please no jerky answers but thoughtful ones. Thanks
2006-07-16 12:59:18 · 10 answers · asked by Makemeaspark 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wow you guys are awesome! Love all the answers so far.... let's keep up this kind of dialogue more often. Note the Sh'ma has been my most frequent prayer in 2006. I learned a couple of tunes for it. There is soo much there, when you really think about it. It is a humbling verse also.
2006-07-16 14:07:33 · update #1
The Shema:
It is the "Now hear this" from God.
followed by the Vehayah:
If you do, you will be blessed. If you don't God help you cause your toast.
Concluded with the Vaiyomer:
If you can't remember these things, use a piece of cloth to remind you.
2006-07-16 13:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bimpster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One translation probably grabs the intent the best: " The Lord our God is God alone." This makes a little more sense than "The Lord Our God is one." Especially given that the people of Moses' day didn't labor with the concept of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There was Yahweh, and that was all you needed to know. I think that is what was being said by Moses in that passage.
2006-07-16 13:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by Elwood Blues 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew for this is as follows:
Shema, Y'Isroel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Ehud.
Ehud is a pluralistic singular, meaning a single entity comprised of more than one part, meaning proof of a Triune God.
Personally, it means that God has a plan and the manifest Trinity that is in the NT is also shown in the OT because God is the same past present and future and it is proof to me that God is perfect and complete. Thanks for asking, great question!
2006-07-16 13:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means there is only one God, not 12, or 289, or 3 --just one.
BTW richardnjill are wrong- the word is achad- the number one in Hebrew.
The old and familiar translation "the LORD our God, the LORD is one" (2) makes the verse a statement about the nature of God Himself, namely that He is one. This means that He is unique (incomparable) and that He is indivisible, that He does not consist of multiple deities .
2006-07-16 13:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch out for people who try to tell you that "echad" means a "plural unity". This is utter nonsense. It amounts to saying that the English word "one" actually means many.
The verse is about the unity of God.
2006-07-16 13:43:52 · answer #5 · answered by jb48237 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One, not two, not 3. There is only one Jehovah who has power over all. not 1 for harvest, one for fertility, not another for planting
2006-07-16 14:02:39 · answer #6 · answered by joe916 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
props to roscoe.
(yea, the "plural one" concept is ridiculous as even a rudimentary study of the hebrew will prove.)
2006-07-16 15:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter what name you call him by there is only one God.
2006-07-16 13:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by Justa Countryboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's right - Lord IS our God!
2006-07-16 13:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by abby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The LORD is our God
2006-07-16 13:04:35 · answer #10 · answered by Well i Say.. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