Psalm 13:3:1Ps.13.3.W1TABWLC Psalms 13:4
הַבְּיטָ֣ה
habita
“look”
- Transliteration
- ha-BI-ta
- Extended
- hah-BEE-tah
- IPA
- /habˈbiːt̪aː/
Meaning by language
- English
- look
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-BI-ta
- clause
ha-BI-ta a-NE-ni ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI
- sentence
ha-BI-ta a-NE-ni ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-I-ra e-NAI PEN-e-I-shan ha-MA-vet
Exegesis
The verse begins with a series of imperatives: habbita {הַבִּיטָה | hab-bî-ṭāh} ‘look’, aneni {עֲנֵנִי | ʿănē-nî} ‘answer me’, and hairah {הָאִירָה | hā-ʾî-rāh} ‘give light’, establishing urgent dependence on the divine.
Root and etymology
נ־ב־ט
“to look”
In context — Psalm 13:3
Turn your gaze toward me and answer me, LORD my God . Make my eyes shine, so that I do not sleep in death.
About this coordinate
Psalm 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 13:3, so the Hebrew word הַבְּיטָ֣ה (habita) 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 Ps.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.13.3.W1.S1) and character.