The Shema in Hebrew — Deuteronomy 6:4–9 דְּבָרִים ו׳:ד׳–ט׳ — word by word, with transliteration
Deuteronomy 6:4–9 in the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex, verse by verse: the Hebrew with full vowel points, every word broken into syllables with the STRESSED syllable in capitals, the meaning of each word beneath it with any attached prefix spelled out, and the King James line under each verse. Hebrew reads right to left. Tap Listen to hear a verse read slowly by a Hebrew voice.
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל לְבָבֶךָ
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9 in English
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
How to read the Hebrew
Each card is one word. The Hebrew on top is fully pointed (with nikkud, the vowel marks, and read with the cantillation marks removed). Under it the word is spelled out syllable by syllable in English letters, a slash between syllables; the syllable in CAPITALS carries the stress — read from the cantillation mark on the word. The third line is what the word means, with any prefix Hebrew glues to the front spelled out (and, the, in, to…). Read the cards from right to left.
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