שמואל א ט״ז:ז׳-י״ב

אל תבט אל מראהו אל יופי תארו:

Do not look at his appearance. Upon the beauty of his stature.

כי מאסתיהו. לפי שכעסן הוא, כמה שנאמר (לקמן יז כח): ויחר אף אליאב בדוד:

For I have rejected him. Because he is a quick tempered person, as it is stated, 'And Eliov became angry with Dovid.'⁴ Below 17:28. Also, see Maseches Pesachim 66b, that Eliov actually possessed the qualities of a king but ‘ה rejected him because he had a bad temper.

כי לא אשר יראה האדם. אף על פי שקראת לעצמך רואה, שאמרת לשאול (לעיל ט יט): אנכי הרואה, כאן אני מודיעך שאינך רואה:

For it is not as man perceives it. Even though you called yourself a seer, when you said to Shaul, 'I am the seer,'⁵Above 9:19. ה׳ punished Shmuel for inferring albeit an infinitesimal of pride by saying “I am the seer.” Moshe was similarly punished for saying “the matter that will be too difficult for you, present to me and I will hear it.” [Devarim 1:17]—Sifre, Devarim 1:17 here I am informing you that you do not see.

ויעבר ישי שמה. הוא שמעא:

Yishay brought Shammoh. That is שַׁמְעָא.⁶I.e. שַׁמְעָא = שַׁמׇּה See II Shmuel 21:21 and I Divrei Hayomim 2:13.

שאר הקטן. נשאר הקטן:

The youngest one is still left. The youngest one is left.

לא נסוב. לא נשב לאכול, כל מושב סעודה קרויה הסבה:

We will not sit. We will not sit to eat; every instance of sitting for a meal is called הֲסִבׇּה [leaning].