Study it in the app“YHWH said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have despised him; for it is not what the human being sees: the human being sees what is before the eyes, but YHWH sees the heart.””
YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵל“Do notאַלlookתַּבֵּטatאֶלhis appearanceמַרְאֵהוּor atוְאֶלthe heightגְּבֹהַּof his stature,קוֹמָתוֹforכִּיI have despised him;מְאַסְתִּיהוּforכִּיit is notלֹאwhatאֲשֶׁרthe human beingהָאָדָםsees:יִרְאֶהthe human beingכִּי הָאָדָםseesיִרְאֶהwhat is before the eyes,לַעֵינַיִםbut YHWHוַיהוָהseesיִרְאֶהthe heart.”לַלֵּבָב
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearslook
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “tabet” appearsappearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appearstall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevoha” appearsheight
Height.
Where else “komat” appearsreject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “measti” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayim” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsLiterally: “the human being sees to the eyes, but YHWH sees to the heart.” People judge by what is seen on the outside; YHWH knows what is inside the person. “Despised” translates the same verb that is said of Saul (v. 1): here it means that he did not choose him as king.
6And it came about, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before YHWH is his anointed.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.”
