Lexical Definition

‎קָשַׁב‎ qâshab (kaw-shab') to listen ^H:V
a primitive root

attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.

• to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken

1) to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
1a) (Qal) incline, attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
1b) (Hiphil) to pay attention, give attention

See Greek: ἀκούω · δίδωμι · εἰσακούω · ἐπακούω · προσέχω · ὑπακούω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָשַׁב‎]₄₆ verb incline, attend, of ears; —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine plural ‎תִּקְשַׁבְנָה‎ Isa 32:3 (subject ‎אזנים‎). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִקְשִׁיב‎ Jer 23:18; Ps 66:19, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַקְשִׁב‎ Isa 42:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַקְשֵׁב‎ Job 33:21, especially ‎הַקְשִׁ֫יבָה‎ Ps 5:3* +, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הַקְשִׁיב‎ 1Sam 15:22 +; Participle ‎מַקְשִׁיב‎ Prov 1:24 +, plural ‎מַקְשִׁיבִים‎ Song 8:13 — give attention (sometimes + ‎שָׁמַע‎); absolute Hos 5:1; 1Sam 15:22; Isa 10:30; Isa 28:23; Isa 34:1; Isa 49:1; Mic 1:2 + 12 t.; + ‎אֶל‎ person Jer 18:19; Zech 1:4; Isa 51:4 (|| ‎הֶאֱזִינוּ‎), ‎לְ‎ person Ps 55:3* + ‎אֶל‎ of thing Jer 18:18; Neh 9:34; Ps 142:7*, ‎עַל‎ of thing Jer 6:19; Prov 17:4; Prov 29:12, ‎ל‎ of thing Jer 6:17; Isa 48:18; Prov 4:20; Prov 5:1; Prov 7:24; Ps 5:3*; Song 8:13, ‎ב‎ of thing Ps 66:19; Ps 86:6 also with accusative of thing Jer 23:18; Job 13:6; Ps 17:1; Ps 61:2* accusative of congnate meaning with verb Isa 21:7 apparently = cause to attend, with accusative ‎אָזְנֶ֑ךָ‎ Prov 2:2 (+ ‎ל‎ of thing), Ps 10:17, but usage would be so late and rare that ‎אָזֱנ֑ךָ‎ is probably subj. thing (Ges^{«GKC:144m»§ 144m} Da^{Synt. § 109. R. 3}).

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