1 Samuel 16:8:91 Sam.16.8.W9TAB
לֹֽא־בָחַ֥ר
lovakhar
“has not chosen”
- Transliteration
- lo-va-KHAR
- Extended
- loh-vah-KHAR
- IPA
- /loː.vaˈħar/
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 gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA yi-SHAI el-a-vi-na-DAV va-ya-a-vi-RE-hu lif-NEI she-mu-EL va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Within gambazeh {גַּם־בָּזֶ֖ה | gam-bāzéh}, the particle gam ‘also’ combined with demonstrative bazeh ‘in this one’ intensifies the repetition of rejection, while lobachar {לֹֽא־בָחַ֥ר | lō-ḇāḥar} ‘has not chosen’ delivers the decisive denial.
Root and etymology
B-Ḥ-Rbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:8
And Jesse called to Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־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.16.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.8.W9.S1) and character.