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Isaiah 5:9

“In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֹזֶןʼôzen · o'-zen
H241 · Hebrew

Definition: broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
Derivation: from H238 (אָזַן);
KJV renderings: [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
Grammar: בְּ — preposition
אָזְנָ֖ — common noun, feminine, dual, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HR/Ncfdc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 188 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:8 Genesis 23:10 Genesis 23:13 Genesis 23:16 Genesis 35:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֹזֶן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.