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Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar is unavailable, but you can change that!

What’s the best way to learn a new language? By approaching it not as a series of facts to memorize but as something alive, with a personality you can get to know and tendencies you can begin to predict. Designed for long-term retention, Learning Biblical Hebrew focuses on helping students understand how the language works and providing a solid grounding in Hebrew through extensive reading in...

discussing. As we do so we will show you where the syllable breaks occur (e.g., לֶךְ|מֶ֫= me′-lek).1 In English we think of syllables as isolated units of sound within a word. The concept is much the same in Hebrew. These units of sound in Hebrew words are driven primarily by the relationship between consonants and vowels and follow predictable patterns. Consonant + Vowel (+ Consonant) As a general rule,2 Hebrew syllables begin with a consonant and have only one vowel. A Hebrew
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