miphkad Summary and Overview

(appointed place), The gate, one of the gates of Jerusalem. #Ne 3:31| It was probably not in the wall of Jerusalem proper, but in that of the city of David, or Zion, and somewhere near to the junction of the two on the north side.

MIPH'KAD (appointed place), the name of a gate of Jerusalem, Neh 3:31, either on the Zion side or a little south of the Sheep-gate.

A gate of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:31), in the wall of Zion, the city of David. (See JERUSALEM.) It means "judgment", but is translated "number" 1 Chronicles 21:5; 2 Samuel 24:9.