cha.zah denotes seeing or beholding, including the seeing of visions and prophetic messages.

The attested use chiefly concerns seeing or beholding persons, places, actions, and what lies before the eyes. In a substantial group of prophetic clauses and headings, it describes seeing a vision, oracle, or message concerning a people or place; the vision’s truth or falsity is supplied by its context.

1. Seeing or beholding what is before the observer · dominant

   The Qal forms mark direct observation: in Exodus 18:21 the addressee is to see suitable men from among the people, while in Exodus 24:11 Israel’s chiefs saw God. In Job 19:26 and Job 19:27, the first-person imperfect expresses the speaker’s expectation of seeing God; Isaiah 33:17 describes eyes beholding the king and a far-reaching land.

   Exodus 18:21Exodus 24:11Job 19:26Job 19:27Isaiah 33:17Proverbs 24:32
2. Seeing a vision or prophetic message · common

   In prophetic headings, the Qal perfect identifies what a prophet saw concerning Israel, Judah, Jerusalem, Babylon, or Samaria, as in Amos 1:1, Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 13:1, and Micah 1:1. Numbers 24:4 describes one who sees the vision of the Almighty, while Ezekiel 13:6 shows plural perfect forms whose object is vanity and lying divination.

   Amos 1:1Isaiah 1:1Isaiah 13:1Micah 1:1Numbers 24:4Ezekiel 13:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “see,” “saw,” or “behold,” and in visionary settings includes “vision” or “oracle.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its variation does not by itself define separate senses.