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mizpah

adjective
miz·​pah | \ ˈmizpə\

Definition of mizpah

: worn (as by lovers) to signify remembrance a mizpah ring mizpah half coins

History and Etymology for mizpah

Mizpah, place in ancient Palestine where Jacob and Laban erected a heap of stones as a sign of covenant between them (Genesis 31:44–49), from Hebrew Miṣpah

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