Basics of Biblical Hebrew Video Lectures, Chapter 1 - The Hebrew Alphabet

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pray that God stirs His children to learn Hebrew

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And pronounce it correctly

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He stirred me to learn already

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Alohim our God is faithful

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I have been working on the Hebrew for more than a year using different slides but this is the best I have come across. There is simplicity and clarity. I have found the Instructor not intimiditating but inspiring.and appatizing for more Hebrew. Thank you. Rev. Albert Selwyn, Bangalore, India

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APPATIZING - what's that? Not the English I know.

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@@emanuelgaldes3515 new word application and appetizer perhaps.ha ha David said your word oh God is sweeter than honey.🐻☝️📜 🍯

[@maryeddy927]

I tried learning Hebrew and gave up . He has presented it with such simplicity that my interest has been rekindled. Thank you very much.

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Me also

[@AimeeHope89]

I wanted to learn hebrew before I was even saved. It seemed the best way to actually understand the Bible if it was something I truly wanted to read and learn from. I've now read the kjv most of the way through, and am starting my journey into hebrew. I really feel like the Spirit is moving me to learn more about the jews as a whole. Its like I woke up one day and just wanted to know all the things! It's very exciting for me, I am loving the whole process. Thank you for sharing this beautiful knowledge with the world. God bless you 💖

[@poldeasis6893]

MABUHAY When i was 15 years old wayback 1985 i happened to read Ps 119 the next Bible Study day i asked my 21 year old Bible Study Teacher what Aleph means and the rest of the strange words in Ps 119. Whenever i came across Psalm 119 i always remember the unanswered question i raised. Come year 2013 when all have an access to the internet. I was suprised and totally delighted to know the meaning of the 22 letters and the crown letters and the sofit, now by Gods grace i have more understanding of the Bible. Now I have 4 vesion of the Bible the NKJV, Filipino (Tagalog), Hebrew and Greek Bible. Whenever i have problems understanding a verse Hebrew and Greek version helps. Thank you for your video. From Philippines 😊

[@hadassah8549]

Another neat way to remember where to place the dot for Shin and Sin, I learned in a hebrew class is to remember ‘sin is NOT RIGHT’. It’s a cliche but it helps you to remember (So dot goes to the left)

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[@linda.brotherton1689]

You're a really good teacher. Kept my attention and I didn't fall asleep. Ty

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You never fall asleep if you actually care about what you're doing

[@TheToughMustard]

I purchased the study book and have been plugging along. Being able to rewind and practice is helping. I can see progress. Thanks

[@diharper6767]

What a fabulous teacher!Thank you so much for your clear, and interesting introduction.

[@agnesng4078]

Thanks for your thorough introduction of Hebrew letters writing.

[@marilyngandhi4213]

I like the way you demonstrate the letters - I can see it is doable for me - the beginner

[@nadinelucas7788]

Thank you, Miles, for your excellent teaching and clarifications - I started Hebrew last Semester at Uni. The book we use is by a different author; I was so confused by it. I watched your online teaching, and I was very impressed, so I purchased your DVD, the vocab CD's, the English Grammar to Ace and the Charts of Biblical Hebrew. I couldn't be happier. I might also purchase your exercise book for practice. Your teaching is clear and has a precise design strategy. I was progressing well and received a Distinction at the end of the First Semester. two more Semesters until the end of the year! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God Bless.

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The greatest gift given from, ADONAI EL SHADDAI, unto BLESSED MOSHE RAVAINU & YISRA'EL, the Hebrew nation.

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[@janeorto3563]

Great beginner lesson. I want to learn Hebrew so I can understand more about God's intention in the Old Testament. Thank you for keeping this lesson simple and giving things to master before the next lesson.

