָאמַת נְ֫גֶב Josh 19:8 (P), Βαμεθ [A ᵐ5L Ιαμεθ] Καρὰ λίβα (= בַּעֲלַתבְּֿאֵר vJosh 19:8, q. v. p. 128); probably = רָמוֺתנֶֿ֫גֶב 1Sam 30:27, Ραμα νότου; site dubious, see DrHast. DB. RAMAH.


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