Ask a Hebrew Teacher! Difference between Biblical and Modern Hebrew?

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[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

Actually, I as a modern Hebrew native speaker, CAN understand biblical Hebrew. The only problem about reading the Hebrew bible is the Aramaic part. This is not a huge problem, since many words are similar to the Hebrew words, but there are words which are completely different and you have to learn Aramaic. For a Hebrew speaker it's not a difficult task at all.

[@Bolaway]

So it is like speak portuguese and learn about Spanish

[@its_nifler]

yes, but even if its easier for israelians to read the bible than lets say americans, its still a bit of a challenge for many of the israelians i know..

[@tristanuaceithearnaigh7660]

Thankyou for that, I was thinking it was a shame that modern speakers of hebrew couldn't understand classical Hebrew, but you have elleviated my fears. I am learning modern Hebrew with a view to reading Biblical Hebrew in the future . Thanks again !.

[@fernandoluiznewcastle772]

People really like mythology as bible is just a mythology book, it's just folklore. I love you, Yana! You are the best Hebrew teacher EVER!

[@יגסטין]

This comment saved me SOO much time! Thank you! I Was planning to learn Biblical Hebrew as an extension of modern Hebrew; But I Had no idea that I would need to learn Aramaic in order to read the Bible in its original language. thanks again! Would’ve been lost.

[@MidEastAmerican]

Both "anokhee" and "Ani" appear throughout the Hebrew Bible -- not just "anokhee". It is misleading to say that "ani" is an innovation of Modern Hebrew.

[@miqueasbello5382]

As someone who has studied both for years, I think (and this is just my opinion), it is best to get immersed in modern first and then move on to biblical.

[@ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER]

Its say its the other way around. Modern is like simplified Biblical.

[@CapitaineBleuten]

So it’s like he says, better to learn progressively, ie. start with simple and move to more complicated

[@jjs8426]

​@@CapitaineBleutenwhy learn simple?

[@Flint-g4h]

@@jjs8426 The foundation is the most important part of any complex building

[@CaroAbebe]

@@jjs8426 You can use modern Hebrew with real people, you can read lots of varied texts, listen to podcasts, watch movies etc. You can’t do that with biblical Hebrew. Once you’ve got a good foundation in modern Hebrew, you can quickly get a good handle on the Tanach.

[@towakosano5796]

I clicked the video, and there was this ad of learning Hebrew. and I thought I was watching the actual video until I saw the skip button 😂

[@DonMrLenny]

i speak Hebrew and i can bet that if ill use time machine and travel to ancient israel i could understand the people but it would take me something like a month or two to adjust in order to speak properly generally when i open the bible i understand pretty much 90 percent of it

[@desativadoofficial]

It depends on which time, if you were at Abraham's time, you'd not understand him

[@DonMrLenny]

@@desativadoofficial intresting can you explain yourself please? Did he spoke in a more proto version of hebrew?

[@desativadoofficial]

@@DonMrLenny probably, languages change a lot, I believe written text preserves it better, but as we know, spoken language changes fast, between Abraham's time and Prophet Daniel's we got around 1.600 years, so I think it was very different. But, about Abraham, he was born in Mesopotamia, so he probably didn't speak Hebrew, it's more likely that Hebrew was a dialect of Canaanite that developed during the slavery in Egypt... the fact is that you wouldn't understand them, it'd be like a Spanish speaker trynna understand Latin, or an English speaker trynna understand Old English

[@fahmiizzuddinhalim5273]

do u think they used thav and waw in the past?

[@desativadoofficial]

@@fahmiizzuddinhalim5273 They did, but vav probably sounded like Arabic waw

[@mariafolk]

Yana is back! Cool!

[@John-X]

All my teachers were mean ugly old hags, Yana is is the opposite 😍

[@FrankMonday]

Yeah, but she’s not back! She’s gone... sad...

[@whatahyuck]

I grew up learning both Biblical and modern Hebrew, and both of them are extremely similar.

[@nathanbinns6345]

As someone currently studying biblical and modern Hebrew at university in Israel, I can confirm this video is completely misleading, bordering on outright nonsense. Learning modern Hebrew will absolutely 100% help with learning Biblical Hebrew. In fact, one of my lecturers even said, if anyone says learning modern Hebrew won't help with Biblical Hebrew (and vice versa), it's generally a sign that they don't understand either very well. Her son is in 4th grade at a secular school in Jerusalem and already in class they have read through large sections of the Pentateuch in class with no problems. One of my assessments was to translate parts of the Old Testament into modern Hebrew, which basically just involved switching out a few words here and there and getting rid of sequential verbs which have left the modern language. Think of it like this - does knowing modern English help with reading Shakespeare? Of course it does. And the difference between biblical and modern Hebrew is far less than that.

[@MidEastAmerican]

Nathan, COMPLETELY agree -- as one who has learned both Biblical and Modern Hebrew to an advanced level.

[@senmonkashonen5875]

I'm arabic and i want to learn Hebrew I think it's easy to me? Nah ?

[@kika5233]

Feel So relieved reading your comment.i am trying to learn hebrew in order to read the bible and i got disappointed after watching this video.greetings from greece

[@colinm6814]

Thank you very much for explaining this. I am just a beginner to learning Hebrew and I too feel so relieved after reading your comment! I was hoping that learning Modern Hebrew would help me to learn Biblical Hebrew but I felt very disheartened after watching this video. Now you've given me hope again! Shalom.

[@shark6425]

Thanks I am learning this so I can read the bible in hebrew.

[@Gideon01]

I am a native Hebrew speaker, and I do not agree. A modern native Hebrew speaker CAN read the Bible quite easily, if he is a bit educated. Of course, there will be difficult words here and there, and the syntax is different, but on the whole I would say that it is not too much of a problem. If a (fairly intelligent) Hebrew speaker from 3000 years ago would appear on this earth, I am sure I would be able to communicate with him, mainly because I know what HIS Hebrew was like. It would take some getting used to, to be sure.

[@Randych]

תנסה לבאר אותו מה זה מחשב או תיקון אוטומטי. אני לא בטוח שהוא יבין אותך.

[@mrdaudouchiha47]

she teach for non native

[@LeeGee]

If educated, yes.

