שְׁמַע

shema

pronounced sh'-MAH

Hear — and act on what you hear

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 The Shema itself — the prayer that opens and closes a Jewish life

He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”

Exodus 24:7 Na'aseh v'nishma — Israel promises to do, and then to hear

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Hebrew words

‹ Hebrew words

שְׁמַע shema sh'-MAH

Hear — and act on what you hear

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”

Exodus 24:7