Take-home slipsIsaiah 58:11

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 58:11 And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And the LORD ____ guide thee continually, ___ satisfy thy soul ___ drought, and make ______ thy bones; and ____ shalt be like ___ watered garden, and ____ a spring of _____, whose waters fail ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ will _____ ____ continually, ___ ______ thy ____ ___ drought, ___ ____ strong ___ _____; and ____ _____ be ____ ___ watered ______, ___ like ___ ______ of _____, _____ waters ____ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A t L w g t c, a s t s i d, a m s t b; a t s b l a w g, a l a s o w, w w f n.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 58:11

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 58:11 And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And the LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And the LORD ____ guide thee continually, ___ satisfy thy soul ___ drought, and make ______ thy bones; and ____ shalt be like ___ watered garden, and ____ a spring of _____, whose waters fail ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And ___ ____ will _____ ____ continually, ___ ______ thy ____ ___ drought, ___ ____ strong ___ _____; and ____ _____ be ____ ___ watered ______, ___ like ___ ______ of _____, _____ waters ____ ___.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A t L w g t c, a s t s i d, a m s t b; a t s b l a w g, a l a s o w, w w f n.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Isaiah 58:11

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