[@isaiah2810]

I agree. On the other hand, while you would have very little problem understanding him-that Hebrew speaker from 3000 years ago would have a hard time understanding you, due to the fact that A LOT of new vocabulary has entered the lexicon since the time of King David.

[@Gideon01]

@@isaiah2810 New vocabulary could be introduced slowly and gradually along with new ideas and concepts, assuming he were an intelligent person. The gap between the ages would need to be bridged, irrespective of language, And the basis would be the Hebrew he knew. But I could talk to him about basic concepts such as eating, sleeping, money, love, hate and other emotions from the very start.

[@stevenv6463]

It is a really interesting topic. I learned classical Arabic first and a small amount of dialect mostly levantine and Egyptian. Now I am learning mostly ancient Hebrew with some modern. Ancient Hebrew's grammar is very similar to classical Arabic in many ways. A modern Hebrew speaker is helping me go through the OT in Hebrew and is constantly surprised that a structure or word that would be difficult for a modern Hebrew speaker is easy for me due to Arabic. Pronunciation obviously changed but the loss of the ע/ع sound seems to be from Mishnaic times. Leaving things like חתולי for החתול שלי is also from Mishnaic times and mirrors similar developments in Arabic like how Egyptian dialect using بتاع to show possession. So not all of these things can be "blamed" on European language speakers reviving Hebrew. Although Modern Hebrew's sentence structure is often very un-Semitic for my eyes.

[@nashfanos8521]

this is great , i speak English and Arabic ,my dream always to learn Hebrew, i see it is difficult

[@Shiningredits]

@@nashfanos8521 not difficult . Trying with interest is possible

[@nabatean180]

@@nashfanos8521 The better of Arabic you have the easier Hebrew would be for you and vice versa

[@samweinstein9508]

You might be interested to note that Yemenite Jews still vocalize the ע as an ع, likely due to proximity w/ Arabic-speaking communities

[@Enjoytheshow435]

Yeah, she did not mention Arabic because she’s biased like a lot of Israelis, who like to distinguish themself from us. I was actually expecting some angry ץ replies from them here clling Arabic a barbaric language and calling themselves Europeans LOL The truth that nobody can deny it is that they used Arabic to revive Hebrew. As a native Arabic speaker, I’ve picked up Hebrew effortlessly from tv (no subtitles) and never actively bother to study it and most of Hebrew speakers are astonished and dumbfounded of my pronunciation. They think I’m an Arab Mossad agent or something lol You have to be good in Arabic to do so tho. I speak most of Arabic dialects and I read poetry. If a Hebrew word is not similar to Egyptian Arabic, which is my native language, it’s always similar to its synonym in another dialect of Arabic or in standard Arabic. for example the Hebrew word for bedroom ‏חדר Egyptian Arabic for it is اوضه and in standard Arabic is غرفه so it’s not similar but if you read old Arabic poetry! the word boudoir means خِدر. I wish I write and read Hebrew too but I don’t unfortunately. That’s why I’m watching these videos! This woman ignored Arabic but when she courses which I assume she does lol she mostly curses in Arabic because very few curse words in the hebrew language (holy language) but she’s just too arrogant and too white washed to admit it. She probably repeat يلا daily more than any other words. It makes me sad, because education videos should be free from politics. Anyway, ‏שלום אני אוהב את כל האנשים ✌️

[@yrjana.vesala]

My teacher of Biblical Hebrew at university once visited Israel and he wanted to ask for a sandwich, but he only knew Biblical H. So he asked for a "meal of cheese and ham between two pieces of bread". The seller laughed at him and told him he "spoke like Abraham". How do you say sandwich, then? he asked. "Sandwich", was the reply.

[@VoiceKry]

Welcome back Yana!

[@qweasdzxcname]

'Me': 'Anochi' still exists in modern hebrew and it have the same meaning as old. its more common to use 'Ani'. but its still a well known word.even though some biblical words are never used by the vast majority of the hebrew speakers, they still exist deep within the dictionary. and the average israelis, including the secular jews, can read the hebrew bible since very early age. there are words that most israelis dont understand but still can understand the sentence context.

[@HAZIDEAD]

CHASHMAL is not a new word!! It appears in Ezekiel three times (meaning brightness/flash). It has been adopted in modern Hebrew to mean electricity.

[@ZenFox0]

I believe she meant chasmal with the meaning of electricity is new. But you make a good point as to its original meaning, and where it was derived from in modern Hebrew.

[@peaceseeker9927]

That is correct. Chasmal did not mean electricity in the book of Ezekiel. English is obviously not the first language of the presenter in the video, therefore she will not express herself with the same level of precision as she would if it was her first language.

[@LeeGee]

@@peaceseeker9927 She was perfectly clear to me.

[@Ariel-rk2fy]

@@LeeGee Obviously, the word "חשמל" is not electricity because there was no such thing at that time. In the Bible it is a spark/flash and therefore its name in the present Hebrew. On the same concept.

[@hashemisbeautiful6615]

@@Ariel-rk2fy Ori, in Yechezkel it is the name of one of the angels that he saw in his vision.

[@tehilafassi7089]

The biblical Hebrew is the high Hebrew today, and we still use it. I speak as a Hebrew speaker.

[@NotChinmayi]

Biblical Hebrew is so cool

[@raffia9]

Basically, Hebrew hasn't changed, you can still read ancient texts in Hebrew like "The Dead Sea Scrolls" and understand everything. it's not like English that if you take a text like "Beowulf" and give it to a native speaker he won't understand it.

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

it has and hasent. Most changes are phonetic. Different sounds that were added or removed. However for the most part the general word stayed the same in structure. i.e ayin became silent/vowel underneath it rather than that gutteral "auygh" sound you still hear in arabic and syriac. Or how Vav was actually WAU and had a "Wuh" sound thats now a "vah". Shaluum 3leykum and shalom alaykhem are pretty much the same and are spelt the same, however the way the word is said has changed.

[@Kylopod]

A lot has to do with the fact that Hebrew was dead as a vernacular for 2,000 years, existing only as a literary and liturgical language, similar to Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavonic. This caused it to be somewhat frozen in time, prior to its revival in the late 19th century, and so Modern Hebrew is not as different from Ancient Hebrew as the differences between the modern and ancient varieties of most other languages over a comparable period of time. It's more akin to the difference between English today and the English of Shakespeare, or perhaps Chaucer.

[@JesusChristIsLivingGod]

תודה על הסרטון הזה ועל שלימדת אותנו כל כך הרבה על עברית. אלוהים יברך אותך.

[@vasilikiyannos]

I thought "ani" was in Ancient Hebrew also, besides "anochi"!

[@brandonhenry-gouge7259]

כן

[@mohammedamine2712]

Understandable by Arabic speaker it changed in my opinion but still semitic ..in Arabic we say " Ana" أنا

[@SomeMan001]

@@mohammedamine2712 Some arabic accents say"Ani" for "I" too .

[@mysteriumvitae5338]

It is. It's probably sort of like "wata(ku)shi" in Japanish.

[@raffia9]

it hasn't changed

[@HAZIDEAD]

Your statement that (the first person) I in biblical Hebrew is ANOCHI and that it has "changed" in modern Hebrew to ANI is completely erroneous. ANI (in various forms) appears almost nine hundred times in all books of Tanakh (Hebrew bible) starting from the very first book of the Torah, while ANOCHI appears close to four hundred times. It is true that in modern Hebrew only ANI is used.

[@peaceseeker9927]

+Hazi Dead - Even though you made her point in your last sentence, you missed it at the same time ... SMH.

[@BenjaminIstvanCseko]

Hazi Dead Your additional info is interesting, but she just simply made a fascinating, briefer, more introductory explanation about the difference between Biblical and modern Hebrew. From what you wrote, I found it most interesting that Rabbinical/Mishnaic Hebrew was more similar to Arabic and Aramaic, and I'd love to hear and learn more about that.

[@dwaynebillingsley7919]

Tommaso Villa you sound dumb it was the first language the whole world spoke then the people like you stole it from Yahuwah people

[@bbenezra1169]

Dwayne Billingsley Aramaic is older than hebrew, but no one really knows what was the first language spoken on earth.

[@holmangarcia9415]

B.I. B.E. yes we know. its was the spiritual language and this is the only language that is use today to comunicate with JESUS CHRIST. you needs to READ the HOLY BIBLE to learn more.

[@peterpd3410]

This site is very helpful

[@joaonunes4308]

Thank you, Yana. God bless.

[@erucoblanco6639]

Greetings from Puerto Rico , that comparison is quite interesting. Thanks; have a wonderful week!!

[@naser1109]

Ancient Hebrew is very similar to Classical Arabic.

[@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6]

Right & those so called Jewish are speaking nothing but Yittish not Ancient Phëonician Hebrew Shalam

[@manowar2816]

7 セブンズ 7 Which is a Aramaic

[@adamalon85]

Both of you wrong ..

[@adamalon85]

@@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6 yiddish is a german language for jews

[@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6]

@@adamalon85 Jewish but not Jews 😏

[@humanalltoohuman]

Biblical Hebrew teacher here. Just to offer the correction that the singular pronoun "Ani" is not exclusive to modern Hebrew but is found (quite a lot) in the Tanakh.

[@MsMandyandy]

I want to read the Hebrew bible but also want to be able to understand Hebrew music so pretty and uplifting, plus I am part Jewish.

[@tomsanders6134]

like me..... a new searcher.....

[@Reddeadowl]

Tom sanders SAME :(

[@avivbaltsan7583]

Guys try modern Hebrew. You will be able to understand the Bible, it will be just a bit harder. It also has a very different pronunciation, but today almost no one uses the biblical/mishenic pronunciations.

[@souhaibz]

UNFORTUNATELY!!!

[@davidaragon687]

Jennifer Jesus Christ is Lord and savior and he the son of God, he is the messiah

[@michaelsparks7944]

you explain things so clearly even a child can understand. beautiful

[@stephanesimonnin6868]

It is not true that the pronoun "I" has changed from "anochi" to "ani". "Ani" is also widely used in the Bible. "Anochi" is not used in modern hebrew. Shame that a 3mn video cannot get basic facts right.

[@libafried5840]

Indeed. Indeed, "ani" is used very often in biblical Hebrew, in the bible and especially in prayer. "Anochi" is used when referring to oneself as opposed to anyone else - I and no other. "Ani" is used whenever one talks about themselves, even when not coming to exclude someone else specifically - I ate an apple.

[@boliussa]

@Realyisraeli what others?

[@haroldkay6303]

I am very much humbled by the meer fact such a language has even survived for so long of a time

[@isaiah2810]

Harold Kay It was actually a dead language for thousands of years, but was revived by a group of rabbis in the late 1800s when Zionism started taking off.

[@GaborZalai]

@@isaiah2810 So, all the hebrew texts written in that period should be considered zombie-language? Hebrew was never dead. It was not a daily spoken language, but it was a liturgical language and also lingua franca between jews not speaking the same mother-tongue.

[@isaiah2810]

Gabor Zalai Latin is also a liturgical language. Would you consider it a living language?

[@GaborZalai]

isaiah2810 no, but also not dead. Liturgical language. Btw latin was for a very long period not only Liturgical language but also the official language of many european states. Definitely not dead, just not used in everyday life. A language is dead when it becomes extinct. Noone speaks it, no new texts are being written, the vocabulary stays dormant. Clearly not the case with Latin or Hebrew. Hebrew was used every day to pray, to recite blessings, jews all over the world wake up and go to speak reciting hebrew sentences and doing so inbetween all day long. Liturgical language is not a dead language.

[@natamadeira397]

Thanks for explain this question

[@HebrewPod101]

Natã Madeira Thank you for the comment! Keep on learning Hebrew with HebrewPod101 :) Regards, Team HebrewPod101.com

[@senmonkashonen5875]

Yeh ... Pls can I find sôme similatrise between Arabic and hebrew

[@philosophygeek551]

I have often wondered how similar biblical and modern Hebrew are. Thank you for your clear and concise explanation.

