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# hear

verb (hear, hears, heard, hearing)

«hear» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To notice sounds with your ears: "I hear a bird." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#m1)
2. To be told news: "I heard you won!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#m2)
3. To listen to something formally: "The judge heard the case." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#m3)

### In the 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

- I can hear the rain on the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x1)
- Did you hear the bell? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x2)
- I heard that you have a new puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x3)
- Listen to hear cars coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x4)
- We haven't heard from Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x5)
- Speak up, I can't hear you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x6)
- Bats hear very high sounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x7)
- Have you heard of this book? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x8)
- I think I hear her too.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/#x9)

### 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 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.

### Examples

- And Moses said unto Korah: 'Hear now, ye sons of Levi: (Torah NUM.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x1)
- HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. (Torah DEU.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x2)
- And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. (Torah DEU.17.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x3)
- Know ye not? hear ye not? (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x4)
- Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x5)
- He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? (Writings PSA.94.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/#x6)

### 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".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hear.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hear» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hear» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hear.html) on Mova free.