[@paulauncapher8131]

For someone like me not knowing the first thing about this, it was very helpful to learn to write it and understand the sounds thank you

[@clairesandy-robinson2689]

Simple and self explanatory. It is the perfect lesson for a beginner of Hebrew language. The writing of the letters is very useful, because it is difficult to write correctly

[@evadnesmith475]

Thank God I found this site...I struggled with the Hebrew alphabet for oh so long until I started listening to this amazing instructor ....Professor Miles V. Van Pelt. God bless you Sir...because of you and your excellent teaching method I have decided not to quit. I might add afer one week...I now know the following: the Alphabet (the form, name and pronounciation); the five final forms and how they are related to the regular form; the 6 begadkephat consonants and a dagesh lene (a dot) identify the hard sound of the begadkephat letters and I able to write and identify the 4 1/2 gutteral and semi-guttural consonants. Thank you again. God bless you.

[@jacobthomas9364]

Your approach has made it possible for me.

[@irenanelson6232]

very good teaching for me to understand it. im glad your teaching is slow and not rushing me i can keep up better. im just starting off i always wanted to learn the biblical hebrew.

[@aldelzeit2799]

name, form and sound is very important. And notice how the letters are made, like english use a voice that is clear and understandable.

[@larryclark9380]

Excellent!!! I have been trying to learn and read through “Basics of Biblical Hebrew.” This video is a tremendous help. Thank you!!!

[@jerikiahunter4697]

Thanks brother please pray for me to learn Hebrew and God bless.

[@deniselewis7846]

Wow...this was very wonderful teaching. I learned so much! Thank you!

[@Mr-Setti]

Exactly what I am looking for! I want to add another Semitic language to my brain and I found it close to my native language. شكرا

[@astrot5818]

Here's the correct actual Hebrew Semitic pronunciation : The pronunciation in the Video is modern and European influenced : The א : Aleph : glottal stop : Like the Aramaic Aleph ( ܐ ) and the Arabic Hamza ( ء ) The ג : Gimmel without a Dagesh : (Gh) sound : Like the Arabic Ghayin ( غ ) and the modern Hebrew Resh(ר) The ד : Daleth without a Dagesh : (Th) sound as in These The ח : Heth : Hard (H) sound : Like the Aramaic Heth ( ܚ ) and Arabic Ha' ( ح ) The ט : Teth : Hard (T) sound : Like the Aramaic Teth ( ܛ ) and Arabic Ta' ( ط ) The ע : 'Ayin : Like the Aramaic 'Ayin ( ܥ ) and Arabic 'Ayn ( ع ) The צ : Ssadi : Hard (S) sound : Like the Aramaic Ssadi ( ܨ )and the Arabic Ssad ( ص ) The ק : Qof : Hard (Q) sound : Like the Aramaic Qof ( ܩ ) and the Arabic Qaf ( ق ) The ת : Taw without a Dagesh : Like the (Th) sound in Three

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Thank you very much. Started my long awaited Hebrew lessons atlast.

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Thank you. Really enjoyed this lesson and learning instruments.

[@Rita-xh8ck]

Very good instructions on writing Biblical Hebrew . I’ve looked for this type of teaching thank you

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I like to listen to you speak and teach Hebrew is easy to understand

[@destructo3915]

Modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, taught here, is an extreme simplification of the Biblical versions that many Jews today neglect, and exhibits many European features not found in any ancient middle eastern dialect. This is not surprising as the founding father of Modern Hebrew was in fact an Ashkenazic Jew. Additional features of the Biblical version are as follows: Consonants: Vav is pronounced 'V', but pronounced 'W' when directly preceded or followed by a rounded vowel like Holem, Qames or Shuruk. When Shuruk represents conjunctive waw meaning 'and', this is pronounced 'wu' with a short /u/ like in 'put'. Gimel w/o Dagesh is pronounced as a Uvular Fricative (see IPA chart), the same as the French 'R' Yod, when doubled with a Dagesh, is pronounced as a Voiced Palatal Plosive (see IPA chart), somewhat like a weak 'J' Resh, is a Uvular Trill (see IPA chart), also the same when doubled with Dagesh. If adjacent to another alveolar consonant such as lamed, nun, tav, sameh, seen, tet, or dalet its pronounced as an alveolar trill, like the Spanish /r/. Sade is pronounced 'S' when it begins and ends a syllable rather than the 'TS/TZ' sound in the modern pronunciation of 'matzah', making it 'massah'. Tav without Dagesh is like /th/ in 'throw' Dalet without Dagesh is /th/ in 'that'. Vowels: One rule must always be obeyed: All vowels are long except for those in closed, unstressed syllables and Shva and Hateph vowels. Shuruk and Kibbus in an unstressed, closed syllable is /u/ as in 'pull' but when in an open or stressed syllable they're pronounced like the /u/ in 'flute'. Segol is /e/ in 'bed' when in an unstressed closed syllable. In an open or stressed syllable it's /e/ in 'they like Tsere. Hireq in an unstressed closed syllable is short /i/ as in 'hit'. When stressed with an accent or Metheg/Gaya (see below) it's long /i/ as in 'machine'. Patah in an unstressed, closed syllable is /a/ as in 'cat'. When stressed or in an open syllable, it's like the /o/ in 'shower', somewhat like the sound you make when saying 'ahhh' when the doctor tells you to open wide, hence the meaning of Patah in Hebrew which is 'open'. Qames when stressed or in an open syllable is like /aw/ in 'saw', but with more lip rounding; something like the /o/ vowel in the British pronunciation of 'box'. When in an unstressed closed syllable it's /o/ as in 'horse'. Shva vocal by default is pronounced like a short Patah, that is /a/ as in 'cat'. The only exception occurring on the letter Sheen, where it's always silent and is pronounced with no vowel like in the word 'schmuck'. When Shva vocal is followed by any of the four guttural letters Aleph, Hey, Het or Ayin it's pronounced as a short version of the vowel on any of those four guttural letters. So if the guttural has a Holem, the preceding Shva is pronounced like /o/ in 'horse. If it has Tsere, it's /e/ in 'bed' and so on. When Shva vocal is followed by Yod, it's pronounced like short Hireq, /i/ as in 'hit'. If in any of these situations Shva has Metheg/Gaya (see below), however, you pronounce it long, or as an exact equal to the vowel on the following guttural rather than the short correspondent. Mostly all long vowels before a Shva are in closed, stressed syllables and the Shva are silent. This is marked by a vertical sign marking secondary stress called Metheg, or Gaya (see below), usually not found in most Hebrew bibles. Exceptions to Shva being silent after a long vowel is before the first of two identical consonants, in which it is vocalic. If a short vowel precedes two identical consonants, however, Shva on the first of the identical consonants is silent and the identical consonants are treated as one with a doubling Dagesh, unless with Metheg/Gaya (see below) in which case it's vocal. Shva is silent after short vowels and only vocalic in the following: 1) The short vowel has Metheg/Gaya and the following consonant is Mem, or Nun. 2) The short vowel has Metheg/Gaya and is followed by any of the gutturals Aleph, Hey, Het and Ayin. 3) The short vowel has Metheg/Gaya and is followed by one of the so-called 'BeGeDKeFeT' letters without Dagesh. The short vowel is Shuruk when it represents the prefix 'and' and has Metheg/Gaya. In all these situations the Metheg/Gaya lengthens the vowel and they're pronounced as their long stressed, or open unstressed syllabic, counterparts (see above). However, if a short vowel has Metheg/Gaya and is followed by a letter with Shva and those are separated from the stressed syllable by a vowel followed by a vocalic Shva, or Hateph vowel, Shva is silent even when occurring in the afore-mentioned situations. When a Metheg, or Gaya is fixed to any vowel it makes it long, and you pronounce it as if stressed. This also applies to Hateph shva vowels. So if fixed to Hateph Patah, it goes from /a/ as in 'cat' to /o/ as in 'shower'. And if fixed to Kubus, goes from /u/ as in 'pull' to /u/ as in flute' like Shuruk. And Hateph Qames goes from /o/ in 'horse' to /o/ in the British pronunciation of 'box' . This is just a taster and there is much more to read on this fascinating tradition. Sources: 'The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics' by Geoffrey Khan.