[@ezekiel37projectmessianicb90]

Very true. If you try coming to Israel and speak using phrases from the torah/ tanack to communicate with people in everyday life, people will give you very strange looks and in most cases will not speak back or shrug their shoulders without understanding. Hebrew is very complex and it is more helpful to learn both the biblical and modern hebrew if you began only learning the Torah, nevim, ketuvim, or apostolic writings (the bible - all hebrew original writings). Also learn the actual everyday language. It is different from English and read right to left. HebrewPOD 101 is a great place to learn modern hebrew and start in contemporary hebrew literature studies, although I think they should expand it morebin that area. Trust me, in the years to come if you study both biblical and modern hebrew: over time you will tell the difference very well. It just takes some dedication.

[@defenderslamare7266]

Thank you. It is very helpful as I am learning Hebrew at present.

[@warrior4Yeshua]

Shabbat Shalom Yara and welcome back...we missed you. Thank's to all of you at HebrewPod101 I'm learning and enjoying my native language, although I really would like to be able to read Torah as well. Is there a way for you to incorporate it into your teachings? It would be much appreciated. Thanks to each of you who make learning Hebrew a joyful experience. הלוואי שאדוני יברך אותך וישמור אותך; מי יתן והאל יגרום לפניו לזרוח עליך ולהראות לך את טובתו; ייתכן שאדוני ירים את פניו לכיוונך ויעניק לך שלווה. ~ ‘Y’varekh’kha Adonai v’yishmerekha. [May Adonai bless you and keep you.] Ya’er Adonai panav eleikha vichunekka. [May Adonai make his face shine on you and show you his favor.] Yissa Adonai panav eleikha v’yasem l’kha shalom. [May Adonai lift up his face toward you and give you peace.]’ ~ Numbers 6:24-26 ~ The Aaronic Blessing with Hebrew to English Translation/Transliteration.

[@AnointedRain]

Try aleph with Beth their channel is absolutely awesome! They have a channel for Hebrew, and a spin off with a different woman for Greek…covering most of the Bible ❤

[@saurabhsable7305]

You made hebrew very simple for me thankyou yana god bless you

[@itzhaknachum8722]

מעניין מאוד-תודה רבה הערה קטנה: המילה חשמל היא מילה תנכית המופיעה בספר יחזקאל.

[@tatianakoval7066]

Yana u are awesome teacher, dont get away!

[@dmitriysolodukha9646]

Yaana, you are the best :)

[@annereusch763]

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[@annereusch763]

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[@kumarsankarra3372]

I bow dowm to yoo for your rejuvenating videos on Hebrew, in which I, a native Hindu, am keen, for accessing Hebrew scriptures...

[@robertoampudia1028]

thank you for the information!

[@hashemisbeautiful6615]

2:23 - The word "chashmal" does appear in the Tanakh, but it does not mean electricity, but was a name of a supernal angel that Yechezkel (Ezekiel) saw in his vision of the Merkava (Chariot). That verse (Ezekiel 1:4) in Hebrew is: וָאֵ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּה֩ ר֨וּחַ סְעָרָ֜ה בָּאָ֣ה מִן־הַצָּפ֗וֹן עָנָ֚ן | גָּדוֹל֙ וְאֵ֣שׁ מִתְלַקַּ֔חַת וְנֹ֥גַהּ ל֖וֹ סָבִ֑יב וּמִ֨תּוֹכָ֔הּ כְּעֵ֥ין הַֽחַשְׁמַ֖ל מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵֽשׁ:

[@johnhsu9904]

Are the 20 video lessons on the alephbet more modern or ancient hebrew? I'm learning hebrew to read the bible so I don't want to get too far into modern hebrew. Thanks!

[@adaline2479]

+John Hsu Modern.

[@nathanbinns6345]

John Hsu learning modern Hebrew will 100% help with learning Biblical Hebrew. Very little has changed.

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

John Hsu thé only difference is prononciation. Daleth ד and דּ in Biblical Hebrew is a D with a dot (called a dagesh) and “th” as in “the” with out a dagesh. Gimal גּ ג is a g with a dagesh, and a gh like the Arabic غ without a dagesh. Tav תּ ת is a t with a dagesh and a “th” as in “thought” without a dagesh. In mondern conversational all the non dagesh sounds are ignored and the dagesh versions are the norm. In modern Hebrew in some accents the resh ר is like the French r, however, in biblical it is like the Arabic r are with a slight roll. The ayin ע once retained its sound in some modern accents, however now is the same as Alef. In biblical this is not the case. Ayin is the same as in Arabic ع, as a guttural a. Lastly, Vaw, waw, or vav ו, is sometimes a w and sometimes a v in modern Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew it is always a w.

[@amineafaryate2598]

@@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes were are u from?

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

@@amineafaryate2598 I'm North American but Bukhari

[@warvet81]

You are a great teacher . Thank you

[@ohadsegev6963]

Hi Yana! in the many Jewish communities out of Europe people have talked Hebrew long before Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and actually they inspired him

[@wackyroad]

Thanks for the succinct difference between modern and biblical Hebrew.

[@mysteriumvitae5338]

It never ceased to annoy me when people call Modern Hebrew an artificial language. Dudes, it's not Esperanto! Esperanto was created as an entirely new language at Zamenhof's desk. Ben Yehuda took an extant language - the Hebrew of 30 centuries of Jewish writing. I like to think of the "Biblical vs Modern Hebrew" as a "Classical vs Medieval Latin". Of course, Medieval Latin had usages not typical for Romans. And somebody familiar with Medieval Latin can not necessarily easily read Cicero, at least because the syntax is entirely different - Cicero had a true Roman one and Medieval Latin authors ordered their sentences much after their own German of French mother tongue. (I think this is the main reason the Bible is not quite easy to read for Modern Hebrew native speakers as well) But both kinds of Latin are still Latin. The medieval one is not an "artificially created Esperanto called Medieval Latin".

[@4everStrong1]

Thank you for this insightful info!

[@nngnnadas]

the world אני appear in the Hebrew bible many times, 653 to be exact. defiantly not a modern invention. the word אנכי appear 278 times in the Hebrew bible. i think there might be אני-subject אנכי-object thing going on but i'm not sure. any way today אנ(ו)כי is considered more old fashioned and formal. that is true.

[@emabinohar2199]

Toda raba.. For the correction... I got confuse when the teacher said that modern n biblical arent the same..

