Mizpah
mits.pah is a proper place name used for the location of assemblies, leadership, conflict, residence, and building activity.
The noun proper form identifies a place called Mizpah in settings ranging from Israelite gatherings and acts before the LORD to military action, civic leadership, residence, and construction. The supplied verses use it as a location or territorial designation rather than describing a lexical quality or action.
Senses in use
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Proper place name in narrative and civic settings · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In 1 Samuel 7:5 the APB renders Israel's gathering there for Samuel's prayer, and in 1 Samuel 7:6 it renders the gathering, fasting, confession, and Samuel's judging of Israel at that place. Other clauses place military pursuit there in 1 Samuel 7:11, officials and people there in Jeremiah 41:10, and building or rule connected with it in Nehemiah 3:15.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the proper name as “Mizpah,” usually after location language such as gathering, coming, staying, or being at the place. Its surrounding wording confirms the setting but does not independently define the term.