Mizpah

E329054

ancient settlement biblical place

Mizpah is an ancient biblical site in Gilead known as the place where Jacob and Laban formalized their covenant before parting ways.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mizpah canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient settlement ⓘ biblical place ⓘ
alsoCalled	Galeed ⓘ Jegar-sahadutha ⓘ
associatedTribeOrGroup	Arameans ⓘ patriarchal family of Jacob ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Jacob ⓘ Laban ⓘ
covenantParties	Jacob ⓘ Laban ⓘ
covenantType	non-aggression pact ⓘ
covenantWitness	God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ⓘ surface form: God of Abraham God of Nahor ⓘ God of their father ⓘ
event	covenant between Jacob and Laban ⓘ
functionInText	geographical landmark ⓘ legal boundary ⓘ
hasLiturgicalUse	symbol of God watching between separated people ⓘ
hasPhysicalFeature	pillar ⓘ stone heap ⓘ
hasTheme	divine oversight ⓘ family reconciliation ⓘ peaceful separation ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Gilead ⓘ Transjordan ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ
meaningOfName	lookout ⓘ watchtower ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
relatedConcept	covenant in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ oath-taking rituals ⓘ sacred boundary stones ⓘ
roleInNarrative	boundary marker between Jacob and Laban ⓘ witness place for covenant ⓘ
scripturalChapter	Genesis 31 ⓘ
symbolism	divine watchfulness ⓘ relational separation under God’s care ⓘ
timePeriod	patriarchal period in Genesis ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laban → covenantLocation → Mizpah ⓘ

Kingdom of Judah → hasMajorCity → Mizpah ⓘ

Galeed → relatedSite → Mizpah ⓘ