{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6822",
  "lemma": "צָפָה",
  "transliteration": "tsâphâh",
  "definition": "properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await",
  "kjv": "behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).",
  "occurrences": 35,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[צָפָה] 37 vb. look out or about, spy, keep watch",
    "Qal 28 keep watch; elsewh. as subst. watchman",
    "Pi. watch (closely); pt. as n. = watchman"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:49",
      "text": "and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 4:13",
      "text": "When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/4?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 14:16",
      "text": "The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:34",
      "text": "But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:24",
      "text": "Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:25",
      "text": "The watchman shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:26",
      "text": "The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:27",
      "text": "The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:17",
      "text": "Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:18",
      "text": "So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=18"
    }
  ],
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