Isaiah 28:23

“Give ear and hear my voice; pay attention and hear my saying.”

Isaiah 28:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 28:23, word by word

Give earהַאֲזִינוּhaazinu

listen, give ear

Give ear, listen carefully.

Where else “haazinu” appears
and hearשִׁמְעוּshimu

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “shimu” appears
my voiceקוֹלִkoli

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “koli” appears
pay attentionהַקְשִׁיבוּhakshivu

pay attention, listen

To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.

Where else “hakshivu” appears
my sayingאִמְרָתִimrati

word, saying

Saying, spoken word.

Where else “imrati” appears

The context

22And now do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for an extermination, and one decreed, I have heard from Adonai YHWH Tsevaot upon all the earth.

23 · This verse (above)

24Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he break open and harrow his ground?

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