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Dabarim 6:4–9 (Deuteronomy)

Shama, Yashar'al: Yahuah our Alahym, Yahuah is one. And you shall Ahab Yahuah your Alahym with all your Labab, with all your Naphash, and with all your strength. And these Dabarim that I command you today shall be upon your Labab. And you shall diligently teach them to your children. You shall speak of them when you sit in your house, when you Halak upon the Darak, when you lie down, and when you rise. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.

Meaning

Shama שמע · Sh-M-ʿ · Sha-maʿ

Hear, listen, heed, respond. In covenant instruction, hearing carries the expected response.

Ahab אהב · A-H-B · A-hab

Love expressed as attachment, loyalty, care, and conduct. It must not be reduced to emotion alone.

Labab לבב · L-B-B · La-bab

Heart, inner mind, intention, will.

Naphash נפש · N-P-Sh · Na-pash

Living being, life, self, person, appetite according to context. It should not automatically become the later concept of an immortal detachable "soul."

Question answered: What does Shama require here? The following verses show it: Ahab Yahuah, keep His Dabarim upon the Labab, teach them, speak them, and carry them into daily life.
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