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:
Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread; Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread; Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ falsehood and lies; ____ me neither poverty ___ riches; feed me ____ mine allotted bread; ____ I be full, ___ deny, and say: '___ is the LORD?' ___ lest I be ____, and steal, and ______ the name of ___ God.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______ ___ lies; ____ ___ neither ______ ___ riches; ____ ___ with ____ ______ bread; ____ ___ be ____, ___ deny, ___ ___: 'Who ___ ___ LORD?' ___ ____ I ___ ____, and _____, ___ profane ___ ____ of ___ ___.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m f a l; g m n p n r; f m w m a b; L I b f, a d, a s: 'W i t L?' O l I b p, a s, a p t n o m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.