אָזַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H238

give ear — used 41 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

give ear tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָזַן: vb. denom. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. denom. give ear, listen, hear, almost wholly poet.—Pf. הֶאֱזִין Dt 1:45; וְהַאֲזִין consec. ψ 77:2 (v. De KöI, p. 390); וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ֫ Ex 15:26; הֶאֱזִינוּ Is 64:3 +; Impf. יַאֲזִין Jb 9:16 +; אָזִין (for אַאֲזִין) Jb 32:11, etc.; Imv. ms. הַאֲזִ֫ינָה Nu 23:18 +; fs. הַאֲזִ֫ינִי Is 1:2; fpl. הַאֲזֵ֫נָּה Gn 4:23 Is 32:9, etc.; Pt. מֵזִין, (for מֵאֲזִין v. KöI, 391) Pr 17:4;— hear, perceive by the ear, abs. Is 64:3 (‖ שׁמע) ψ 135:17; give ear, listen, (of heavens, personif.) Dt 32:1, cf. Is 1:2 (of earth, personif.); of men Ju 5:3 ψ 49:2 Is 28:23 Jo 1:2 (all ‖ שׁמע) Ho 5:1 (‖ שׁמע, הִקְשִׁיב) Is 8:9; sq. acc. rei Gn 4:23 Jb 33:1 Is 1:10; 32:9 (all ‖ שׁמע) 42:23 (‖ שׁמע, הקשׁיב); Jb 37:14 (‖ הִתְבּוֹנֵן); ψ 78:1 sq. על (rei) Pr 17:4 (‖ הִקְשׁיב); sq. עַד (rei) Jb 32:11 (‖ הוֹחַלְתִּי); hearken to, = be obedient to, abs. Je 13:15 (‖ שׁמע) 2 Ch 24:19 Ne 9:30; c. acc. rei Jb 9:16; לְ (rei) Jb 34:16 (‖ שׁמע) Ex 15:26; sq. לְ pers. Jb 34:2 (‖ שׁמע); sq. עָדַי pers. Nu 23:18; sq. אֶל־ pers. Is 51:4. of God, listening (with favour) to prayer, etc., abs. ψ 80:2; 84:9 (‖ שׁמע), sq. אֶל־ pers. ψ 77:2 Dt 1:45 (‖ שׁטע); c. acc. rei ψ 5:2 (‖ בִּין) 17:1 (‖ שׁמע, הקשׁיב), ψ 55:2 (‖ הקשׁיב v 3) 86:6 (‖ id.), 140:7; 141:1; sq. אֶל־ (rei) ψ 39:13; 143:1 (both ‖ שׁמע); sq. לְ (rei) ψ 54:4 (‖ שׁמע).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: give (16); give ear (11); give ear to (3).

In the verses

Jeremiah 13:15 · tree →

שִׁמְע֥וּ וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּ אַל־תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃

Word for word: hear and give.ear do.not be.haughty (dm) Yahweh he.has.spoken

JPS 1917: Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud; for the LORD hath spoken.

Job 34:2 · tree →

שִׁמְע֣וּ חֲכָמִ֣ים מִלָּ֑י וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗ים הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃

Word for word: hear O.wise.[men] words my and [you.who].know give.ear to me

JPS 1917: Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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