1 Samuel 16:9:61 Sam.16.9.W6TAB
לֹא־בָחַ֥ר
lovakhar
“not has chosen”
- Transliteration
- lo-va-KHAR
- Extended
- loh-vah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /loː.vaːˈħaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- not has 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-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI sha-MA va-yo-MER gam-ba-ZE lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The demonstrative gam-bazeh {גַּם־בָּזֶ֖ה | gam-bāzeh} ‘also in this’ singles out the particular son, while lo-bachar {לֹא־בָחַ֥ר | lō-baḥar} ‘has not chosen’ conveys a clear divine rejection.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by, and Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:9, 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.16.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.9.W6.S1) and character.