STRONGS NUMBER H238


Word Summary
azan: to give ear, listen
Original Word: אָזַן
Transliteration: azan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-zan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give ear, listen
Meaning: to broaden out the ear, to listen
Strong's Concordance
give perceive by the ear, hearken

A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 'ozen; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen -- give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See 'azan.

see HEBREW 'ozen

see HEBREW 'azan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H238. azan

I. [אָזַן‎]42 verb denominative Hiph`il give ear, listen, hear, almost wholly poet. — Perfect הֶאֱזִיןDeuteronomy 1:45; וְהַאֲזִין‎ consecutive Psalm 77:2 (see De Kö1, p. 390); וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ֫Exodus 15:26; הֶאֱזִינוּIsaiah 64:3 +; Imperfect יַאֲזִיןJob 9:16 +; אָזִין‎ (for אַאֲזִין‎) 32:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַאֲזִ֫ינָהNumbers 23:18 +; feminine singular הַאֲזִ֫יּנִיIsaiah 1:2; feminine plural הַאֲזֵ֫נָּהGenesis 4:23; Isaiah 32:9, etc.; Participle מֵזִין‎ (for מַאֲזִין‎ see Kö1, 391) Proverbs 17:4; —

1 hear, perceive by the ear, absolute Isaiah 64:3 ("" שׁמע‎) Psalm 135:17; give ear, listen, absolute (of mountains personified) Deuteronomy 32:1, compare Isaiah 1:2 (of earth, personified); of men Judges 5:3; Psalm 49:2; Isaiah 28:23; Joel 1:2 (all "" שׁמע‎) Hosea 5:1 ("" הִקְשִׁיב שׁמע,‎) Isaiah 8:9; followed by accusative of thing Genesis 4:23; Job 33:1; Isaiah 1:10; 32:9 (all "" שׁמע‎) 42:23 ("" הקשׂיב שׁמע,‎); Job 37:14 ("" הִתְבּוֺנֵן‎); Psalm 78:1 followed byעל‎ (of thing) Proverbs 17:4 ("" הִקְשִׁיב‎); followed by עַד‎ (of thing) Job 32:11 ("" הוֺחַלְתִּי‎); hearken to, = be obedient to, absolute Jeremiah 13:15 ("" שׁמע‎) 2 Chronicles 24:19; Nehemiah 9:30; with accusative of thing Job 9:16; לְ‎ (of thing) 34:16 ("" שׁמע‎) Exodus 15:26; followed by לְ‎ person Job 34:2 ("" שׁמע‎); followed by עָדַי‎ person Numbers 23:18; followed by אֶלֿ‎ person Isaiah 51:4.

2 of God, listening (with favour) to prayer, etc., absolute Psalm 80:2; 84:9 ("" שׁמע‎), followed by אֶלֿ‎ person 77:2; Deuteronomy 1:45 ("" שׁטע‎); with accusative of thing Psalm 5:2 ("" בִּין‎) 17:1 ("" הקשׁיב שׁמע,‎), 55:2 ("" הקשׁיב55:3) 86:6 ("" id.), 140:7; 141:1; followed by אֶלֿ‎ (of thing) 39:13; 143:1 (both "" שׁמע‎); followed by לְ‎ (of thing) 54:4 ("" שׁמע‎).