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title: קָשַׁב — incline · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָשַׁב (7181), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 46 times: incline. BDB 1906: vb. incline, attend. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָשַׁב

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«קָשַׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **incline** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 46 times · **Key:** 7181 · **BDB:** קָשַׁב

### Glosses

pay.attention (13); pay (6); be (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

incline [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7181/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. incline, attend [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7181/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. incline, attend, of ears;— Impf. 3 fpl. תִּקְשַׁבְנָה Is 32:3 (subj. אזנים). Pf. 3 ms. הִקְשִׁיב Je 23:18 ψ 66:19, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַקְשִׁב Is 42:23, etc.; Imv. ms. הַקְשֵׁב Jb 33:31, especially הַקְשִׁ֫יבָה ψ 5:3 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַקְשִׁיב 1 S 15:22 +; Pt. מַקְשִׁיב Pr 1:24 +, pl. מַקְשִׁיבִים Ct 8:13;—give attention (sometimes + שָׁמַע); abs. Ho 5:1; 1 S 15:22; Is 10:30; 28:23; 34:1; 49:1; Mi 1:2 + 12 times; + אֶל pers. Je 18:19; Zc 1:4; Is 51:4 (‖ הֶאֱזִינוּ), לְ pers. ψ 55:3; + אֶל rei Je 18:18; Ne 9:34 ψ 142:7, עַל rei Je 6:19; Pr 17:4; 29:12, ל rei Je 6:17; Is 48:18; Pr 4:20; 5:1; 7:24 ψ 5:3 Ct 8:13, ב rei ψ 66:19; 86:6; also c. acc. rei Je 23:18; Jb 13:6 ψ 17:1; 61:2; acc. cogn. Is 21:7; appar. = cause to attend, c. acc. אָזְנֶ֑ךָ Pr 2:2 (+ ל rei), ψ 10:17, but usage would be so late and rare that אָזְנֶ֑ךָ is prob. subj. rei (Ges§ 144 m DaSynt. § 109, R 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָשַׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7181/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 66:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.19/)

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אָ֭כֵן שָׁמַ֣ע אֱלֹהִ֑ים הִ֝קְשִׁ֗יב בְּק֣וֹל תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless he.has.heard God he.has.paid.attention to the.sound my.prayer my

*JPS 1917:* But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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[Job 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.6/)

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שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֥א תוֹכַחְתִּ֑י וְרִב֖וֹת שְׂפָתַ֣י הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃

*Word for word:* listen.to please argument my and the.contentions my.lips my pay.attention.to

*JPS 1917:* Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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