Deuteronomy 6:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד

Transliteration

Šĕmaʿ Yiśrāʾēl YHWH ʾĕlōhênû YHWH ʾeḥād

Grammar Details

• *Šĕmaʿ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - hear/listen
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun + 1st person plural suffix - our God
• *ʾeḥād*: cardinal number, masculine singular - one

Word Meanings

• *Šĕmaʿ*: hear/listen/pay attention
• *ʾeḥād*: one/single/united/alone

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
• Mark 12:29-32 : 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
• John 10:30 : 30 I and my Father are one.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 45:5-6 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
• 1 Cor 8:4-6 : 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,(as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
• Deut 4:35-36 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
• Deut 5:6 : 6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
• 1 Chr 29:10 : 10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.