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“With All Your Heart, Soul, and Might”: The Grammar of Total Devotion in Deuteronomy 6:5

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃ Among the most famous verses in the Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy 6:5 commands a love for God that is total—with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Yet beneath this theological profundity lies a grammatical structure as meticulously crafted as it is linguistically rich. In this verse alone, we encounter an intricate interplay of pronominal suffixes, prepositional constructs, and coordinative syntax that binds the human heart to divine command. Let us not treat these words as mere repetition or poetic flourish.… Learn Hebrew
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