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Become an advanced Hebrew speaker reader & writer: Level 1.
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(18 ratings)
123 students

Become an advanced Hebrew speaker reader & writer: Level 1.

NO HOMEWORK GUARANTEE! By the end of the course you’ll be reading Biblical Hebrew: Beginners Modern & Biblical Hebrew.
Created byAshira Hill
Last updated 7/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Conversational phrases and vocabulary in Hebrew
  • The Hebrew Alphabet
  • Hebrew vowel sounds
  • Be able to read and write in print and cursive in Hebrew
  • Begin to read and translate Biblical Hebrew
  • Understand the basics of Hebrew grammar
  • The practice and learning is all done together in the course so students won’t need to do any homework or extra learnings to achieve these objectives.
  • 13% to beginner level Hebrew and well over 4% to fluent advanced Hebrew speaker

Course content

1 section24 lectures3h 29m total length
  • Hebrew (2)11:35

    Learn Hebrew naturally through listening and speaking with no homework, integrating the alphabet with vocabulary, and mastering Hebrew vowels, final letter forms, and phonetic pronunciation.

  • Lesson 1 practice6:38

    Practice lesson focuses on Hebrew letters and pronunciation, using flash-aloud drill with aleph, lammed, mem, vav, and final forms; compare Safadi and Ashkenazi pronunciation and long vs short vowel cues.

  • 2. Hebrew Greetings9:45

    Learn Hebrew greetings and pronunciation basics, including the bayt/bait distinction and vowel marks under alef, with examples like boker tov and manish ma.

  • 2.2 Hebrew Greetings continued8:48

    Examine the spa and schwa marks in Hebrew to indicate closed syllables and vowel quality, and compare tav pronunciations across Sephardi and Ashkenazi traditions.

  • Practice lesson 211:20

    Practice lesson 2 reinforces Hebrew letter sounds, highlighting the bait and comets distinction, tav pronunciation under Safadi and Ashkenazi customs, with Shabat examples.

  • 3. Revision13:25

    Review core Hebrew essentials—yes and no, final forms, short and long vowels, open versus close syllables—plus memory aids and phrases like shalom and boker tov.

  • 4. Conversational Hebrew12:02

    Learn essential conversational Hebrew phrases, review letters and vowels, and practice asking and answering about names and where you’re from with pronunciation cues.

  • Revision5:18

    Practice Hebrew greetings, introductions, and basic responses through repeated phrases like shalom, good evening, my name is David or Sara, and how are you.

  • 5. Read and write9:25

    Learn to read and write Hebrew letters in print and cursive, exploring Alef, Lamed, Vav, Shin, Mem, Hey, and Tav with tips on vowel marks and letter forms.

  • 6. Conversational Hebrew7:06

    Practice asking where someone is from in Hebrew using the masculine you form and the me- prefix, while reviewing Hebrew vowels, spelling, and Tel Aviv pronunciation.

  • 7. More conversational Hebrew8:28

    Explore conversational Hebrew by practicing greetings and everyday phrases through dialogue, from Shalom and good morning to see you later; include pronunciation notes on letters and sounds.

  • Practice 46:05

    Practice 4 reinforces Hebrew reading and writing by exploring vowel sounds with harrick and harlem vav, using marks like the shriek dot to signal vowels and consonants.

  • Practice 71:58

    Practice 7 guides learners in reading and pronouncing Hebrew letters, exploring the raiche and a-sound, and linking protection-related meanings to foundational vocabulary from sacred phrases.

  • The letter Hei2:47

    Learn about the Hebrew letter hei, the fifth letter with the h sound, its ties to five concepts, and how adding hay changes meaning and feminine forms through practice.

  • 8. Vocabulary - Relationships17:47

    Learn Hebrew relationship vocabulary and family terms—from father and mother to brother and sister, son and daughter—while exploring Hebrew letters and pronunciation such as bayt, dalit, pay, and raiche.

