Shema
Pronunciations
Shema | (shih-MAH) | listen |
Definitions
n. Prayer recited in most services as well as at bedtime, and when death is imminent; one of the most important and well-known prayers in Judaism.
Example Sentences
The Shema can be found on page 94 of your machzors.
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
שמע ישראל 'Hear O Israel'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
Sh'ma, Shma
Notes
See also krias Shema.
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