ear
o.zen denotes the bodily ear, especially as the organ through which speech, reports, commands, and prayers are heard.
The term most often marks the hearing of spoken words, reports, commands, or prayer, frequently in clauses describing speech being heard by a person or group. It also names the bodily organ in physical actions and imagery, and it can portray readiness or refusal to hear when paired with verbs such as inclining, opening, stopping, or hearing.
Senses in use
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Hearing speech, reports, and public words · dominant
The term commonly occurs in clauses where words are spoken or disclosed for someone to hear. In Deuteronomy 31:30 the APB renders Moses speaking the song "in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel," while 1 Samuel 18:23 describes Saul's servants speaking words in David's hearing; 2 Samuel 22:7 places a cry reaching God's ears.
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Readiness, capacity, or refusal to hear · common
In petitions, the singular construct form occurs with a call to incline the ear and hear, as in 2 Kings 19:16 and Isaiah 55:3. Other clauses portray hearing as responsive capacity: Ezekiel 12:2 contrasts ears that do not hear, and Isaiah 33:15 describes stopping the ears against hearing bloodshed.
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The bodily organ in physical action or imagery · occasional
The word identifies a physical body part when an awl is put through it in Exodus 21:6 and Deuteronomy 15:17, and when blood is put on its lobe in Exodus 29:20. Amos 3:12 likewise refers to a piece of an ear rescued from a lion's mouth.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB often presents the term in phrases such as "in the hearing of" or "my ears," and in appeals such as "Incline your ear." In physical contexts it renders "ear" and "lobe of ... ear"; these renderings reflect whole-verse paraphrase rather than word-by-word alignment.