1 Samuel 16:7:41 Sam.16.7.W4TAB
אַל־תַּבֵּ֧ט
altabet
“do not look”
- Transliteration
- al-ta-BET
- Extended
- ahl-tah-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔal.tabˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not look
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ta-BET
- phraseyour reading level
al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu
- clause
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
- 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
The negative imperative al-tabbet {אַל־תַּבֵּ֧ט | ʾal-tabbēṭ} ‘do not look’ governs two coordinated prepositional objects: el-marehu {אֶל־מַרְאֵ֛הוּ | ʾel-marʾēhû} ‘at his appearance’ and ve-el-gevoah {וְאֶל־גְּבֹהַּ | wə-ʾel-gəbhôh} ‘and at the height.’
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 16:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word אַל־תַּבֵּ֧ט (altabet) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W4.S1) and character.