בְּ/אָזְנֵ֥י
𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉
beazeney
in the ears of
from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
1 Samuel 8:21 · Word #8
Lexicon H241
| Lemma | אֹזֶן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤆𐤍 |
| Transliteration | ʼôzen |
| Strong's | H241 |
| In-context | in the ears of |
Morphology HR/Ncfdc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | d — Dual — Dual (exactly two) |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H241-15
in the two ears of
| Root | אזן (ʾ-z-n) |
| Core Meanings | ear, hearing, listening, attentiveness, giving heed |
| Semantic Range | physical ear; hearing; the faculty of listening; attentive reception; audience; that which is heard or reported; figuratively, willingness or refusal to heed. |
| Conceptual Significance | In biblical thought, the “ear” represents not merely the organ of hearing but the posture of obedience and responsiveness. To speak “in the ears of” someone is to place words within their sphere of attention and accountability, underscoring the covenantal importance of hearing and heeding divine instruction. |
| Morphological Notes | Preposition בְּ (“in”) prefixed to a feminine dual noun in construct form (Ncfdc). The dual form ("two ears") reflects the natural pair and functions idiomatically as “ears of” in construct with a following noun or suffix. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun אֹזֶן is feminine, and here it appears in the dual construct form אָזְנֵי with the prefixed preposition בְּ (“in”). Rendering it as “in the two ears of” preserves the dual number and concrete imagery of the Hebrew while reflecting the construct relationship indicated by the morphology. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root אזן (ear, hearing, listening, attentiveness, giving heed)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H245-01 |
azaneyah | Heard-by-Yah |
H241-01 |
azenam | their listening-ear |
H241-02 |
azenay | my two ears |
Word Usage (188 occurrences of H241)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 20:8 | בְּ/אָזְנֵי/הֶ֑ם | beazeneyhem | in their hearing |
| Genesis 23:10 | בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י | beazeney | in the hearing of |
| Genesis 23:13 | בְּ/אָזְנֵ֤י | beazeney | in the hearing of |