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Pay attention in Hebrew is הִקְשִׁיב (hikshív).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

הִקְשִׁיב
hikshív
verb
Recording by YaronSh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons.
In English

pay attention

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with P

These are the Hebrew words for pay attention as a verb.

to be attentive

  • הִקְשִׁיבהקשיבhikshív

This is more about the Hebrew word הִקְשִׁיב.

Written with vowel points
הִקְשִׁיב
Written without vowel points
הקשיב
Said
hikshív
Its meanings in English
pay attention, to listen, to pay attention

These English words share a Hebrew word with pay attention.

These words come before and after pay attention in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨pay attention⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨pay attention⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨pay attention⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨הִקְשִׁיב⁩, said hikshív. Without vowel points it is written ⁨הקשיב⁩.

What else does ⁨הקשיב⁩ mean in English?

Besides ⁨pay attention⁩, ⁨הקשיב⁩ can mean ⁨to listen and to pay attention⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry pay attention and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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