“A man who is now called a ‘prophet’ (nâbî) was formerly called a ‘seer’” (1 Sam. 9:9). And in fact the institution of the “seer” (rōeh) of the nomadic period was modified, after the conquest, under the influence of the nebîîm, whom the Israelites had found in Palestine. About 1000 B.C., Yahwistic “seers” (such as Nathan) and the nebîîm still coexisted (1 Sam. 10:5).
