Kohathite: The Complete Traditional Shema Prayer (All Three Scriptural Sections) In Hebrew, Transliteration, and English

The Complete Traditional Shema Prayer (All Three Scriptural Sections) In Hebrew, Transliteration, and English

The Complete Shema (שְׁמַע)

(Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:13–21, Numbers 15:37–41)

Hebrew

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ אֶחָד׃
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃

וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ
בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ׃
וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה
אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל לְבָבֶךָ׃
וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ
וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ
וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ
וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃
וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל יָדֶךָ
וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ׃
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃

Transliteration

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.
Baruch shem kevod malchuto le’olam va’ed.

Ve’ahavta et Adonai Elohecha
bekhol levavcha,
uv’khol nafshecha,
uv’khol me’odecha.
Vehayu had’varim ha’eleh
asher anochi metzav’cha hayom
al levavecha.
Veshinantam levanecha
vedibarta bam,
besheevtecha beveitecha
u’velechtecha vaderech,
u’veshochbecha
u’vekumecha.
U’keshartam le’ot al yadecha,
vehayu letotafot bein einecha.
U’khtavtam al mezuzot beitecha u’vish’arecha.

English Translation

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom forever and ever.

You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your might.
These words which I command you today
shall be upon your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children,
and speak of them when you sit in your house,
when you walk along the way,
when you lie down,
and when you rise up.
You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand,
and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.

(Deuteronomy 11:13–21 – “Vehaya Im Shamoa”)

Hebrew

וְהָיָה אִם־שָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶל־מִצְו‍ֹתַי
אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם הַיּוֹם
לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁכֶם׃
וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר־אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ
יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ
וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃
וְנָתַתִּי עֵשֶׂב בְּשָׂדְךָ לִבְהֶמְתֶּךָ
וְאָכַלְתָּ וְשָׂבָעְתָּ׃
הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם
פֶּן־יִפְתֶּה לְבַבְכֶם
וְסַרְתֶּם
וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם לָהֶם׃
וְחָרָה אַף־יְיָ בָּכֶם
וְעָצַר אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם
וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה מָטָר
וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא־תִתֵּן אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ
וַאֲבַדְתֶּם מְהֵרָה מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה
אֲשֶׁר יְיָ נֹתֵן לָכֶם׃
וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת־דְּבָרַי אֵלֶּה
עַל לְבַבְכֶם וְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם
וּקְשַׁרְתֶּם אֹתָם לְאוֹת עַל־יֶדְכֶם
וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם׃
וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם
לְדַבֵּר בָּם
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ
וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ
וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃
וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ
וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃
לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם
וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם
עַל הָאֲדָמָה
אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְיָ
לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם
לָתֵת לָהֶם
כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם
עַל הָאָרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Vehaya im shamoa tishme’u el mitzvotai
asher anochi metzaveh etchem hayom,
le’ahavah et Adonai Eloheichem
u’le’ovdo bekhol levavchem u’bekhol nafshechem.
Venatati metar artzechem be’ito,
yoreh u’malkosh,
ve’asaphta deganecha ve’tiroshcha ve’yitzharecha.
Venatati esev besadecha livehemtecha
ve’achalta ve’sava’ta.
Hishameru lachem pen yifteh levavchem
ve’sartem va’avadtem elohim acheirim
ve’hishtachavitem lahem.
Ve’charah af Adonai bachem,
ve’atzar et hashamayim
ve’lo yiheyeh matar,
ve’ha’adamah lo titen et yevulah,
va’avadtem meheirah me’al ha’aretz hatovah
asher Adonai noten lachem.
Ve’samtem et devarai eileh
al levavchem ve’al nafshechem,
u’keshartem otam le’ot al yedchem,
vehayu letotafot bein eineichem.
Ve’limadtem otam et beneichem
ledaber bam
besheevtecha beveitecha
u’velechtecha vaderech,
u’veshochbecha
u’vekumecha.
U’khtavtam al mezuzot beitecha u’vish’arecha.
Lema’an yirbu yemeichem viymei beneichem
al ha’adamah asher nishba Adonai
la’avoteichem latet lahem
kiymei hashamayim al ha’aretz.

English Translation

And it shall come to pass,
if you diligently obey My commandments
which I command you this day—
to love the Lord your God
and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul—
that I will give rain for your land in its season,
the early rain and the latter rain,
that you may gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil.
And I will provide grass in your fields for your cattle,
and you shall eat and be satisfied.

Take heed to yourselves
lest your heart be deceived,
and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;
and the Lord’s anger be kindled against you,
and He shut up the heavens,
so that there will be no rain,
and the land will not yield her fruit;
and you perish quickly from the good land
which the Lord gives you.

Therefore, you shall lay up these My words
in your heart and in your soul,
and bind them for a sign upon your hand,
that they may be frontlets between your eyes.
And you shall teach them to your children,
speaking of them when you sit in your house,
and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down,
and when you rise up.
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
so that your days and the days of your children
may be multiplied on the land
which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them,
as the days of the heavens above the earth.

(Numbers 15:37–41 – “Vayomer”)

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃
דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם
וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת
עַל־כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם לְדֹרֹתָם
וְנָתְנוּ עַל־צִיצִת הַכָּנָף פְּתִיל תְּכֵלֶת׃
וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְצִיצִת
וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ
וּזְכַרְתֶּם
אֶת־כָּל־מִצְו‍ֹת יְיָ
וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם
וְלֹא־תָתוּרוּ
אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם
וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם
אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם זֹנִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם׃
לְמַעַן תִּזְכְּרוּ
וַעֲשִׂיתֶם
אֶת־כָּל־מִצְו‍ֹתַי
וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים
לֵאלֹהֵיכֶם׃
אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם
מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם
לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים
אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃

Transliteration

Vayomer Adonai el Moshe lemor:
Daber el b’nei Yisrael,
ve’amarta aleihem,
ve’asu lahem tzitzit
al kanfei vigdeihem ledorotam,
venatnu al tzitzit hakanaf petil techelet.
Vehayah lachem le’tzitzit,
u’re’item oto,
u’zchartem et kol mitzvot Adonai,
va’asitem otam,
ve’lo taturu acharei levavchem
ve’acharei eineichem
asher atem zonim achareihem.
Lema’an tizkeru
va’asitem et kol mitzvotai,
vih’yitem kedoshim le’Eloheichem.
Ani Adonai Eloheichem
asher hotzeiti etchem
me’eretz Mitzrayim
lih’yot lachem le’Elohim,
Ani Adonai Eloheichem.

English Translation

The Lord said to Moses, saying:
Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them to make for themselves fringes (tzitzit)
on the corners of their garments throughout their generations,
and to put upon the fringe of each corner a thread of blue.

And it shall be to you for a fringe,
that you may look upon it and remember
all the commandments of the Lord, and do them;
and that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes,
after which you go astray.

So that you may remember and do all My commandments,
and be holy to your God.
I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt
to be your God.
I am the Lord your God.