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title: קַשָּׁב — attentive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַשָּׁב (7183), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: attentive. BDB 1906: adj. attentive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַשָּׁב

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«קַשָּׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **attentive** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7183 · **BDB:** קַשָּׁב

### Glosses

attentive (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

attentive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7183/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. attentive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7183/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. attentive;—fs. תְּהִי נָא אָזְנְךָ קַשֶּׁבֶת Ne 1:6, + אֶל rei v 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַשָּׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7183/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.6/)

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תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַשֶּׁ֣בֶת וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ פְתֻוּח֟וֹתלִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עַבְדְּךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִי֩ מִתְפַּלֵּ֨ל לְפָנֶ֤יךָ הַיּוֹם֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וּמִתְוַדֶּ֗ה עַל־חַטֹּ֤אות בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וַאֲנִ֥י וּבֵית־אָבִ֖י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

*Word for word:* let.it.be please ear your attentive and eyes your open to listen to the.prayer your.servant your which I \[am\].praying before you this day by.day and night on the.people of.Israel servants your and \[I.am\].confessing on the.sins of.the.people of.Israel which we.have.sinned to you and I and the.house my.father my we.have.sinned

*JPS 1917:* let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and my father's house have sinned.

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[Nehemiah 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.1.11/)

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אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ־קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֨ת עַבְדְּךָ֜ וְאֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ הַֽחֲפֵצִים֙ לְיִרְאָ֣ה אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־נָּ֤א לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וּתְנֵ֣הוּ לְרַחֲמִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וַאֲנִ֛י הָיִ֥יתִי מַשְׁקֶ֖ה לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* please! Lord my let.it.be please ear your attentive to the.prayer your.servant your and to the.prayer your.servants your (the) delighting to fear (et) name your and grant success please to servant your this day and give him (to) compassion(s) before the man (the) this and I I.was cup.bearer of the king

*JPS 1917:* O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who delight to fear Thy name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.' Now I was cupbearer to the king.

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