hearken

«hearken» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To listen carefully — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (hearken, hearkens, hearkened, hearkening); also spelled harken

meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) To listen carefully. tree →

2) (hearken back to) To go back to or remind people of something from the past. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to listen and also to obey. It is used for people listening to God and for God listening to prayer. Interpretation: The rabbis stress that true listening means doing what is heard. Israel's reply "we will do, and obey" is seen as the model. In the primary lessons: An old, poetic word found in the Bible, old stories and songs: «Hearken unto me». Kipling's Just So Stories use the old storyteller's style («Hear and attend and listen»), close to «hearken». Today «hark back» or «hearken back» means to recall the past.

examples

• And they shall hearken to thy voice. (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• But the LORD hearkened unto me that time also. (Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then the king hearkened unto them. (Writings 2CH.24.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Dost thou hearken in the council of God? (Writings JOB.15.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice! (Writings PSA.95.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• «Hearken, children, to my tale,» said the old storyteller. tree →
• The Bible says, «Hearken unto me, O my people.» tree →
• The design hearkens back to the old Victorian style. tree →
• They would not hearken to the warning and the boat sank. tree →
• The song «Hark! the herald angels sing» uses the short form «hark». tree →
• Hearken to the wind in the trees. tree →
• "Well, then, hearken now!" cried the Tsar. tree →

note

Old-fashioned; today say «listen». Pronounced HAR-kun (the e is silent). US spelling «harken» also used. «Hark!» is a shorter old word meaning «Listen!» «Hearken unto» = listen to (old Bible English).

In the corpora

• and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
• because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'
• Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice according to that which I command thee.
• Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
• and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hearken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.