Study Dictionary
NAVE: Ramath-mizpeh
EBD: Ramath-mizpeh
ISBE: RAMATH-MIZPEH
Ramath Mizpah
In Bible versions:
Ramath Mizpah: NET NIVRamath-Mizpeh: AVS TEV
Ramath-mizpeh: NRSV NASB
a town on the border of the territory of Gad
elevation of the watch-tower
elevation of the watch-tower
Google Maps:
Ramath-mizpeh (32° 33´, 36° 0´)
Hebrew
Strongs #07434: hpumh tmr Ramath ham-Mitspeh
Ramath-mizpeh = "high place of the watch tower"1) a place in Gilead on the northern border of Gad
7434 Ramath ham-Mits-peh raw-math' ham-mits-peh'
from 7413 and 4707 with the article interpolated; height ofthe watch-tower; Ramath-ham- Mitspeh, a place in
Palestine:-Ramath-mizpeh.
see HEBREW for 07413
see HEBREW for 04707
Ramath-mizpeh [EBD]
the height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh. 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, "Mizpeh of Gilead," called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.
Ramath-mizpeh [NAVE]
RAMATH-MIZPEH, a town in Gad, Josh. 13:26.RAMATH-MIZPEH [ISBE]
RAMATH-MIZPEH - ra'-math-miz'-pe (ramath ha-mitspeh; Codex Vaticanus Araboth kata ten Massepha, Codex Alexandrinus Ramoth kata ten Maspha: A place mentioned in Josh 13:26 in a statement of the boundary of Gad, between Heshbon and Betonim. It may possibly be identical with MIZPAH, (1).