To be all ears/ to lend (give) an ear/ be attentive
To direct one’s ear in order to hear. To listen attentively.
("I have called you, that you would answer me, O Lord, hear my words" - Psalms 17:6, and so on: "And who is like him, a teacher? Hearken to his ear, and be wise in all your ways" - Abraham Mapu/ Ait Zebua, and so on: "I will make her like the silence of the forest, I will hear the whisperings of the forest/ But my ear to the sound of the trees, and I will hear the secret of their cry" - H.N. Bialik/ In the field)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִטָּה אֹזֶן
Definition (Hebrew)
כִּוֵּן אֶת אָזְנוֹ כְּדֵי לִשְׁמֹעַ. הִקְשִׁיב בַּהִתְעַנְיְנוּת.
("אֲנִי קְרָאתִיךָ כִי תַעֲנֵנִי אֵל הַט אָזְנְךָ לִי שְׁמַע אִמְרָתִי"- תְּהִלִּים יז ו, וְכֵן:"וּמִי כָּמוֹהוּ מוֹרֶה ? הַט אֵפוֹא אָזְנֵךְ לִתְבוּנָתוֹ, וְהָיִיתָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ מַשְׂכִּיל"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, וְכֵן:"אַקְשִׁיבָהּ דּוּמִיַּת הַיַּעַר, אֶת רָזֵי הַחֹרֶשׁ אֶשְׁמָעָהּ/ אַט אָזְנֵי אֶל לָחַשׁ הָעֵצִים וְאֶשְׁמַע סוֹד שִׂיחַ עֲלֵיהֶם"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ בַּשָּׂדֶה)