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Uraja Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"Our Father, who art in heaven , hallowed be thy"

"Our Father, who art in heaven , hallowed be thy" What does the sentence mean?
Explain in simple way.

Thanks a ton.

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Uraja
  

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I found the above mentioned sentence in Mathew Reilly's book "TEMPLE".

  • I found the above mentioned sentence in Mathew Reilly's book "TEMPLE".
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I found the above mentioned sentence in Mathew Reilly's book "TEMPLE".
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Maybe it is something like that: Our Father (***), who is in heaven, make you holy.
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Hello, it's not a complete sentence. Anyway, you can check the following link. It might help you.

http://christiandevotionals.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/our-father-which-art-in-heaven-hallowed-be-thy-name-part-iii/
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First, the phrase is missing a word. It should be "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowéd be thy name." (The 'e' in the last syllable is is pronounced in this case.)

Our Father,

who art in heaven

("Art" is old English. It is 2nd person singular of "to be." That's the "tu" form in French, Italian, or Spanish, or the "du" form in German. "Thou art" is now expressed as
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Thank you Anonymous, you gave me a great reply. I thank you once again.Emotion: big smile
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urajaOur Father, who art in heaven , hallowed be thy (name).
This is the beginning of a Christian prayer known as "The Lord's Prayer". The whole prayer can be found in the New Testament of the Bible. In it *** is addressed as "Our Father".

One of the meanings of "to hallow" is "to respect greatly", thus this first sentence of the prayer calls upon *
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best explanation I've ever seen is in a book called "The Secret Message of Jesus"
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AnonymousOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowéd be thy name." (The 'e' in the last syllable is is pronounced in this case.)
It is not usually pronounced in British English. 'Hallowed' is a two-syllable word.
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fivejedjonIt is not usually pronounced in British English. 'Hallowed' is a two-syllable word.
Same for American English -- at least in the version I learned a million years ago.

CJ
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Thanks to all. You are helping me a lot:)

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