[@ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER]

Hubert Jasieniecki actually no. Take for example this: In Genesis the words for and He spoke are: Wayomer. Yet a native modern Hebrew speaker would read it as vayomer. And in biblical Hebrew words are composed using the otiot. In modern Hebrew it is different. And modern Hebrew is like a black sheep among the Semitic languages. While Biblical Hebrew would have sounded like Arabic... Modern Hebrew sounds like German French and Hebrew mixed in one. The way modern Hebrew works isn't the same as ancient hebrew... They ain't identical son.

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

Hubert Jasieniecki thé only difference in the alphabet is prononciation. Daleth ד and דּ in Biblical Hebrew is a D with a dot (called a dagesh) and “th” as in “the” with out a dagesh. Gimal גּ ג is a g with a dagesh, and a gh like the Arabic غ without a dagesh. Tav תּ ת is a t with a dagesh and a “th” as in “thought” without a dagesh. In mondern conversational all the non dagesh sounds are ignored and the dagesh versions are the norm. In modern Hebrew in some accents the resh ר is like the French r, however, in biblical it is like the Arabic r are with a slight roll. The ayin ע once retained its sound in some modern accents, however now is the same as Alef. In biblical this is not the case. Ayin is the same as in Arabic ع, as a guttural a. Lastly, Vaw, waw, or vav ו, is sometimes a w and sometimes a v in modern Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew it is always a w.

[@0121-h4s]

Boker Tov :). I have a question please, if you would help me sort it out. 1. If we put in a room a Rabbi from early 1900s Morocco with a millennial from modern day Israel (contemporary Hebrew), would they understand each other? 2. Do younger generation Israelis from Sephardic origin pronounce the “Arabic” Ain, let’s say .. at synagogues? 3. What is the difference between old Biblical Hebrew, modern Hebrew and Hebrew that was taught to Jewish children in Morocco some 100 years ago, and probably the same one recited in North African synagogues in modern days? Thank you very much for shedding some light on this topic.

[@mujemoabraham6522]

012 101 No answer after 7 months !!

[@redpanda6471]

As a native Hebrew speaker, I am 95% sure that they will understand each other.

[@elimalinsky7069]

Perhaps the biggest difference is the phonological one, which isn't reflected in written form. The sound systems of Biblical and Modern Hebrew are radically different. Even though a modern speaker can understand much of the content of a biblical text with some practice, if an ancient Hebrew speaker arrived in present day, he won't be understood at all because the phonology, stress and intonation were so radically different back then.

[@0121-h4s]

Eli Malinsky , great insight. Thank you. Boker Tov :). I have a question please, if you would help me sort it out. 1. If we put in a room a Rabbi from early 1900s Morocco with a millennial from modern day Israel (contemporary Hebrew), would they understand each other? 2. Do younger generation Israelis from Sephardic origin pronounce the “Arabic” Ain, let’s say .. at synagogues? 3. What is the difference between old Biblical Hebrew, and Hebrew that was taught to Jewish children in Morocco some 100 years ago, and probably the same one recited in North African synagogues in modern days? Thank you very much for shedding some light on this topic.

[@vigsector5400]

Have to factor in the European influence on modern as well. I'm sure, like you said, the "modern" hebrew wouldn't be understood. From the research I've done, the letters wouldn't even make the same sounds as today, in many cases. Along with added letters that didn't exist back then, what the hell are these ppl speaking? Seems like a bastard language.

[@languagelover9170]

Same with Ancient Greek and modern Greek

[@franciscor.m.8003]

@@languagelover9170 With the only exception that Greek has never stopped of being spoken, it just evolved naturally like all normal languages, unlike Hebrew.

[@blockthrower3947]

@@0121-h4s if the question is still relevant. 1. my guess is that the rabbi would speak Arabic more in his daily life and would find it harder to distinguish between letters that today are pronounced similarly while the modern one (if the rabbi spoke in Hebrew) would have an easier (relatively) time distinguishing the words for the more broad pronunciation. even though some words will be different the modern and maybe the rabbi could understand after analyzing the root family and the "weight/building" of the words used and "guess" it's meaning. 2. the more younger generations id say no since today there isn't much value in putting the effort to talk with that accent and the different accents get mixed kind of to a more unified one (the younger the generation) but for the older Moroccan and Yamenite Jews they do pronounce more alike to Arabic. 3. the one that children in morocco learnt probably had an influence of Arabic and some words and pronunciations evolved, the rabbis might've borrowed new words to describe things otherwise would be hard to express and of course a very different lingo, also that we don't really know what classic Hebrew lingo would have been. I hope this gave you more than enough of the info you wanted.

[@grandmaslaughter2604]

:) your my favorite teacher!

[@duradura1990]

I love studying with such a cute teacher like Yana.

[@michelemanocchio1297]

Women teachers love to dress up really great and show off their private parts.

[@michelemanocchio1297]

Every teacher I have met in my life tells me HOW DO I LOOK?

[@michelemanocchio1297]

I have gone out with a female teacher and a female nurse and I have to say that teachers are more about their private parts while nurses never say No to anything and everything... Nurses are up for fun times.

[@michelemanocchio1297]

Nurses love to get down and dirty.

[@michelemanocchio1297]

Teachers are more prim and proper and I have to say that Nurses never say No

[@weisinghoo]

Thank you for the clarification. That's why they sound so very different.

[@Bcfcuklhpwalker]

Lol almost 2 thousands year isn't the same peoples there as ancient times

[@jesorsugoyan264]

i like your teaching i want to learn hebrew.

[@wonderrr1000]

The word אני has been around as long as the word אנכי. Just in the modern day אנכי is not used very often. You would find both words used in the Torah as proof to what I was saying

[@jasonhare4494]

The change from אנכי to אני had nothing to do with any European influence. אנכי appears 359 times in the biblical corpus, while 874 times. אני is *certainly* a biblical form.

[@miikavalo8324]

One of the biggest differences is that the word order changes. It was VSO in Ancient Hebrew but mostly SVO in modern. So if you were to say, for example, ”the children spoke to me”, in Modern Hebrew you’d say ”ha’yeladim dibru li” while in Ancient Hebrew it’d be something like ”dibru ha’yeladim li”

[@sarai846]

Ha'yeladim dibru Eiti (with me) or ely (to me). Li (which is also to me) is not corcet here. And you rigth.

