hear
part of speech
verb (hear, hears, heard, hearing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird." tree →
2) To be told news: "I heard you won!" tree →
3) To listen to something formally: "The judge heard the case." tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "hear" often means to listen and obey. "Hear, O Israel" is the opening of the Shema. Interpretation: The Shema is the central Jewish declaration of faith, said morning and evening, saying that God is one. Tradition reads "hear" as a call to accept God's rule. In the primary lessons: In science, hearing is one of the five senses; vibrations travel to the ear, then the brain. In safety: listen for alarms, sirens, horns and cars; you hear a car before you see it. Phrases: hear about, hear from (get a message), hear of, Hear! Hear!
examples
- And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi: (Torah NUM.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. (Torah DEU.6.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. (Torah DEU.17.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Know ye not? hear ye not? (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? (Writings PSA.94.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- I can hear the rain on the roof. tree →
- Did you hear the bell? tree →
- I heard that you have a new puppy. tree →
- Listen to hear cars coming. tree →
- We haven't heard from Grandma. tree →
- Speak up, I can't hear you. tree →
- Bats hear very high sounds. tree →
- Have you heard of this book? tree →
- I think I hear her too.” tree →
note
Past: "heard". "Hear" sounds like "here" (this place) — homophones. "Hear" is noticing sound; "listen" is trying to hear. Say "I can hear", not usually "I am hearing".
In the corpora
- And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'
- And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son.
- And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying: 'Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying:
- And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
- And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.