Thursday, September 30, 2010

shema

Shema, Israel! (Hear [obey], Israel!)
Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad (The Lord [LORD] our God is one)

Ve'ahavta et Adonai Eloeikah (Love the Lord your God)
B'khol Levav'kah (with all your heart [everything you think])
U'vekhol Naphshekah (and with all your soul [everything you are])
U'vekhol Me'odekhah (and with all your strength [everything you've got])
Amen.
 -Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Stuff in [brackets] are mine, based off of LCB class and the book "Listening to the Language of the Bible: Hearing it Through Jesus' Ears" by Lois Tverberg and Bruce Okkema.
They demonstrate the Hebrew nuances of those words.

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