[@praveenturuk1001]

Thank you

[@oren.hausler]

Thanks for clearly and accurately explaining and distinguishing BH from MH-too many people get this wrong and claim they're the same language.

[@JosHua-ne2fs]

Shalom Yana ! What are best Ways to learn biblical Hebrew ? Thank you

[@jeanogbo]

aleph with beth youtube

[@christophefstathiou8963]

תודה רבה יאנה

[@marksimons8861]

you kind of forgot about Mishnaic Hebrew, Hebrew in the Middle Ages, Hebrew of the Enlightenment and the market Hebrew that developed when Ashkenazis met up with Sephardis in Jerusalem. If you are going to make a video like this, does it not make sense to give a rather fuller picture. Totally put me off Hebrewpod101 as a reliable source for learning.

[@clairebennett7831]

Yes, it seems like the video was trying to simplify a complex subject without informing the audience that this was the Cliff Notes version.

[@LordJagd]

@@clairebennett7831 I'd say the biggest misconception about Hebrew is that it has a straightforward history. Most people don't even know that it uses an Ashurit (Assyrian) alphabet and that plenty of major Judaic texts are written in Aramaic. Or even that paleo-Hebrew is pretty much just a regional dialect of the Phoenician language of the Canaanites.

[@erardofontanaro3382]

thanks for this video! you talk just mere facts! this reminds myself when I was the first time in a synagogue. althoug I spoke already fluently (modern) Hebrew I hardly did understand the prayers. Because mainly the syntax was so different.

[@nolmol9934]

As a Hebrew native speaker I must say this video is highly inaccurate. I recommend all of you not to rely on it, as even kids in primary school are able to read from the Bible (and they have been doing so for years now....)

[@DorfPiltsch]

Thank You from Germany!

[@cantaloupeofdoom]

It should be noted sounds that merged in modern Hebrew because of Ashkenazi pronunciation. ח and כ have become one sound, along with א and ע, because Ashkenazim couldn't pronounce the ع\ע or ח\ح sounds because they weren't found in Yiddish. Additionally, ר became uvular (like in Yiddish, German or French) due to, again, the Ashkenazim. The soft pronunciations of ד ,ת ,ג were lost, and many niqqud merged, as well as ב and ו. This isn't necessarily a bad thing either, as all languages evolve.

[@cantaloupeofdoom]

Joey Krohlow I forgot a few. ק merged with כ; and ט, ץ lost their emphatic pronunciations. ( like Arabic ط ظ ص ض )

[@ThunderK01]

Joey Krohlow ט & ץ are different things. You are right in some examples, but don't conpare everything to Arabic.

[@cantaloupeofdoom]

Could you elaborate on what do you mean in regards to ṭet and ṣade? And you most definitely can compare Hebrew with Arabic because they are both semitic languages with a common ancestor. The Mizrahim preserved these distinct sounds (most notably the Iraqi and Yemenite Jews) because they spoke languages that were closely related to Hebrew such as Arabic and Aramaic, unlike the Sephardim and the Ashkenazim who spoke Yiddish, Ladino, and other local languages that weren't semitic.

[@ThunderK01]

Joey Krohlow at first: ץ is not "sade". it's "tsadic sofiit". it's like צ (tsadic), but used when the tsadic is at the end of the word like the word: עץ (eets) which means tree. tet (ט) make the sound like ת (taff) which is "T". the sound t and ts are different. many sounds that Arabian Jews made were infact from their origin, the Arab Lands they lived in. before Modern Hebrew, as you know, Jews were all over the world. so the Jews in Arabian lands spoke Arabic/similar language to Arabic. it is true that some vowels and sounds were combined, but the fact is, not all of them WERE a REAL part of the langauge.

[@cantaloupeofdoom]

I am aware of the final forms of Hebrew letters, sorry my keyboard is English, not Hebrew. Regardless, here's Rabbi David Bar-Hayim addressing the pronunciations of Ṣāḏē and Ṭēṯ. Could you elaborate on what you mean by a "real part of the language," and what qualifies as being a real part of the Hebrew language?

[@DiscipleDojo]

I would love to interview you on our channel sometime to talk more about this!

[@isabeladimu1843]

There is difference also in pronunciation between ancient and modern hebrew...

[@howardmerken758]

Hebrew has changed over the years just as English has. Read a REAL King James Bible, not the modified versions we call KJV today, where the spelling of many words are different. And try speaking KJV English to kids, they'll have problems understanding. Now how come I, not native to Hebrew, could open up a Hebrew Bible on Ulpan Gimel and understand it? Yes, there are differences, especially in the possessives and the verb tenses. And of course Israelis had to come up with words for modern inventions. But I'm learning both biblical and modern Hebrew, and I, not native to the language, am NOT finding them as two distinct languages, even while reading books by a Hebrew professor, I believe a native Israeli, who talks about several different Hebrew "sub-languages".

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

Howard Merken I agree kinda. The changes are natural with time for structure. The only alphabetical difference is prononciation. Daleth ד and דּ in Biblical Hebrew is a D with a dot (called a dagesh) and “th” as in “the” with out a dagesh. Gimal גּ ג is a g with a dagesh, and a gh like the Arabic غ without a dagesh. Tav תּ ת is a t with a dagesh and a “th” as in “thought” without a dagesh. In mondern conversational all the non dagesh sounds are ignored and the dagesh versions are the norm. In modern Hebrew in some accents the resh ר is like the French r, however, in biblical it is like the Arabic r are with a slight roll. The ayin ע once retained its sound in some modern accents, however now is the same as Alef. In biblical this is not the case. Ayin is the same as in Arabic ع, as a guttural a. Lastly, Vaw, waw, or vav ו, is sometimes a w and sometimes a v in modern Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew it is always a w.

[@Michael-qk2uw]

@@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes these are facts. Evidence can be found in the word Gomorrah which is spelled with the Ayin (ghayin in Arabic).

[@ต่อพงศ์หัสชู]

I Love the last word she said before the end of the VDO, I guesห it's mean Good bye, thanks or something

[@clustercreed9683]

can you please tell me what's the family name בן סטול means I can't find it anywhere and thx

[@dane_with_swag]

+cluster creed It's propably translated as "Son of Stoll"

[@clustercreed9683]

Dan Norup thanks for the reply; but I want to know what exactly Stool means.

