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H239 אָזַן (ʼâzan) aw-zan'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root (rather identical with 238 through the idea of scales as if two ears); to weigh, i.e. (figuratively) ponder

KJV Usage: give good head

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָזַן (a.zan) — to ponder. (Piel) weigh, test, prove, consider

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · אֹזֶן · מֹאזְנַיִם · אֲזַנְיָה · יַאֲזַנְיָה

Hear | verb hif | ≈ בין · קשׁב · שׁמע | ≠ עלם

to listen = to make an effort to hear the words spoken by someone else

GEN 4:23 · NUM 23:18 · DEU 1:45 · DEU 32:1 · JDG 5:3 · JOB 9:16 · JOB 32:11 · JOB 33:1 · JOB 34:2 · JOB 34:16 · JOB 37:14 · PSA 5:2 · PSA 17:1 · PSA 39:13 · PSA 49:2 · PSA 54:4 · PSA 55:2 · PSA 77:2 · PSA 78:1 · PSA 80:2 · PSA 84:9 · PSA 86:6 · PSA 135:17 · PSA 140:7 · PSA 141:1 · PSA 143:1 · ISA 1:2 · ISA 1:10 · ISA 8:9 · ISA 28:23 · ISA 32:9 · ISA 42:23 · ISA 51:4 · ISA 64:3 · JER 13:15 · HOS 5:1 · JOL 1:2

Willing | verb hif | ≈ קשׁב · שׁמע

to listen, to pay attention = to agree to a request or command and perform it

EXO 15:26 · 2CH 24:19 · NEH 9:30 · PRO 17:4

Think | verb pi | ≈ חקר · תקן

to ponder = to think about something in an effort to understand it well

ECC 12:9

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָזַן] vb. only Pi. Pf. weigh, test, prove base

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