mizpah

adjective

miz·​pah

ˈmizpə

: worn (as by lovers) to signify remembrance

a mizpah ring

mizpah half coins

Word History

Etymology

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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