1 Samuel 16:10:101 Sam.16.10.W10TAB
לֹא־בָחַ֥ר
lovakhar
“has not chosen”
- Transliteration
- lo-va-KHAR
- Extended
- loh-vah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /loː.vaːˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- has not chosen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-va-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
Exegesis
The narrative prefix wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} introduces Samuel’s speech, and the verb bāḥar {בָחַר | bāḥar} conveys the decisive divine decision by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yhwh}.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–het–resh
“to choose, select”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word לֹא־בָחַ֥ר (lovakhar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.16.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.10.W10.S1) and character.