Full Description
"Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew" can guide anyone to read the Old Testament in its original language by teaching the basics of Hebrew grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. The book is user friendly in the sense that it communicates in easily-understood language and moves at a reasonable pace for students to learn through an approach that is primarily deductive. The presentation follows a systematic, carefully outlined format that offers thorough illustrations by means of biblical examples. The step-by-step approach is careful not to overwhelm the beginning student with too much information at each stage of learning Hebrew. Yet, the discussion is thorough in that all basic elements of grammar are logically presented. The book assumed no previous experience with learning a language - thus it truly is a beginning grammar.
Contents
Lesson 1 Consonants; Lesson 2 Vowels; Lesson 3 Accenting; Lesson 4 MAQQEF; Lesson 5 Nouns, Verbs, and Sentences; Lesson 6 Prepositions; Lesson 7 Nouns; Lesson 8 Adjectives; Lesson 9 Pronominal Suffixes on Nouns; Lesson 10 Prepositions with Pronominal Suffixes; Lesson 11 Personal Pronouns; Lesson 12 Verbs in General; Lesson 13 Perfect Conjugation in the Other Major Stems; Lesson 14 Imperfect Conjugation of the Verbs; Lesson 15 Imperfect Conjugation in the Other Major Stems; Lesson 16 VAV with Perfect and Imperfect Verbs; Lesson 17 Jussive and Cohortative; Lesson 18 Infininitive. Lesson 19 Pronominal Suffixes of Finite Verbs; Lesson 20 Connotations of Verb Tenses and Stems; Lesson 21 Stative Verbs; Lesson 22 Weak Verbs; Lesson 23 Weak Verb-PE-NUN; Lesson 24 Weak Verb PE-YOD; Lesson 25 Weak Verbs; Lesson 26 Weak Verbs; Appendix 1: Grammatical Summary; Appendix 2: Analysis of Words; Appendix 3: Strong and Weak Verb Paradigms; Appendix 4: Vocabulary; Index.
