Learn to Read Hebrew

Name: Learn to Read Hebrew
Rating: 4.8 (136 reviews)

Pick up any prayerbook or biblical passage and read aloud!

Last updated 5/2020

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What you'll learn

3 sections • 15 lectures • 1h 18m total length

Learning Aleph Through Dalet11:14
In order to get the most out of this course, please be sure to download the course workbook or simply download the pdf embedded in every other lesson.
The course works as follows: 1) you watch an explanatory video; 2) you work through the exercises available as pdf's; 3) and then you watch the next lesson which provides a walk through of the exercises so that you can check your work.
Enjoy!
Mastering Aleph Through Dalet2:43
Welcome to the course! Please be sure to download the course workbook embedded in this
Learning Hey Through Chet7:37
Learn to read Hebrew by recognizing hay, vav, zayin, and chet, noting hay's silent end-of-word use, and using diacritics on vav to form holam (o) and hoo (u) vowels.
Mastering Hey Through Chet2:12
Learning Tet Through Lamed5:32
Learn to read Hebrew letters tet, yod, hey, and lamed from right to left, with basic pronunciations and notes on the four-letter name of God and its respectful substitution.
Mastering Tet Through Lamed2:08

Learning Mem Through Ayin4:01
Learn mem, nun, samekh, and ayin from right to left, with m, n, s sounds and a varying ayin pronunciation; practice writing lines and combining characters.
Mastering Mem Through Ayin3:30
Adding the Rest of the Vowels5:55
Learn to read Hebrew vowels beyond the basic sheva, including when shva is vocal or silent, how double dots affect syllables, and how consonants use helping vowels for short sounds.
Mastering the Rest of the Vowels8:43
Review the final set of Hebrew vowels, including the Shebaa and hot tough vowels, and practice syllable construction with real words to reinforce stress patterns and reading accuracy.
Learning Peh Through Quf10:11
Learn the Hebrew letters pay and fay with and without the dot, and explore the tsadi and qoph sounds, plus the five ending forms (sofit) for letters at word end.
Mastering Peh Through Quf3:21
Review how pay fe sadi and quf combine syllables into words, practice building vocabulary with meanings such as from, water, king, between, world, bread, they feminine, like, strength, nation.
Learning Reish Through Taf6:16
This final screen cast covers resh, shin, sin, and tav in the Hebrew alphabet, explaining their pronunciations, dot placements, and practice lines for solid beginners reading.
Mastering Reish Through Taf4:08

In this course, you will learn how to pronounce every Hebrew letter and vowel.

By the end of this course you will be reading from the prayer book and the Bible in Hebrew!

Devote 10 minutes three days a week and you'll be able to sound out any Hebrew word in two weeks.