נָבַט nâbaṭ — to scan, i.e. look intently at
Translated in the KJV as behold, consider, look, regard, have respect, see.
a primitive root; to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care.
nâbaṭ in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperative 21Imperfect (yiqtol) 17Wayyiqtol 8Infinitive construct 6Perfect (qatal) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Jussive 3Cohortative 3Participle (active) 1
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Pi'el
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›