Shma, Israel, adonai elohenu, - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of Shma, Israel, adonai elohenu,

Conges terminology question

250 months ago

Pete Amirault (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Hebrew > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Shma, Israel, adonai elohenu,
Context:	(as opposed to) Shma, Israel,
Keywords:	-

The answer of was rated best

Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one

My comment:

1) "One" is pronounced, in both classical and modern Hebrew, "echad." "Echod" is the Ashkenazi (European-Jewish) pronunciation, but then it would also be "Adonoi" rather than "Adonai."

2) "Echad" is the form in the core Jewish affirmation of faith, which appears in Deuteronomy 6:4. I have never heard or seen the form "yachid" ("only" or "single," as correctly stated by Ms. Moses)which is grammatically acceptable but in this context would sound strange, to say the least, to just about any Jew. .

3) As the Hebrew equivalent of "to be" does not appear in the present tense but is implied, the second phrase of your quote signifies a separate statement ("the Lord is our God"), and is not just a qualifier of the Lord as described in the following phrase ("The Lord is one.")

The asker's comment:

Thank you all. It's extremly nice to see Ruth's explanation expanded on by Gideon and the "side" comments from John & Andrea.

PostalPeterrr@aol.com

Praise the Father (YHVH),
through the son (Jesus)
by the spirit (truth).
(KJV-Ex.6:3,Matt.3:17&John15:26.)