Shema Yisrael

• Full Form:

  Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

• Deity:

  Yahweh

• Meaning:

  Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One
  
  Shema — listen, or hear and do (according to the Targum, accept)
  Yisrael — Israel, in the sense of the people or congregation of Israel
  Adonai — often translated as "Lord", it is read in place of YHWH
  Eloheinu — our God, the word "El" or "Eloh" signifying God (see also: Elohim), and the plural possessive determiner suffix "-nu" or "-enu" signifying "our"
  Echad — the Hebrew word for the number 1, which has the dual meaning "one" and "alone"

Judaism