Senjecas - Sh'ma Yisrael

Pronunciation table

p	b	f	v	ṁ	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			š	s̨			i	e	a	õ	o	u			ï	ë	ÿ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ë/	/ʊ/

Sh'ma Yisrael – Hear, O Israel (Deut 6:4-9)

ivrëȝeka̋s úúda tarne̋xaþo

translated from the Hebrew

Literal translation of the Hebrew text

• 4. Hear, Israel. Jhwh our.God (is) Jhwh one.
• 5. And.you.shall.love JHWH, your.god with.all.your.heart, and.with.all.your.soul, and.with.all.your.might.
• 6. And.shall.be words these which I commanded.you today (are) on your heart,
• 7. and.you.shall.repeat.them to.your.sons, and.shall.speak of.them when.you.sit in.your.house, and.when.you.walk in.the.way and.when.you.lie.down and.when.you.rise.up;
• 8. And.shall.bind.them for.a.sign on.your.hand; and.they.shall.be for.frontlets between your.eyes.
• 9. And.you.shall.write.them on.the.doorposts.of your.house; and.on.your.gates.

Senjecan text

• 4. ve̋ne. ȝisráelű. ȝa̋hṁu tu-ȝűmu se̋m ȝűmu (e̋sa):
• 5. da tu ȝa̋hṁum tu-ȝűmum őro suðősk̬e őre ṡue̋sk̬e őra ṁala̋sk̬e xéma u-ṁe̋na:
• 6. da—tei mu sáhvi tum nos e̋e̋vi—i-sa̋ṁos tu-suðős éva u-e̋sa:
• 7. da tu-suunűm o non u-ṡe̋xa da non u-ı̋sa métu tu-ṁesős éna se̋dak̬e ata̋s éna ne̋ðak̬e de̋e̋ak̬e vı̋ı̋nak̬e:
• 8. da tu manős éva non ne̋uon u-ba̋a̋a da nos ṡuvfa̋nos t̬alőm ȝúca u-e̋sa:
• 9. da tu-ṁesős f̨anxőmk̬e tatomk̬' éva non u-ȝa̋ra⁝

Glossing abbreviations

• 2s/p = second person singular/plural
• 3s/p = third person singular/plural
• A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)
• G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)
• N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)
• V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)
• ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)
• ELIS = elision
• FUT = future
• IMP = imperative
• IND = indicative
• REL = relativizer

Gloss

ve̋n-e	ȝisráel-ű	ȝa̋hṁ-u	tu=ȝűm-u	se̋m	ȝűm-u	e̋s-a
hear-IMP	Israel-V.s	Jhwh-N.s	your=God-N.s	one	God-N.s	be-IND

da	t-u	ȝa̋hṁ-um	tu=ȝűm-um	őro-Ø	suð-ős=k̬e	őre-Ø	ṡu-e̋s=k̬e	őra-Ø	ṁal-a̋s=k̬e	xéma	u=ṁe̋n-a
and	2s-N	Jhwh-A.s	your=God-A.s	all-ABS	heart-G.s=and	soul-G.s=and	all-ABS	might-G.s=and	with	FUT=love-IND

da	tei	m-u	sáh=vi	t-um	n-os	e̋e̋v-i	i=sa̋ṁ-os	tu=suð-ős	éva	u=e̋s-a
and	REL	1s.N	today=ADV	2s-A	3-A.p	command-REL	this=word-N.p	your=heart-G.s	on	FUT=be-IND

da	tu=suun-űm	o	n-on	u=ṡe̋x-a	da	n-on	u-ı̋s-a	da	métu	tu=ṁes-ős	éna	se̋d-a=k̬e	at-a̋s	éna	ne̋ð-a=k̬e	de̋e̋-a=k̬e	vı̋ı̋n-a=k̬e
and	your=son=G.p	to	3-A.p	FUT=repeat-IND	and	3-A.p	FUT=speak.of-IND	and	when	your=house-G.s	in	sit-IND=and	way-G.s	in	walk-IND=and	lie.down-IND=and	get.up-IND=and

da	t-u	man-ős	éva	n-on	ne̋-un	u=ba̋a̋-a	da	n-os	cuv-fa̋n-os	t̬al-őm	ȝúca	u=e̋s-a
and	2s-N	hand-G.s	on	3-A.p	sign-A.p	FUT=bind-IND	and	3-N.s	brow-ornament-N.p	eye-G.p	between	FUT=be.IND

da	tu=ṁes-ős	f̦anx-őm=k̬e	taþ-őm=k̬-'	éva	n-on	u=ȝa̋r-a
and	your=house-G.s	doorpost-A.s=and	gate-G.p=and-ELIS	on	3-A.p	FUT=write-IND