Learn to Read Biblical Hebrew

This section is dedicated to reading practice. While you may recognize some Hebrew words in the readings, the main objective is to work on your pronunciation of Hebrew words.

In this lecture I will define each Hebrew word in Genesis 1:1 and then read the verse.

In this lecture I will define each Hebrew word in Genesis 1:2 and then read the verse.

In this lecture I will define each Hebrew word in Genesis 1:3 and then read the verse.

In this lecture I will define each Hebrew word in Genesis 1:4 and then read the verse.

In this lecture I will define each Hebrew word in Genesis 1:5 and then read the verse.

There is another set of "marks" in the Hebrew Bible that you should at least be aware of.

In this lesson you will learn about simple Hebrew nouns.

In this lesson you will learn how noun constructs are formed.

In this lesson you will learn about all the letters that are added to the beginning of a word to form more complex words.

In this lesson you will learn about all the letters that are added to the end of a word to form more complex words.

In this lesson you will learn how plural nouns are formed for masculine and feminine nouns.

In this lesson you will learn the different Hebrew pronouns.

In this lecture we will examine some of the Hebrew phrases found in the Hebrew Bible and how to translate them.

In this lesson you will be given some Biblical Hebrew passages and you will attempt to translate them.

In this lesson you will learn about how simple verbs are formed by adding specific letters to identify the subject of the verb and the tense of the verb.

In this lesson you will learn the different forms of participle, Imperative and infinitive verbs.

There are certain letters that will "drop" from the root when they are conjugated and in this lesson you will learn most of them.

In the previous section you learned about the prefixes that can be attached to nouns. Some of those same prefixes can also be attached to verbs.

Hebrew verbs can have a suffix added to it to identify the object of the verb.

Besides the simple verbs that we have already learned, there are additional "forms" of verbs that will slightly change the meaning of the verb.

In this lesson you will be given some Biblical Hebrew passages and you will attempt to translate them.

In this lesson you will learn about Hebrew adjectives and how they are used in sentences.

In this lesson you will add some adverbs to your vocabulary list.

In this lesson you will add some prepositions to your vocabulary list.

In this lesson you will add some conjugations to your vocabulary list.

In this lesson you will learn the different words that are used to form a sentence into a question.

In this lesson you will add negative words to your vocabulary list.

Many of the words learned in this section can be used in combination to form different concepts.

You will be given five more Biblical phrases that will include some of the words learned in this section.

Using Benjamin Davidson's lexicon you will learn how to look up the Hebrew words from the Bible and learn how to dissect the morphology (word structure) of the word.

Using Benjamin Davidson's lexicon you will learn how to look up the Hebrew verbs from the Bible and learn how to dissect the morphology (word structure) of the word.

Hebrew verb tables map out all of the various forms of verbs and are useful in learning the different forms of Hebrew verbs.

Bible programs provide a much simpler method of determining the morphology (word structure) of a Hebrew word.

It is not uncommon for different Hebrew words to be spelled the same or similarly and caution must be exercised when translating.

I will provide you with other resources to assist you in your studies of the Hebrew language.

With the 15 Biblical phrases that you have been given, you will continue to work on translating them using the resources provided in this section..

In this lesson we will go through the 15 phrases together to translate them.

You are now ready to begin translating Biblical passages on your own.

Here we will examine this verse word by word to compare your translation with my own.

Here we will examine this verse word by word to compare your translation with my own.

Here we will examine this verse word by word to compare your translation with my own.

My final comments to congratulate you on the completion of this course.