Take-home slipsIsaiah 53:4

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:

Isaiah 53:4 Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely our diseases ___ did bear, and ___ pains he carried; ______ we did esteem ___ stricken, smitten of ___, and afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ he ___ ____, and ___ _____ he ______; ______ we ___ ______ him ______, ______ of ___, ___ afflicted.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S o d h d b, a o p h c; w w d e h s, s o G, a a.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 53:4

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

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:

Isaiah 53:4 Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Surely our diseases he did bear, and our pains he carried; whereas we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Surely our diseases ___ did bear, and ___ pains he carried; ______ we did esteem ___ stricken, smitten of ___, and afflicted.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Surely ___ ______ he ___ ____, and ___ _____ he ______; ______ we ___ ______ him ______, ______ of ___, ___ afflicted.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.S o d h d b, a o p h c; w w d e h s, s o G, a a.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 53:4

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.