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Psalms 86:6

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

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הַאֲזִ֣ינָהhaazinahgive earאָזַןverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “give ear”, a commandH238to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listengive (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See H239 (אָזַן).יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtefilatiprayerתְּפִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “prayer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8605intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymnprayer.וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבָהvehaqshivahand attendקָשַׁבconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “and attend”, a commandH7181to prick up the ears, i.e. hearkenattend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.בְּק֣וֹלbeqolin soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽיtachanunotayintreatyתַּחֲנוּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “intreaty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8469earnest prayerintreaty, supplication.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend unto the voice of my supplications.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

Young’s Literal Translation

Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications.

World English Bible

Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

Darby Translation

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend unto the voice of my supplications.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Give ear to my prayer, O Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐνώτισαι Κύριε τὴν προσευχήν μου, καὶ πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου.