Biblical Hebrew 1: Basics For Reading The Bible In Hebrew

Learn to read the bible in the original language - Ancient Hebrew

What you'll learn

Hebrew Alphabet

Reading and identifying vocals

Reading and identifying vocalletters (Mater lectionis)

Learning some exceptions of Matres Lectionis

Modern Hebrew Handwriting

The Patakh Furtivum

Meaning and usage of the Mappiq

Intensive Hebrew Reading studies

Being fluent at reading

Step by Step and simple explanations for everyone to follow

Requirements

No previous knowledge is necessary.

Description

In this course you will learn the basics of ancient hebrew reading. It is the first part of a series. This means you don't need any knowledge or requirements in order to start to learn. I will teach you to read the ancient hebrew from scratch.In this part the basic rules of reading ancient hebrew will be covered. We will start with the fundamentals of the consonants and their pronounciation, followed by the vocals and other rules, that are applied in the masoretic texts. We wil also take a look at the longhand writing in order to be able to write words fast.The knowledge will be explained in a very simple step by step manner. I also want to indicate to you that there is a lot of practicing materials. You can download the PDFs, print them, and use them to do the reading practices and get very fluent at reading. The course is devided in six sections:IntroductionVocalsMore Consonant Forms and Cursive HandwritingMatres Lectionis  (Vowel Letters)Intensive Reading practiceFinish and VisionNo matter if you start as complete beginner or as a starting intermediate. I am sure you will be able to learn the one or the other thing! If you find yourself it is too much to learn, try to devide the material and learn it from day to day. If you stop a lecture and start watching the other say, udemy will save your progress, so you will be able to continue later. This will allow you to learn without pressure at the time you feel comfortable learning - according to your personal speed.

Overview

Section 1: Einführung

Lecture 1 Hebrew Alphabet Part 1

Lecture 2 Hebrew Alphabet Part 2

Lecture 3 Reading Studies Hebrew Alphabet Part 1

Lecture 4 Reading Studies Hebrew Alphabet Part 2

Section 2: Vocals

Lecture 5 Notes about the word "vocal"

Lecture 6 The vocal a (Kamatz and Patakh)

Lecture 7 Reading Exercise Vocal a

Lecture 8 The vocal e (Sere und Segol)

Lecture 9 Reading Exercise Vocal e

Lecture 10 The vocal i (Khireq)

Lecture 11 Reading Exercise Vocal i

Lecture 12 The vocals u und o (Kibbuts und Kholem)

Lecture 13 Reading Exercise (vocals o und u)

Section 3: More consonant forms and cursive handwriting

Lecture 14 The 6 consonants with hard and soft pronounciation (BEGADKEFAT)

Lecture 15 Final form consonants (Sofit letters) Printed version

Lecture 16 Final form consonants (Sofit letters) Written version

Lecture 17 Reading Exercise Sofit letters

Lecture 18 Reading Exercise

Lecture 19 Hebrew handwriting Exercise

Section 4: Matres Lectionis - Vocal Letters

Lecture 20 Matres Lectionis - Vocal Letter VAV

Lecture 21 Reading practices vocal letter VAV

Lecture 22 Matres Lectionis - Vocal letter YOD

Lecture 23 Reading Practices Vocal Letter YOD

Lecture 24 Maters Lectionis - Vocal letter HE

Lecture 25 Mater Lectionis - Vocal letter Alef

Lecture 26 Reading Practices Vocal Letter HE and ALEF

Lecture 27 Mater Lectionis Exceptions

Lecture 28 The Furtive Patakh

Section 5: Intensive Reading Practices

Lecture 29 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Kamatz

Lecture 30 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Patakh

Lecture 31 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Sere

Lecture 32 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Segol

Lecture 33 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Kholem

Lecture 34 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Khireq

Lecture 35 Intensive Reading Pracitce - Kibbuts,Shureq and Patach Furtive

Section 6: Finishing words and perspective

Lecture 36 Motivation and the next steps

People who want to learn ancient hebrew