--- title: נָבַט — look · The Tanakh dictionary description: נָבַט (5027), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 69 times: look. BDB 1906: vb.Pi., Hiph. look. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5027.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)‎ / נָבַט‎ # נָבַט «נָבַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **look** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 69 times · **Key:** 5027 · **BDB:** נָבַט ### Glosses look (19); he.looked (6); he.looks (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) look [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5027/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb.Pi., Hiph. look [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5027/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi., Hiph. look (NH Pi. id.; Arabic نَبَطَ is well or issue forth (of water). Assyrian nabâṭu is shine DlHWB 443; Sab. epith. נבט protector (? lit. looking with consideration upon MordtZMG xxx. 1876, 37); n.pr. נבטאל God has seen, i.e. considered Levy-OsZMG xix. 1865, 231);— Pf. consec. וְנִבַּט Is 5:30 look (lit.), sq. לְ. Pf. הִבִּיט Nu 21:9 + 3 times; וְהִבַּטְתָּ֫ 1 S 2:32, etc.; Impf. יַבִּיט Nu 12:8 + 4 times; וַיַּבֵּט 1 S 17:42 + 4 times, etc.; Imv. הַבֵּט 1 K 18:43 +; הַבֵּיט ψ 142:5 (or Inf. abs.), cf. La 5:1 Kt; הַבִּ֫יטָה ψ 13:4 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַבִּיט Ex 3:6 +, etc.; Pt. מַבִּיט ψ 104:32;—look: lit., human subj., sq. אֶל־ Ex 3:6 (E), Nu 21:9 (JE), Is 8:22 (‖ פָּנָה לְמָ֑עְלָה v 21), cf. 51:6, Jon 2:5; sq. עַל־ Hb 2:15; sq. אַחֲרֵי Gn 19:17, 26 (J), Ex 33:8 (E), 1 S 24:9; sq. ה—ָloc., 119:6Gn 15:5 (שָׁמַ֫יְמָה), cf. Jb 35:5 (שָׁמַיִם); sq. דֶּרֶךְ־יָם 1 K 18:43; sq. acc. = look upon, behold Nu 12:8 (E), Is 38:11; abs. Jb 6:19 1 S 17:42 (‖ רָאָה), 1 K 18:43; 19:6 (sq. הִנֵּה), 1 Ch 21:21 (‖ רָאָה), so ψ 22:18. subj. eagle, abs. Jb 39:29 (sq. adv. לְמֵרָחוֹק). fig.: sq. אֶל regard, shew regard to 1 S 16:7 (אֶל־מַרְאֵהוּ), cf. 2 K 3:14 (‖ רָאָה); pay attention to, sq. אֶל־ Is 22:8; = consider Is 51:1, 2; look unto י׳, sq. אֶל־ ψ 34:6 (read Imv. pl. 𝔊 𝔖 Che), Is 22:11 Zc 12:10; cf. ψ 119:6 sq. אֶל־כָּל־מִצְוֹת; cf. also Jb 36:25 (abs. sq. מֵרָחוֹק); sq. acc. אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ψ 119:15, cf. v 18, Is 5:12; sq. acc. אָוֶן Nu 23:21 (‖ רָאָה); subj. עֵינִי, וַתַּבֵּט בְּשׁוּרַי בְּ׳ ψ 92:12 see its desire upon, gloat over (cf. רָאָה בְּ), diff. 1 S 2:32; sq. acc. adv. ψ 142:5 (יָמִין to the right; ‖ רָאָה); abs. Is 42:18 (sq. לִרְאוֹת of purpose); 63:5 Hb 1:5 (‖ רָאָה), so ψ 91:8 (בְּעֵינֶיךָ), cf. Pr 4:25, sq. לְנֹכַח (subj. עֵינֶיךָ; ‖ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ). subj. י׳: sq. אֶל + מִשָּׁמַיִם ψ 102:20; sq. אֶל־ = look upon, i.e. endure to see Hb 1:13 (‖ רָאָה); so sq. acc. v 13, cf. 1:3 (or causat. Ew; ‖ תַּרְאֵנִי); sq. לְ, ψ 104:32 Jb 28:24; ψ 74:20 (לַבְּרִית); sq. acc. Is 64:8 (‖ הֵן), La 3:63 ψ 10:14 (‖ רָאָה); = regard, shew regard to, Is 5:12 Am 5:22 ψ 84:10 La 4:16, cf. ψ 13:4; sq. אֶל־ id. Is 66:2; abs. ψ 94:9 i.e. have power of sight, Is 18:4; sq. מִשָּׁמַיִם ψ 33:13; 80:15 Is 63:15 (‖ רָאָה), La 1:11 (‖ רָאָה), so v 12; 2:20; 5:1. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 67 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «נָבַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5027/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.19/) הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃ *Word for word:* they.look the.caravans of.Tema the.caravans of.Sheba they.wait.eagerly for them *JPS 1917:* The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them — [Psalms 119:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.15/) בְּפִקֻּדֶ֥יךָ אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֝אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* on precepts your I.will.meditate and I.will.pay.attention.to paths your *JPS 1917:* I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. - ← previous: [נִבְחַז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5026.md) - next →: [נְבָט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5028.md) - ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504.md)