# H6822 צָפָה

צָפָה (tsâphâh), Strong’s H6822: 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)…

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*tsâphâh* — 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).

Occurs 35 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 31:49](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=49) — and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
- [1 Samuel 4:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/4?v=13) — When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the…
- [1 Samuel 14:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=16) — The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
- [2 Samuel 13:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=34) — But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming…
- [2 Samuel 18:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=24) — Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted…
- [2 Samuel 18:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=25) — The watchman shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and…
- [2 Samuel 18:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=26) — The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running…
- [2 Samuel 18:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=27) — The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king…
- [2 Kings 9:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=17) — 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…
- [2 Kings 9:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=18) — 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…