Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to trample down, i.e. (figuratively) despise
KJV Usage: kick
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּעַט (ba.at) — to kick. 1) to kick, kick at 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kick 1a2) to kick at 1a3) to desire (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Stance | verb qal
to kick = action by which a human or animal strikes forcibly with the foot; ≈ associated with disobedience and rebellion
Despise | verb qal
to kick at, to despise, to treat lightly = action by which someone shows a blatant lack of respect to something else
1 1SA 2:29 NJPS "trample upon" preserves the image of the metaphor | NIV "scorn" | REB (CEV) "disrespect" give the meaning. RSV NRSV (GNT) "look with greed" follow LXX (supported by a Qumran manuscript) επεβλεψασ επι (hebr. תביט ). Cf. the note in Stoebe 116.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּעַט] vb. kick base