[@dane_with_swag]

+cluster creed Its origin is german, meaning "support" or "frame", which refers to a carpenter. So the person whom the name comes from was perhaps a german jew. (likely an Ashkenazi jew)

[@clustercreed9683]

Dan Norup thx very much i really appreciate taking the time and replay, gl.

[@dandashshirotim18]

Dan Norup hi the prefix Ben is sfaradic ex. Ben Shlomo, Ben shimol etc. So the name was probably changed , original Ashkenazi names never begin with Ben ..

[@JoeBKN]

שבוע טוב

[@legendlegend8226]

Very educative. But which people speak the Ancient Hebrew language and where can we find them today in the world?

[@200gb3]

Maybe, time machine?

[@merldesoisa2287]

God bless you

[@leandraramgaya5664]

shalom would like to learn hebrew words

[@J666RR]

I don't know how accurate it is to say that modern Hebrew speakers "cannot easily read the bible". First off, it's very easy for any hebrew speaker to READ the bible, in the sense of pronouncing the words as written. As for understanding, while it is different to modern hebrew in several aspects, it is still material all kids learn starting first grade in school, so it's obviously not very complicated for native speakers.

[@elishevabarenbaum5319]

Yana, if you read the comments, you will see from the questions posed that you have confused many people. You really do need to do your homework and redo this video properly.

[@hanadolgin5273]

This was helpful. I’m taking Hebrew next year at school and I wanted to get ahead start and I was having trouble reading things because I’ve grown up leaving Biblical Hebrew so I can read the Torah and the Bible. Now I have to start over and learn new words and how to communicate.

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

Hana Dolgin can u please give me a tip on pronouncing the biblical ayin?

[@hanadolgin5273]

Sam Sketches it’s silent

[@hanadolgin5273]

Sam Sketches so whatever vowel is underneath it that’s the sound it pronounces

[@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes]

@@hanadolgin5273 I was taught biblical ayin is like the Arabic ayin

[@hanadolgin5273]

Sam Sketches I’m not familiar with Arabic besides how to say thank you 😅😅 but I’m 100% positive that an ayin in Hebrew is silent.

[@matanmam966]

As a native Hebrew speaker I must say this video is highly inaccurate.

[@marquez2390]

Matan Mam why

[@yharuhi39]

about which point(s)? inaccurate compare to what?

[@DaltonHBrown]

its a fact that languages change over time. give it near 2000 years away from Israel in Europe and they are going to be influenced by them.

[@beauberry6179]

You can't be a "Native" Hebrew speaker since the Jews are too changed, physically and culturally, from the original Hebrews.

[@DaltonHBrown]

Beau. Thats like saying you can't be a native English speaker since the language has changed so much.

[@websurfer5772]

Thank you for clearing up the difference between Biblical and modern Hebrew. Now I get it. 💡

[@MindRiot395th]

A person who speaks modern Hebrew can read and understand most of the biblical Hebrew, and will be able to communicate with ancient Hebrew speakers.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Eh, you can't communicate with ancient Hebrew speakers, they're dead!

[@rodrigogelli7989]

MindRiot666 it makes sense

[@hamza-trabelsi]

@@Rolando_Cueva hhhhhhh

[@davido.rodriguez3148]

Thank you for teaching me Hebrew I am very happy to know I have found out that I I am Hebrew want to learn the lyrics very bad second speak it when I go visit in September thank you for your precious time I look forward to it your your friend King David

[@deveagle669]

Excellent explanation on the differences! Best I’ve seen so far :-).

[@shareitwithit7323]

Thank you for your explanation

[@Nadav1336]

Yana, As a native speaker of Hebrew I need to correct the mistakes you showed here to the non-Hebrew speaking public. "A speaker of Modern Hebrew will have difficulties understanding the Hebrew Bible" ... What the heck? are you for real? I do not know of any Hebrew speaker who doesn't fully understand the Hebrew texts written in the bible. The words are not exactly the same but to say that a modern Hebrew speaker will have "difficulties" understanding Biblical Hebrew is totally inaccurate. Let's take an example of "Vayomer" [which means "He said" in Biblical Hebrew] and "hu Amar" which means He said in Modern Hebrew. I can guarantee you that 100% of Native Modern Hebrew speakers can understand "Vayomer" just fine and any other variations of Biblical Hebrew words that sound and mean PERFECTLY the same way in Modern Hebrew. The bible is written in Biblical Hebrew and not Modern Hebrew, that's correct. MODREN HEBREW SPEAKERS CAN UNDERSTAND THE HEBREW BIBLE 100% WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. Stop spreading lies.

[@jdgdd2ad]

Actually, it is pronounced Wayomer and not Vayomer. Secondly, וַיֹּאמֶר is not "he said", but it is more accurately translated as "and he said". It is a basic Qal 3ms Imperfect waw conversive conjugation.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

They are not lies. They are mistakes. There is a major difference.

[@Nadav1336]

@@Yarrg I'm entitled to say whatever I want as I didn't accuse her of anything. She's misleading and creating a different picture than the reality while claiming to teach Hebrew.

[@Nadav1336]

@الشيخ محروط Hi and thank you for the reply. As an Arabic Speaker you have a major edge because Arabic is very close to Hebrew. Regarding the accent yes you can with enough practice.

[@saml9968]

@@jdgdd2ad it is vayomer!! The vav letter is vrrrrr not wrrrr

[@smartmetfone7835]

Thank you for your teaching.

[@eddieshamayim1742]

I heard that modern hebrew lost many sounds such as: - the original "Qof" sound - Tav sometimes being pronounced like english "th" in "thought" - Dalet being sometimes pronounced like english "th" in "these" - The original "Ayin" sound

[@BillNing]

Great vedio, thanks :-D

[@MrLallyandeliz]

Letter of Aristeas, Chapter 1:15-16 15. "'They need to be translated,' answered Demetrius, 'for in the country of the Jews they use a particular alphabet (just as the Egyptians, too, have a particular form of letters) and speak a particular dialect. 16. They are supposed to use the Syriac tongue, but this is not the case; their language is quite different.'" Modern Hebrew is not Hebrew. It's high time we woke up!

