Most of us first encounter the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament) in translation. We, therefore view it through the lens of someone else’s interpretation, however venerable that interpretation may be. But for many centuries, before translations made the text of the Bible accessible to people around the world, it was read and interpreted in its original language, ancient Hebrew. Jews continue to read the Bible in that language today, and so can you.
Author(s): Michael Carasik
Series: The Great Courses
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Year: 2018-06
Language: English
Pages: 229
Tags: Languages
Professor Biography......Page 3
Course Scope......Page 7
Lesson 1—Studying Biblical Hebrew ......Page 9
Lesson 2—Learning the Aleph Bet ......Page 12
The Hebrew Alphabet......Page 13
Lesson 3—The Tiberian Vowel System ......Page 16
Vowels......Page 17
The Dagesh......Page 18
Lesson 4—Roots of Semitic Verbs......Page 22
Lesson 5—Hebrew Verb Forms and the Definite Article......Page 25
The Definite Article......Page 26
Lesson 6—Hebrew’s Attached Prepositions......Page 29
Lesson 7—Adjective Forms and Agreement in Hebrew......Page 33
Endings for Nouns and Adjectives......Page 34
Lesson 8—Irregular Hebrew Nouns and Adjectives......Page 37
Common Irregular Nouns......Page 38
Lesson 9—Hebrew Pronouns and Pronominal Suffixes......Page 41
Subject Pronouns......Page 42
Pronominal Suffixes with אֵת......Page 43
Lesson 10—How Hebrew Letters Behave......Page 47
How Letters Behave......Page 48
Lesson 11—Perfect and Imperfect Hebrew Verbs......Page 51
Qal Perfect and Imperfect......Page 52
Lesson 12—Segholate Nouns and Pausal Forms......Page 55
Lesson 13—The Construct Form: Hebrew’s Trailer Hitch......Page 58
Endings for Nouns and Adjectives......Page 59
Lesson 14—Forming Hebrew Construct Chains......Page 61
Lesson 15—Hebrew Verb Classifications: Binyanim......Page 64
The Binyanim......Page 65
Lesson 16—Question Words in Hebrew ......Page 68
Interrogative ה......Page 69
Lesson 17—Hebrew Participles......Page 72
Qal Participles......Page 73
Lesson 18—Counting in Hebrew......Page 76
Numerals......Page 77
Ordinals......Page 78
Numerical Equivalents of the Hebrew Alphabet......Page 79
Lesson 19—Hebrew Roots with Guttural Letters......Page 82
Roots with Gutturals......Page 83
Lesson 20—Hebrew’s Lamed‑Hey Roots......Page 86
3rd-ה Roots in the Converted Imperfect......Page 87
Lesson 21—Hebrew Roots Beginning with Yud ......Page 90
1st-נ and 1st-י Roots......Page 91
Lesson 22—Irregular Hebrew Verbs ......Page 93
Roots with א......Page 94
Stative Verbs......Page 95
Lesson 23—Hebrew’s Hollow Verbs......Page 98
Hollow Roots......Page 99
Roots with שׁ and ב......Page 100
Lesson 24—The Infinitive in Hebrew......Page 103
Forms of the Qal Infinitive Construct......Page 104
Comparison of אכל and יכל......Page 105
Lesson 25—Jussives, Cohortatives, and “Hava Nagila”......Page 107
Jussives and Cohortatives......Page 108
Lesson 26—The Imperative Form in Hebrew......Page 111
Imperatives......Page 112
Lesson 27—Verbs of the Hiphil Binyan......Page 115
Hiphil......Page 116
Lesson 28—Piel Verbs and Passive Binyanim......Page 119
Polel—Equivalent of Piel for Hollow Roots......Page 120
Passive Binyanim......Page 121
Lesson 29—Reflexive Binyanim: Niphal and Hitpa’el......Page 123
Hitpa’el......Page 124
Lesson 30—Reading the Bible in Hebrew: Joshua 1 ......Page 128
Joshua 1:1–9......Page 129
Lesson 31—Geminate Verbs and Reading Numbers 22......Page 131
Geminate Roots......Page 132
Lesson 32—Hebrew’s Object Suffixes......Page 134
Object Suffixes......Page 135
Lesson 33—Hebrew Oaths and Other Idioms......Page 136
Idioms......Page 137
Lesson 34—Understanding Hebrew Punctuation Marks......Page 139
Punctuation Marks......Page 140
Lesson 35—Choosing a Hebrew Bible......Page 146
Lesson 36—Helpful Hebrew Reference Books......Page 149
Numbers 22......Page 152
Answers to Assignments and Challenges......Page 154
Index of Charts......Page 220
Biblical Books......Page 222
Bibliography......Page 224
