How to learn a verseJPS TaNaKH 1917
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.A new heart ____ will I give ___, and a new ______ will I put ______ you; and I ____ take away the _____ heart out of ____ flesh, and I ____ give you a _____ of flesh.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.A ___ _____ also ____ ___ give ___, ___ a ___ ______ will ___ ___ within ___; ___ I ____ ____ away ___ _____ heart ___ ___ your _____, ___ I ____ ____ you ___ _____ of _____.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A n h a w I g y, a a n s w I p w y; a I w t a t s h o o y f, a I w g y a h o f.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ezekiel 36:26
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.