[@vigsector5400]

Facts

[@tomsanders6134]

i think "Ani" or Anochi" has ephasis or addressing issues. That is why the difference even in the old times. I think we have to re-evaulate which one is used in what context, and why? I think digging into anciant Hebrew again in the very details will answer many questions and may re-develope the so called MODERN HEBREW.

[@e.z.6916]

Moses wrote in Hebrew. His time was the 1500s. David was much later in the 10th century. The Biblical timeline is very important. Those that truncate the timeline do so arbitrarily. Well, not really without reason. They do so in order to bring disrepute to the Bible. In other words, they are saying that Moses did not write the Torah, a group of scribes did so hundreds of years after the Exodus. This has the effect of negating the truth of the scriptures. I am writing so that you are at least aware of the trap you and others fall into. BTW, there is only speculation and not facts supporting the sceptic's chronology.

[@Stephanie-lb6tt]

So, where or how would one learn to read/write/(even speak if there is such a thing) BIBLICAL Hebrew?

[@02abishekprasad91]

Same question i have

[@LyraSvalbard]

My guess is that the only possibility to properly learn that is university...

[@crowspears3265]

It's really easy to understand and read. This video is inaccurate.

[@כורשמשרתו]

זה לא מדיוק בכלל. אני קורא התנ''ך ממש כמו חדשות. הם לא שונים בכלל!

[@dotran6020]

Thanks a lot!

[@bretth4988]

Can I marry YOU!!!! XOXOXXOO

[@TheStrataminor]

ahh.no!

[@Rolando_Cueva]

If u r Jewish yes.

[@milanfanber4682]

Shalom , Thank you Yana, this is awesome and outstanding explanation. its truly help me to understand the true different meaning between Biblical Hebrew and the Modern Hebrew. תודה רבה. אני אוהב את הדרך שאתה לומד. 🔯💗

[@unclericky3777]

Different language because it's a different people, these are not the decendants of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Scientific evidence shows that the people in Israel today, the Ashkenazi Jews are European.

[@unclericky3777]

Tom sanders Agree to disagree, Shalom.

[@AaronMuertterOfficial]

Besides the fact that it doesn't matter whether you are biologically Hebrew or gentile but can choose to follow the messiah and do as he did regardless of your background. I do believe that most European Jews are of Ashkenazi decent, meaning they are Khazars. It again doesn't matter because they choose to serve YHWH. Many of them were killed for being Jews. True Israelites are not black, not white but are the descendants of Abraham who came out of what is today Iraq. Both Israel and Judah were dispersed among Assyria and Babylon. Ezekiel knew where the Israelites were because Yah sent him to prophesy to them on the banks of the Euphrates. While some of Judah returned many to their land, many didn't. It is important to note that many still served idols in foreign lands. When the rest of the Jews were scattered throughout the Roman Empire that was the end of genealogy in the scripture. It wasn't relevant after that because the messiah had already come. Peter took the gospel to the lost house of Israel. (not Jews) and went to minor Asia and Babylon to do so. We may be confused today but Peter knew where to find the lost house of Israel. If you look at maps of the ancient roman, Assyrian and Babylonian empires it will leave you a clue as to where the true 12 tribes of Israel are. When I was in Iraq is was interesting to know that the non-Arabs Iraqis ( the ones that where there before the Arabs invaded) were Christians that converted to Islam by force, or refused to convert. Iraq also had the highest Hebrew population before the US invasion.

[@unclericky3777]

Aaron Muertter​ Complete made up and no actual factual, historical or biblical truth to all this.The new Testament is false and therefore this is all made up.It will be of no interest to me to try and give any scriptural evidence because it will go on and on to no avail as majority of Christians will not accept the truth.This is the reason why I say agree to disagree.I would love to be able to have an edifying conversation where we could all learn but your comments are so off the wall that I already know it will lead to an unnecessary​ argument.I feel bad that anyone even thinks like this.God has blessed me with opening​my eyes and soul to the truth and that He is the one and only true living God.That the true Nation of Israel are the scattered Negroe throughout the four corners of the earth.Let's accept that we all have different beliefs and are not going to convince each other in any way.Shalom and rise true Children of Israel.

[@unclericky3777]

kwstas kwsta Honestly, I don't have to convince you of anything. My truth is my truth, it's my life. You can do with yours as you please.

[@zoltalomondfi9456]

-- Man, tell me just one thing: what is your mother tongue? What is the mother tongue of you so called "Black Israelites", whether you live in America, Africa or Europe? There has been no bigger lie than claiming that you are the real "Israelites", and the present day Jews are "false Israelites". This is a racist ideology turned upside down - but it is still racist, anyhow, brother, the fact that you dark skinned people of African origin proclaim over the internet and at street corners in the US. And what you "prove" this false idea with is citing the Old Testament part of the King James version of the English Bible! I am laughing my head off, man, when I hear your version and exegesis of the Scriptures :-) ! Bro, you have given in to a lie! It does not make you any GREATER if you claim to be an Israelite, and it does not make you insignificant or third class either, if you admit that you are a citizen of African descent. I have many real nice African brethren in the city where I live. But this "Black Israelite" ideology is a conplete lie from the darkest pits of hell. The day will come, when we will have to give an account to the LORD of the Universe, bro, and also about spreading lies like this and not the truth. The main issue is not whether you are a descendant of Shem, Ham or Yaphet, bro, but if you really follow the truth. Even if you are a descendant of Ham (that means acutally "heat"), it does not make you any worse than the rest of mankind. When you claim that the New Testament is false, you believe in a lie, not in the truth. When there is a bird that looks like a duck, walks like a duck and gaggles like a duck - well, it's a DUCK! You are a duck, man, even if you claim to be an eagle! And that's no shame, man to be a duck! But when a duck is playing the role of an eagle, that's more than ridiculous! Everybody can see that you are a duck, even if you imagine that you are an ostrich! Get rid of your minority complex man, and acknowledge who you really are! God loves you as you are, whatever skin colour you have, but He hates liers!

[@angelinasmith973]

Very impressive the reason I am interested to learn Hebrew is to read the very word of Yeshua

[@agus3111]

I love Yana so much

[@jerciedarkfourth8564]

YAANA hi..... you are an excellent teacher... i would be happy to study with you🍎