Sunday, February 28, 2010

Nethqadash Shmakh

Traditional: Hallowed be They Name
Netqadash: May we make space for Shm to be the focus point of our lives around which everything else turns.
Net: let it be, may it be, allow to happen, make happen
QD: pivot point, center, focal point, hub
Ash: space around center point
Sh’lah: to set up a canopy, to create a shelter, to hollow out a place;
“Let us pray:” to create a space for the Sacred in our lives.
Qadosh: to make holy (cf. Isa. 6:1-3; God’s robe creates a tent of sacred space)
Shmakh: an embodied form of Shm; to be on the same wavelength with Sacred Unity; to be attuned

1 comments:

Tove said...

Dear. I find this very interesting. Are you familiar with aramaic language as a whole? Maybe I can contact you regarding this. I am very interested in understanding the Bible in the EXACT way.

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Tove

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