LEARNING BIBLICAL HEBREW

A NEW APPROACH USING DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

B. M. ROCINE

For My dear Catherine.

Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.

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Macon, Georgia 31210–3960

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Bryan M. Rocine

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rocine, B. M.

Learning Biblical Hebrew: a new approach using discourse analysis / by B. M. Rocine

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 1–57312–324–2

1. Hebrew language-Grammar. 2. Hebrew language-Discourse analysis.

3. Direct discourse in the Bible, I. Title.

PJ4567 .R56 2000

492.4′82421-dc21 00–063748

INTRODUCTION

PRONOUNCING HEBREW

MODULE ONE—The Historical Narrative Genre and the System of verb Forms (Lessons 1–12)

MODULE TWO—Direct Speech and More on the System of Verb Forms (Lessons 13–26)

MODULE THREE—Comparing the Piel and Hiphil Stems (Lesson 27–35)

MODULE FOUR—Special Uses of Weqatal (Lessons 35–37)

MODULE FIVE—The Passive/Reflexive Stems (Lessons 38–45)

MODULE SIX—Geminate Roots and More on Numbers (Lessons 46–50)

READING ONE—Abraham is Tested

READING TWO—Abram Gets a New Name

READING THREE—Samson Reveals the Secret of his Strength

READING FOUR—Thou Shalt Love YHWH Thy God

READING FIVE—David Becomes Israel’s Champion

READING SIX—Jacob Falls in Love

READING SEVEN—Ezekiel’s Valley of Dry Bones

READING EIGHT—Joseph Reveals Himself to his Brothers

WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE

VERB CHARTS

VOCABULARY

ELEVEN HELPFUL CHARTS

CHARTS

The book’s charts are listed below in the order in which they appear. Not all the charts are listed because the paradigms are built gradually during the course, and there is no need to list charts until they are complete.

The Consonants

The Vowels

Letter Combinations

Verb Analysis Chart

Qatal in Historical Narrative

Long-to-short Gradation of Vowels

Mainlines have the Vav, are Clause-initial

Dependent Clauses

Demonstrative Pronouns

Masculine Nouns in Construct State and with Pronominal Suffixes

Feminine Nouns in Construct State and with Pronominal Suffixes

The Four-Component Hebrew Verbal System

Qal Qatal of נתן

Infinitive Constructs

Some Differences between Wayyiqtol and Yiqtol of Hollow and 3rd Heh Roots

1st C. S. Wayyiqtol Forms

Noun and Adjective Endings

Uses of Independent Subject Pronouns

Irregular Nouns

Genres and the Tasks They Perform

Pronominal Suffixes

Wayyiqtol of ירא and ראה

Volitional Forms

Qal Qatal of מות

Differences in Pronominal Suffixes with Verbs

Hiphil Qatal of יצא

Qal, Piel, and Hiphil Compared

Qal Qatal/Participle Ambiguities with Hollow Roots

Hiphils of Motion Verbs

Hiphil Qatal of נכה

Hiphil Wayyiqtol of נכה

Comparing the Same Root Across Three Stems

Roots That are Stative in the Qal

Piel’s Transitive Sense

בן and בת Elaborated

Qal Qatal, Hiphil Qatal, Qal Yiqtol, and Hiphil Yiqtol of עלה

Expressions Using יום

Translation Sysnopsis for Weqatal

Active and Passive/Reflexive Stems

First Paradigm for Attaching Pronominal Suffixes

Second Paradigm ...

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About Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis

Designed for beginning students in their study of biblical Hebrew, this course book focuses on the Hebrew alphabet, the basics of pronouncing Hebrew, and learning almost 400 of the most common words in the Hebrew Bible. Learning Biblical Hebrew is comprised of fifty lessons and eight readings, using about 1000 verses of biblical text. Each lesson has two types of assignments: (1) speed drills for practicing the lesson’s materials, and (2) translation exercises taken from the biblical text. Important information is reviewed before introducing new material, and cross-referencing is made available throughout the book to access previously learned material.

Hebrew writers used grammatical signals to guide their readers through the text. This book will study those grammatical signals through discourse analysis. Rocine tells us that, “I have found the discourse analytical approach…to be the most powerful grammatical tool for gaining” a rich and intimate knowledge of the Word of God.

By utilizing discourse analysis, Learning Biblical Hebrew helps teach the nuances of meaning not accessible through English translations. Written suitably for independent study as well as the classroom, this resource teaches the most useful information about Biblical Hebrew that can be accomplished in a typical one-year study period. The book also contains verb charts, vocabulary, a bibliography and an index.

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