AFAIK listen used to be used therefor[sic] but it has fallen out of use nowadays.
From wiktionary:
reply> Listen the watchman’s cry upon the wall.
Edit: formatting
'Hear the watchman’s cry upon the wall' works the same way, no ?
replyI have clarified what I am looking for in a cousin comment.
"tell"?
replyAh! That's not bad but it's not the same thing. Good nevertheless.
replyI can 'show' (or point someone to a) a sight that I am not myself creating in anyway. The word I am looking for would mean to 'make you hear' in the same may to show is to make you see.
I showed him the distant tower.
I ??? him the faint sound.
play?
replyI played him the faint sound.