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# hear

«hear» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (hear, hears, heard, hearing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#m1)

2) To be told news: "I heard you won!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#m2)

3) To listen to something formally: "The judge heard the case." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "hear" often means to listen and obey. "Hear, O Israel" is the opening of the Shema. Interpretation: The Shema is the central Jewish declaration of faith, said morning and evening, saying that God is one. Tradition reads "hear" as a call to accept God's rule. In the primary lessons: In science, hearing is one of the five senses; vibrations travel to the ear, then the brain. In safety: listen for alarms, sirens, horns and cars; you hear a car before you see it. Phrases: hear about, hear from (get a message), hear of, Hear! Hear!

### examples

- And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi: (Torah NUM.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x1)
- HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. (Torah DEU.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x2)
- And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. (Torah DEU.17.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x3)
- Know ye not? hear ye not? (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x4)
- Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x5)
- He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? (Writings PSA.94.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x6)
- I can hear the rain on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x7)
- Did you hear the bell? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x8)
- I heard that you have a new puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x9)
- Listen to hear cars coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x10)
- We haven't heard from Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x11)
- Speak up, I can't hear you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x12)
- Bats hear very high sounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x13)
- Have you heard of this book? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x14)
- I think I hear her too.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x15)

### note

Past: "heard". "Hear" sounds like "here" (this place) — homophones. "Hear" is noticing sound; "listen" is trying to hear. Say "I can hear", not usually "I am hearing".

### In the corpora

- [And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.546/)
- [And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.777/)
- [And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying: 'Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.779/)
- [And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1181/)
- [And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1199/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.