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Biblical Hebrew: Learning a Sacred Language

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Overview

Learn how to read the Hebrew Bible in its original ancient language.

Syllabus

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  • 01: Studying Biblical Hebrew
  • 02: Learning the Aleph Bet
  • 03: The Tiberian Vowel System
  • 04: Roots of Semitic Verbs
  • 05: Hebrew Verb Forms and the Definite Article
  • 06: Hebrew’s Attached Prepositions
  • 07: Adjective Forms and Agreement in Hebrew
  • 08: Irregular Hebrew Nouns and Adjectives
  • 09: Hebrew Pronouns and Pronominal Suffixes
  • 10: How Hebrew Letters Behave
  • 11: Perfect and Imperfect Hebrew Verbs
  • 12: Segholate Nouns and Pausal Forms
  • 13: The Construct Form: Hebrew’s Trailer Hitch
  • 14: Forming Hebrew Construct Chains
  • 15: Hebrew Verb Classifications: Binyanim
  • 16: Question Words in Hebrew
  • 17: Hebrew Participles
  • 18: Counting in Hebrew
  • 19: Hebrew Roots with Guttural Letters
  • 20: Hebrew’s Lamed-Hey Roots
  • 21: Hebrew's Roots Beginning with Yud
  • 22: Irregular Hebrew Verbs
  • 23: Hebrew’s Hollow Verbs
  • 24: The Infinitive in Hebrew
  • 25: Jussives, Cohortatives, and “Hava Nagila”
  • 26: The Imperative Form in Hebrew
  • 27: Verbs of the Hiphil Binyan
  • 28: Piel Verbs and Passive Binyanim
  • 29: Reflexive Binyanim: Niphal and Hitpa'el
  • 30: Reading the Bible in Hebrew: Joshua 1
  • 31: Geminate Verbs and Reading Numbers 22
  • 32: Hebrew’s Object Suffixes
  • 33: Hebrew Oaths and Other Idioms
  • 34: Understanding Hebrew Punctuation Marks
  • 35: Choosing a Hebrew Bible
  • 36: Helpful Hebrew Reference Books

Taught by

Michael Carasik

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