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Strong's #7181 - קָשַׁב
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- to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
- (Qal) incline, attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen
- (Hiphil) to pay attention, give attention
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2737) bsq (קסהב QShB) AC: Heed CO: ? AB: ?: The pricking of the ears to intently listen.
V) bsq (קסהב QShB) - Heed: To hear and pay attention. KJV (46): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) hear, attend, heed, incline, mark, regard - Strongs: H7181 (קָשַׁב)
Nm) bsq (קסהב QShB) - Respond: KJV (4): record, hearing, heed - Strongs: H7182 (קֶשֶׁב)
dm) bfsq (קסהוב QShWB) - Attentive: KJV (5): attentive, attent - Strongs: H7183 (קַשֻּׁב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Imperfect 3 feminine plural תִּקְשַׁבְנָה Isaiah 32:3 (subject אזנים).
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִקְשִׁיב Jeremiah 23:18; Psalm 66:19, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַקְשִׁב Isaiah 42:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַקְשֵׁב Job 33:21, especially הַקְשִׁ֫יבָה Psalm 5:3 +, etc.; Infinitive construct הַקְשִׁיב 1 Samuel 15:22 +; Participle מַקְשִׁיב Proverbs 1:24 +, plural מַקְשִׁיבִים Song of Solomon 8:13; — give attention (sometimes + שָׁמַע); absolute Hosea 5:1; 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 10:30; Isaiah 28:23; Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 49:1; Micah 1:2 12t.; + אֶל person Jeremiah 18:19; Zechariah 1:4; Isaiah 51:4 ("" הֶאֱזִינוּ), לְ person Psalm 55:3; + אֶל of thing Jeremiah 18:18; Nehemiah 9:34; Psalm 142:7, עַל of thing Jeremiah 6:19; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 29:12, ל of thing Jeremiah 6:17; Isaiah 48:18; Proverbs 4:20; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 7:24; Psalm 5:3; Song of Solomon 8:13, ב of thing Psalm 66:19; Psalm 86:6; also with accusative of thing Jeremiah 23:18; Job 13:6; Psalm 17:1; Psalm 61:2; accusative of congnate meaning with verb Isaiah 21:7; apparently = cause to attend, with accusative אָזְנֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 2:2 (+ ל of thing), Psalm 10:17, but usage would be so late and rare that אָזֱנ֑ךָ is probably subj. thing (Ges§ 144 m Da Synt. § 109. R. 3).
קָשַׁב fut. יִקְשַׁב to attend to any thing, once in Kal, Isaiah 32:3, where it is ascribed to the ear. (The original idea I consider to be that of sharpening, so that קָשַׁב is almost the same as קָצַב, German die Ohren fpißen, to prick up the ears, an expression taken from animals; see the remarks under אֹזֶן p. 26, B )
Hiphil, with the addition of הִקְשִׁיב אָזְנוֹ to prick up (pr. to sharpen) the ear, i.e. to attend to any thing, Psalms 10:17; Proverbs 2:2 without אָזְנוֹ id.; followed by, אֶל Psalms 142:7; Nehemiah 9:34 לְ Psalms 5:3; Isaiah 48:18 עַל Proverbs 17:4, 29:12 בְּ Psalms 66:19, acc. Job 13:6. Hence