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title: קַשֻּׁב — hearkening · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַשֻּׁב (lemma:קַשֻּׁב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: hearkening. BDB 1906: adj. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַשֻּׁב

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«קַשֻּׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hearkening** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:קַשֻּׁב · **BDB:** קַשֻּׁב

### Glosses

attentive (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hearkening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5e9_5bb_5bc_5c1_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5e9_5bb_5bc_5c1_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. id.;—fpl. קַשֻּׁבוֹת, of אָזְנַיִם, 2 Ch 6:40; 7:15 ψ 130:2, all + ל rei.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַשֻּׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5e9_5bb_5bc_5c1_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.15/)

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עַתָּ֗ה עֵינַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ פְתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנַ֖י קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* now eyes my they.will.be open and ears my attentive to the.prayer of the.place (the) this

*JPS 1917:* Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

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[Psalms 130:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.2/)

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אֲדֹנָי֮ שִׁמְעָ֪ה בְק֫וֹלִ֥י תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה אָ֭זְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לְ֝ק֗וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* Lord my listen to voice my may.they.be ears your attentive to the.sound my.supplications my

*JPS 1917:* Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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