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# רָאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7203

**kite** — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

kite [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֹאֶה: seer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] seer, c. art. הָר׳ (except 2 S 15:27);—old name for נָבִיא 1 S 9:9b, used of Sam. v 9a, 11, 18, 19 and (as archaism) 1 Ch 9:22; 26:28; 29:29; of חֲנָנִי 2 Ch 16:7, 10; הֲרוֹאִה appar. of Zadok 2 S 15:27, but crpt. (conj. in We Dr); pl. (c. prep.) לָרֹאִים Is 30:10 the seers, as a class.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: seer (9); seers (1); the seer (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 9:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.18/#tree)

וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵי־זֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית הָרֹאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.approached Saul (et) Samuel in the.middle of the.gate and he.said tell please to me where? this \[is\].the.house of the.seer

*JPS 1917:* Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'

[Isaiah 30:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/#tree)

אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.have.said to the seers not you.must.see and to the seers not you.must.see for us straightforwardness(es) speak to us flattering.\[words\] see deception(s)

*JPS 1917:* That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7203.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).