צָפָה
tsâphâh(tsaw-faw')
“properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await”
36 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
Translated in KJV as
beholdespylook up (well)wait for(keep the) watch(-man).
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.”