Zophim] 'watchers' or 'lookers-out.' It is from the same Heb. root as Mizpah (see Genesis 31:49). Pisgahis probably the general name for the mountain range lying to the NE. of the Dead Sea, of which Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1), Peor (Numbers 23:28), and Zophim are peaks. In Deuteronomy 32:49 this mountain range is called Abarim. Zophim may be so called simply as being a point of outlook, but it is possible to see in the name a reference to the practice of watching the omens from elevated situations.

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