Hebrew

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Root
נ־ב־ט (n-b-ṭ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מַבָּט (mabátm (plural indefinite מַבָּטִים, singular construct מַבַּט־, plural construct מַבְּטֵי־)

  1. glance, look (the act of looking)
    • 1925, Rachel the Poetess, An Encounter, Half an Encouter :
      פְּגִישָׁה, חֲצִי פְּגִישָׁה, מַבָּט אֶחָד מָהִיר, \ קִטְעֵי נִיבִים סְתוּמִים – זֶה דַי...
      A date, half a date, one quick glance, / parts of unclear phrases – that's enough...
  2. gaze, look (the way someone looks at something)

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Proper noun

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מַבָּט (mabátm

  1. Mabat LaHadashot, an Israeli prime time news program that has aired continuously on the Israeli Channel 1 since the introduction of television in Israel in 1968.

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