הַקְשִׁ֑יבָ/ה
𐤄𐤒𐤔𐤉𐤁/𐤄
haqeshivah
give attention
a primitive root; to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken; attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Proverbs 4:20 · Word #3
Lexicon H7181
| Lemma | קָשַׁב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤒𐤔𐤁 |
| Transliteration | qâshab |
| Strong's | H7181 |
| In-context | give attention |
Morphology HVhv2ms/Sh
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 | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
SIBI-P1 H7181-03
Cause your ear to prick up!
| Morphological Notes | Hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular, with paragogic ה (energic ending). The Hiphil stem gives a causative nuance: to cause oneself to attend or to give careful heed. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root קשב conveys the physical image of pricking up the ear in alert attention. In the Hiphil stem (causative), masculine singular imperative, the form commands one male individual to cause attentive listening—hence, "Cause your ear to prick up!" This preserves both the vivid root imagery and the 2ms imperative force. |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root קשב (to prick up the ear, give close attention, heed attentively, incline the ear)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H7181-01 |
haqashivah | Cause yourself to attend closely! |
H7181-02 |
haqeshev | Prick up your ears! |
H7181-04 |
haqeshivi | Prick up your ears, O woman! |
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 |