Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Welcome online.

In looking at the New Testament, there are three verses that quote this 
verse: Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:29–30 and Luke 10:27. All of them use the Greek 
“dianoia” meaning “mind, intention, will”. The Mark and Luke quotations add 
“ischuos” meaning “strength, ability”.

Your question brings up a good point—there seems to be a three step 
progression in the verse: from “all your heart” to “all your being” to “all 
your excess”. How many of us actually follow that?

Good question. I hadn’t thought of that before.

Karl W. Randolph.

You wrote:
> Greetings to all.  This is my first post on this list.
>  My family and I recently returned stateside from 4 ½
> years studying in Israel.  In fact, Randy Buth was one
> of my profs there (SHALOM LEKHA, ADON), … but if I say
> anything terribly ignorant, the fault lies with me
> alone.  That said, I was recently thinking about
> M’ODEKHA in Deu. 6:5, and how unsatisfactory a
> translation “your strength” seems to be there.  Now I
> realize that the English and other versions take their
> cues from the LXX’s DUNAMEOS, but it still doesn’t
> appear to have enough “oomph” for the way M’OD is used
> elsewhere in the Tanakh, usually with a sense of
> “extremely” or “exceedingly.”  So the thought hit me--
> and I’ll put it out there for you all to chew on and
> then, if need be you can chew me too—how would a
> translation like “all your *zeal*” or even “all your
> *extremism* [or *fanaticism*]” fit with the immediate 
> context and the Bible’s use of M’OD elsewhere?
> -- Michael Millier
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