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Biblical Hebrew

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Hebrew

The course teaches the basics of Biblical Hebrew. It is based on learning of basic forms and rules which serve as a basis to the following grammar.

To every lesson, there are prepared exercises and assignments to train discussed grammar. For lesson, it is also prepared vocabulary for biblical text in which this grammar is present. All of this should help the student to learn and remember its contents better.

The overall goal of the course is to prepare the student for independent reading and understanding of the Old Testament in the original Hebrew language.

00

Introduction

The introduction to the course of grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Before the actual study, it is necessary to mention some introductory information.

01

Alphabet, pronunciation

In this lesson, you will learn how to read Hebrew text. Reading Hebrew is a little different than just learning the alphabet and its pronunciation like in any...

02

Article, prepositions, conjunction "and"

In this lesson, you will learn how to discern article, preposition, and conjunction in the text. The focus will be given on a change of vocalization (what...

03

Nouns and Adjectives

In this lesson, we will learn how the nouns and the adjectives are formed and how to inflect them.

04

Pronouns and suffixes

In this lesson, you will learn about another important part of speech: pronouns. Next, you will get acquainted with Hebrew suffixes. This lesson will be...

05

Verbs and Prepositions

In this lesson, we begin to gradually study Hebrew verb system. We start with general overview first. In next lessons, we will gradually look on each verbal...

06

Simple Verbs (Qal, Niphal)

In this lesson, you will learn two stems with the lowest intensity: Qal and Niphal.

07

Intensive Verbs (Piel, Pual, Hitpael)

In this lesson, you will learn three intensive stems: piel, pual, hitpael.

08

Causative Verbs (Hiphil, Hophal)

In this lesson, you will learn two causative stems: hiphil and hophal.

09

Numerals

In this lesson, you will learn about the Hebrew numerals. The explanation includes cardinal and ordinal Hebrew numbers.

10

Weak Verbs: first-א, third-א, third-ה

In this lesson, we will first outline weak verbs and after the overview, we will focus on the first three classes of weak verbs.

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Weak Verbs: first-נ, first-י

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Weak Verbs: middle-י and middle-ו, geminate verbs

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Weak Verbs: Guttural Verbs