אָזַן ʼâzan — to weigh, i.e. (figuratively) ponder
Translated in the KJV as give good heed.
a primitive root (rather identical with H238 through the idea of scales as if two ears); to weigh, i.e. (figuratively) ponder.
ʼâzan in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
וְאִזֵּ֣ן Eccl 12:9 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›