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At a GlanceThis summary is compiled exclusively from the text of Torah Class lessons to ensure accuracy to the teaching. No external data is used.

The Shema is presented here as more than just “hearing.” In the provided text, it is explained as involving hearing and acting—an obedient response, not merely listening with the ears.

Key points from the passages:

  • The word is tied to a Hebrew wordplay involving shema, shama, and shem.
  • One passage says the Queen of Sheba heard and acted on what she heard, connecting this idea to the name of Yehoveh.
  • Another passage says shema “doesn’t mean merely to hear or to listen”; it inherently implies obedience.
  • In that sense, Saul heard God’s words but did not obey them, so he did not truly “shema.”
  • The Shema is also linked to the Kingdom of God and the surrender of mind and heart to God’s holy will.

So, based on the context, the Shema means listening to God in a way that leads to obedience and faithful action.

  • 1 Kings - Lesson 17 Ch9 Ch10

    And yet there is a caveat for all this that might help to explain Solomon’s attitude because of the name of Yehoveh, the Hebrew says this: The Queen of Sheva shema what was being shama of Shlomo because of the shem of Yehoveh. litany of the Hebrew letter sheen (sh) […]

  • Matthew - Lesson 50 Ch13

    surrender of mind and heart to His holy will, which the love of God expressed in the Shema The final few words explain the focus of his essay: what is the Kingdom of God (the Notice the important position that the Kingdom of God holds in the Shema (in the The first part of the Shema is a quotation […]

  • 1 Samuel - Lesson 24 Ch15

    are born with the spirit of Amalek (again, with one notable exception that I’ll explain asked by a lot of people about this conundrum and it is not a simple task to explain a very familiar Hebrew word that might surprise when you find out what it is: shema The thing is that s […]

  • 2 Samuel - Lesson 31 Ch20 Ch21

    Sheva , a Benjamite, is regarded in this episode as a scoundrel (an ish Belial ) The purpose was as a force to counter the tribal army from the north that Sheva Verse 8 explains that a few days later at Gibeon, a city in the tribal territory The word used here for […]

  • Judges - Lesson 15 Ch9

    I’ll explain why in just a moment. And he begins his parable of warning to the people of Shechem with the words, “ shema men of Shechem that elohim might shema unto you”. Remember that shema doesn’t only mean to listen; it means to DO what it is you HEAR Shema demands action […]

  • Malachi - Lesson 12 – Malachi Ch 3 cont 3

    He used tangible, physical things of common familiarity to explain the inward spiritual It modifies and explains the situation of the words being said. God listened (qashab), then He heard (shema). But, shema means to act upon what one hears. So, how did God act? spend the time to dig into each Hebrew word that […]

  • Acts - Lesson 6 Ch2

    ancestors, promised you by giving you a land flowing with milk and honey. 4 “Sh’ma Jews hearing Peter instantly grasped the connection when Peter says in Hebrew “Shema and then goes on in paraphrase of Moses to explain the very nature of God and His And Paul goes to great lengths to explain […]

  • 2 Samuel - Lesson 30 Ch19 Ch20

    I explained in our last lesson that this event of David returning to Jerusalem to And last week I used one of several elements of David’s return from exile to explain As much as this Sheba wanted a Civil War it never actually materialized. Verse 1 explains that “there” was a scoundrel name Sheva […]

  • Revelation - Lesson 2 Ch1

    Let me explain what I mean. in John’s Jewish mind the hear-obey connection is expressed in the Hebrew word shema This is why in Jewish thought the Hebrew word shema is one of the most important Do not ask me to explain it. it to happen just has he says it […]

  • Genesis - Lesson 19 Ch19

    months ago, while we’re generally going to go verse-by-verse through the Torah and explain Here is the Shema in the Torah: NAS Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel! First, even if we cannot fully comprehend it, or explain it, we must acknowledge Now, as to the conundrum of how to explain Yahshua in […]