1 Samuel 16:7:181 Sam.16.7.W18TAB
לַעֵינַ֔יִם
laenayim
“to the eyes”
- Transliteration
- la-e-NA-yim
- Extended
- lah-eh-NAH-yeem
- IPA
- /la.ʕeːˈna.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-e-NA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
yir-E la-e-NA-yim
- clause
KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
Exegesis
Each ki {כִּי | kî} clause introduces first the divine rejection (meastihu {מְאַסְתִּ֑יהוּ | ‘I have rejected him’), then the human contrast haadam yirʾēh laenayim {הָאָדָם יִרְאֶה לַעֵינַיִם | hāʾāḏām yirʾēh laʿênayyim} ‘the human sees to the eyes.’
In context — 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for the human does not see as mortals see, for they look at the outward, but the LORD sees to the heart .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word לַעֵינַ֔יִם (laenayim) 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.16.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W18.S1) and character.