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Meaning of Pisgah in English:

Pisgah

Pronunciation /ˈpɪzɡə/

noun

  • 1Attributive Designating a faint view or glimpse of something unobtainable or distant, especially in "Pisgah sight", "Pisgah view".

    Used with allusion to Deuteronomy 3:27, in which Moses is allowed to view the Promised Land from the peak of Mount Nebo.

  • 2A point affording an overview or glimpse of a current or future situation. Also in "†Pisgah-hill".

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Fuller (1607/8–1661), Church of England clergyman. From Pisgah (biblical Hebrew Piṣgāh), literally ‘peak, height, cliff’, the name of the peak of Mount Nebo, from which Moses saw the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 3:27).