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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...

Dagesh Forte with Gutturals As a rule gutturals and resh (א, ה, ח, ע, and ר) do not take dagesh forte. It is difficult to double a consonant that is pronounced in the back of the throat. Dagesh Forte with “Skin ‘em Levi” Letters One group of consonants that take dagesh forte can lose that dagesh under special conditions. The mnemonic Skin ‘em Levi or -קנמ לוי“S” (where the “s” = the sounds ס, צ, שׂ, שׁ) will help you remember the consonants included in this group. These Skin ‘em Levi letters frequently
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