Ulangan 6:5
Konteks6:5 You must love 1 the Lord your God with your whole mind, 2 your whole being, 3 and all your strength. 4
Ulangan 10:12
Konteks10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, 5 to obey all his commandments, 6 to love him, to serve him 7 with all your mind and being, 8
Ulangan 30:6
Konteks30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse 9 your heart and the hearts of your descendants 10 so that you may love him 11 with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
[6:5] 1 tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “to love”) in this setting communicates not so much an emotional idea as one of covenant commitment. To love the
[6:5] 2 tn Heb “heart.” In OT physiology the heart (לֵב, לֵבָב; levav, lev) was considered the seat of the mind or intellect, so that one could think with one’s heart. See A. Luc, NIDOTTE 2:749-54.
[6:5] 3 tn Heb “soul”; “being.” Contrary to Hellenistic ideas of a soul that is discrete and separate from the body and spirit, OT anthropology equated the “soul” (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) with the person himself. It is therefore best in most cases to translate נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) as “being” or the like. See H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 10-25; D. Fredericks, NIDOTTE 3:133-34.
[6:5] 4 sn For NT variations on the Shema see Matt 22:37-39; Mark 12:29-30; Luke 10:27.
[10:12] 5 tn Heb “the
[10:12] 6 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”
[10:12] 7 tn Heb “the
[10:12] 8 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
[30:6] 9 tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.
[30:6] 10 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
[30:6] 11 tn Heb “the