shema prayer transliteration and english

Also, it is traditional for Jews to say the Shema as their last words, and for parents to teach their children to say it before they go to sleep at night. Observant Jews consider the Shema to be the most important part of the prayer service in Judaism, and its twice-daily recitation as a mitzvah (religious commandment). The word used for 'the L ORD' is the tetragrammaton YHVH. The first part can be translated as either 'The L ORD our God' or 'The L ORD is our God', and the second part as either 'the L ORD is one' or as 'the one L ORD' (in the sense of 'the L ORD alone'), since Hebrew does not normally use a copula in the present tense, so translators must decide by inference whether one is appropriate in English. Its first verse encapsulates the monotheistic essence of Judaism: 'Hear, O Israel: YHVH is our God, YHVH is one' ( Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָֽד׃), found in Deuteronomy 6:4. Shema Yisrael ( Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, 'Hear, O Israel') is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. Indian Jews praying 'Shema Yisrael', illustration on a book cover

Shema Yisrael at the Knesset Menorah in Jerusalemĭeut.

Shema prayer transliteration and english