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The Shema

Shema is the Hebrew word meaning “hear,” “listen,” or “pay attention.” In biblical Hebrew, however, hearing is not merely receiving sound or information. It includes responding obediently to what has been heard.

“Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.”

The Shema is both a declaration of faith and a call to action. It announces that Israel’s God alone is God, and it calls His people to love Him wholeheartedly and live according to His instruction.

Thus, when Scripture commands Israel to shema, the meaning is essentially: listen to God, receive His word, and act upon it. This “hear-obey” connection is why the Shema is so central in Jewish thought and worship.

The Shema begins in Deuteronomy 6:4 and continues with the command to love God with all one’s heart, soul, and strength, teaching His words diligently and keeping them present in daily life.

  • 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 […]

  • Deuteronomy - Lesson 5 Ch4

    DEUTERONOMY Lesson 5 – Chapter 4 Last week we ended by studying the Shema, which The Shema (which is a combination of a prayer and a statement of fact and faith) actually occurs a couple of chapters ahead of where we are right now (the Shema begins Inherent in the word shema is […]

  • Deuteronomy - Lesson 4 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4

    4 Moses begins by exhorting the people to obey God’s Laws and then goes on to explain The Hebrew word that is being translated is Shema . Shema is an instruction to DO something. It is a call to action. That is not at all, or ever was, the sense of the word […]

  • 2 Kings - Lesson 27 Ch18

    Then in verse 9, the narrative takes a step back to explain that the siege of Assyria Twice in this verse the Hebrew word shema was used to describe what it is that We’ve discussed this import principle that is contained in the word shema on numerous Recall that this passage […]

  • Joshua - Lesson 14 Ch10

    people of Jebus (the Jebusites) were a branch of the Amorites, that would easily explain The reason I even went there is to explain that we see the king of Jerusalem put The Hebrew word that is usually translated as hearken or listen is shema. And shema does NOT mean listen. To shema is to […]

  • Deuteronomy - Lesson 8 Ch6

    The Shema goes by another name as well: Hear O Israel . Yeshua was of course quoting the Shema; He was quoting the Torah. Then Moses goes on to explain (in what eventually came to be called the Shema) that In Hebrew “hear” is shema . Shema is an instruction […]

  • Deuteronomy - Lesson 38 Ch28

    As Paul went to great length to explain, a good way to look at an unconditional covenant Let me explain: a pretty good analogy to a covenant is a contract (it’s not precise What it says is “if you shema …..”. Let me remind you that shema MEANS to listen and […]

  • 1 Samuel - Lesson 3 Ch1 Ch2

    and His disciples at Passover, and the wine that was mystically converted from plain Sh’mu’el is derived from the two Hebrew words shem and El , meaning respectively For one thing, that is the plain reading. And she explains something about that day that Eli didn’t know: the subject of […]

  • Matthew - Lesson 46 Ch12

    Next, just to be sure there was no ambiguity, we have Christ exclaim “you snakes! Nearly every biblical commentator will go to great lengths to explain away how Jesus That is, the people of Nineveh obeyed the Hebrew principle of shema; they didn’t This is referring to the pagan Queen of Sheba who, hearing of Solomon’s […]

  • 2 Kings - Lesson 9 Ch6 Ch7

    The Hebrew is shema dabbar YHWH . And the significance of using the word shema is that it does NOT mean merely to Shema is not passive listening; it is active doing. After Elisha explained that by the next day food would be plentiful and thus back Verses 5 and 6 […]