hark
verb (harks, harked, harking); interjection
Everyday
- (old use) «Hark!» is a call to listen. tree →
- To hark to something means to listen carefully to it. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a call to listen to a sound such as wind or a buzzing
Examples
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
It makes the reader stop and hear a sound or warning.
Interpretation. The prophets use it to call Israel and the nations to listen to God's warnings.
Examples
- Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction! (Prophets JER.48.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction. (Prophets JER.50.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
Early Modern English
Meaning
listen, pay attention. tree →
Then and now
An old word, now used mostly in 'Hark!' or in poetry; we say listen.
Examples
- Hark! is not that the wind rising? (The Violet Fairy Book) tree →
- Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!" (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
- Hark to the raging of the angry wind, sounding above the rolling sea! (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
Note
Today: listen.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «hark» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «hark» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «hark» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «hark» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «hark» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «hark» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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