הַקְשִׁ֖יבִי

𐤄𐤒𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤉

haqeshivi

listen

a primitive root; to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken; attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.

H7181

Micah 1:2 · Word #4

Lexicon H7181

Lemmaקָשַׁב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤒𐤔𐤁
Transliterationqâshab
Strong'sH7181
In-contextlisten

Morphology HVhv2fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation v — Imperative — A command
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H7181-04

Prick up your ears, O woman!

Morphological NotesHiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular. The Hiphil stem often carries a causative nuance, here expressing an exhortation to actively direct one’s attention. The feminine singular ending (-ִי) marks that the command is addressed to one female.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering preserves the vivid root sense of קשב—"to prick up the ears" in alert attentiveness—rather than the flatter "listen." The Hiphil imperative form (2nd feminine singular) is reflected as a direct command addressed to one woman ("O woman"), and the causative nuance is conveyed by urging her to rouse herself to attentive hearing.

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Words from Root קשב (to prick up the ears, to attend closely, to pay careful heed, to incline attentively)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H7181-01 haqashivah Cause yourself to attend closely!
H7181-02 haqeshev Prick up your ears!
H7181-03 haqeshivah Cause your ear to prick up!

Word Usage (46 occurrences of H7181)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
1 Samuel 15:22 לְ/הַקְשִׁ֖יב lehaqeshiv to heed
Isaiah 10:30 הַקְשִׁ֥יבִי haqeshivi Listen
Isaiah 21:7 וְ/הִקְשִׁ֥יב vehiqeshiv and he listens