Definitions for Shema

Shema She·ma

Spelling: [shuh-mah, shmah]
IPA: /ʃəˈmɑ, ʃmɑ/

Shema is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in Shema (aehms).

Definitions for Shema

noun

  1. a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.

Origin of Shema

From the Hebrew word shəmaʿ listen!

Examples for Shema

Oesterley (in loco) adds that “the very parchment on which the Shema is written is efficacious in keeping demons at a distance.”

All turned to look at the speaker, and they whispered among themselves in surprise at hearing a monk recite the Shema in a schul.

The Shema was followed by another benediction voicing gratitude for divine redemption.

He would often kiss the earth of Israel; at night, he would say the Shema prayer for hours.

The Inquisition was obliged to forbid the uttering of the word "Shema" with a threat of heavy punishment.

Her arrest and detention for uttering the Shema ought to find no sympathy from any Jew.

To the commandments of the tongue belong the reading of the Shema, grace after meals, the priestly benediction, and so on.

The other practical observances like prayer, the reading of "Shema," and so on.

In this palace a seal was found bearing a lion and the inscription belonging to Shema, the servant of Jeroboam.

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