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אָזַן

a.zan

to listen

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Strong’s H238Verb41 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

give ear17

give ear to13

they gave ear2

you will give ear1

he gave ear1

he gave ear to1

i gave ear1

he will give ear1

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Genesis 4:23הַאְזֵנָּה
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
Exodus 15:26וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
Deuteronomy 32:1הַאֲזִינוּ
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Job 33:1הַאֲזִינָה
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
Psalm 5:1הַאֲזִינָה
Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Isaiah 1:2וְהַאֲזִינִי
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אָזַן] 42 vb. denom. Hiph. give ear, listen, hear

1. hear, perceive by the ear

2. of God, listening (with favour) to prayer

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.