  • Practice 86:27

    Practice eight guides learners through sounding Hebrew letters pay, hate, dalit, resh, and ayin, with mnemonic cues and vowel notes to master pronunciation.

  • 9. Introduction to inseparable particles14:26

    Explore how Hebrew uses inseparable particles and the definite article as attached prefixes, identify masculine and feminine endings, and practice reading with pronouns, psalms, or nursery rhymes.

  • 9. The article continued13:22

    Explore how Hebrew marks gender and plural forms, how Gimel conveys strength, and how the definite article and prepositions, like vav for and, prefix nouns as inseparable particles.

  • Practice 91:42

    Practice 9 guides learners through Gimel pronunciation, the camel mnemonic for Gimel, and distinguishing its sounds, with a final practice item to reinforce mastery.

  • 10. Grammar13:45

    Learn Hebrew grammar by contrasting biblical and modern sentence orders, with verb first in biblical Hebrew and modern Hebrew order, covering eight or liftoff, direct and indirect objects, inseparable prepositions.

  • Practice 109:01

    Practice session reinforces Hebrew sounds and letters, including Zion and final forms, Sa'adi sounds, kibbutz, and key vowels, with reference charts and guided drills to boost pronunciation.

  • Conclusion0:21

    Concludes this introductory Hebrew course by inviting you to rate it and provide constructive feedback, and looking forward to seeing you in the next course.

  • Bonus practice activity 18:26

    Practice the entire Hebrew alphabet in this bonus activity, repeating each letter and its sound to reinforce reading and writing skills in Hebrew.

  • Bonus Practice activity 29:19

    Practice bonus activity 2 to master Hebrew letter sounds and how pointing changes pronunciation, including biblical versus modern Hebrew. Use speed settings to practice at 1.5x or double speed.

Requirements

  • None, although some prior Hebrew familiarity wont hurt

Description

It takes 1000 to 3000 Hebrew words in your vocabulary in order to be a fluent Hebrew speaker by definition. This course will take you the first 4% of the way to fluent Hebrew speaker, in addition to equipping you with the tools you’ll need to complete the journey: That is, upon completion of the course you’ll be able to read and write the Hebrew alphabet, and read the Hebrew nikkud signs (vowels), off by heart (without having to complete extra activities or homework outside of the course video content itself).

This course is for those who want to learn Hebrew but are overwhelmed with scattered resources and are impatient/short on time!

Learners whom are short of time, don’t have the time for fuss and homework and extra activities where you end up doing half the work yourself anyway! This Hebrew course is an easy and engaging course where all of the learnings and memorizing is done together as a part of the actual course so that you know the Hebrew alphabet, vowel signs, how to read and write in Hebrew (in both print and the beginnings of cursive), how to hold a basic introductory conversation in modern Hebrew, and be equipped with the foundations of Biblical Hebrew; without any additional time investment beyond the physical length of the course.


By the end of the course you’ll be able to participate in a basic modern Hebrew conversation, conduct a Biblical Hebrew word or phrase (passok) study, and read Biblical Hebrew with ease.


And, you’ll love learning the language so much when you realize how easy it is, that you’ll want more!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone wishing to learn Hebrew
  • Prospective tourists to Israel wishing to learn conversational skills
  • Someone making Aliyah to Israel and wanting a head start on ulpan
  • People whom wish to pray in Hebrew but are currently unable
  • Those wishing to learn how to understand the Bible in its original Hebrew text but don’t know where to begin
  • Hebrew scholars who are lazy to find all the free Hebrew resources online because they want them all in one place
  • Lazy students wishing to be spoon fed
  • People who want to learn Hebrew but are short of time
  • Boys wanting some extra help to prepare for bar mitzvah (or girls) especially with reading Hebrew
  • People undergoing the conversion program who’d like a crash course that enables them to learn to read Hebrew, FAST
  • Those wishing to become an advanced and fluent Hebrew language practitioner