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+matt s Very useful info for viewers, thanks for posting. One thing though, the accent used in Israel is not ashkenazi (at all lol), but it is sefaradi (european sefaradi that is). It closely resembles the sefaradi accent found in the netherlands, greece, the rest of the balkans, england, and in the spanish and portuguese jewish communities in the americas. Its also close to sefaradi hebrew in Turkey. The only difference is, the Israeli Resh is pronounced like the French R. It should be noted that Baghdadi Jews (Mizrahim) pronounce it like the French R as well in their judeo-arabic dialect. Arabs from Mosul also pronounce the arabic r like the French R. True Sefaradi Jews are european jews, just like ashkenazi jews are. This only means that both groups descend from long standing jewish communities in europe (ones that existed for centuries). However, both groups are almost genetically identical in many cases, and look the same. They are more closely related to each other than to their host populations. And they also are more related to mizrahi jews than to europeans. Israeli Hebrew uses sefaradi vowels, and the consonants are closest to sefaradi accents found in europe (except for the french r). So Israeli Hebrew is a Sefaradi accent, but not a mizrahi one, and certainly not an ashkenazi one. Ashkenazi Hebrew has much more complex vowels that are closest to Yemenite Hebrew (the oldest dialect). Sefaradi and Mizrahi vowels are simplified greatly and are like those found in Modern Israeli Hebrew. Ashkenazi Jews also pronounce the Taw/Tav as an S usually, like in the word for "house". Ashkenazim say Beis, Sefaradim say Beit. Iraqi Jews and Yemenite Jews pronounce the Taw as Thaw, like in Beith. Most Sefaradim, even from North Africa, pronounce the Waw as Vav. We do pronounce the Ayin and the Het as guttural, like arabic. But other than that, we usually don't pronounce the other emphatic letters like Tet, or Sadi. In Moroccan Jewish communities, we say Matza, not MaSa. Sometimes the Qof is pronounced in Morocco, but often it is not. The Tav is always pronounced as T. Most Sefaradim from North Africa only differentiate 3 Begad Kefat letters: the B and the V, the K and the Kh, and the P and F sounds. We don't pronounce gimmel and dalet (without dagesh) any differently than with. Mizrahi Jews from Iraq, Syria, and other arabic speaking countries of the middle east tend to be more traditional or ancient in pronunciation. Especially those in Iraq. In Yemen, the Teimani Jews pronounce every consonant the ancient way, but with vowels closest to ashkenazi jews. Stress of syllables can also be different than Mizrahi dialects. Mizrahi Jews from Iran never pronounce guttural sounds (except for the "ch" sound in khaf), so their consonants in Hebrew sound like Ashkenazi Jews. Their vowels are simplified though and resemble Persian more, so mizrahim from iran have a very distinct hebrew accent that is not semitic sounding either.

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great that is a good place to start, 63 year olds needs it very simplification

[@boliusabol822]

Matt- You write "When in an unstressed closed syllable it's /o/ as in 'horse'."

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[@72Yonatan]

Excellent and well informed comments, but there are not ANY vowel markings in any Torah scroll, and the way that people say patach in Hebrew is not similar to 'CAT" or "FLAT," but closer to POT.

[@heru-tehutire1329]

I like his rendition of the letter 'tsadde'...

[@CarnivoreCapers]

I am taking Biblical Hebrew online in December. Thanks for making this easy

[@infotruther]

+Henry webster what is the name of the program you are taking?

[@whidoineedthis]

Are you fluent now?

[@jawajab5173]

This is vv helpful for me to pick up Hebrew. Clear and pointed. Thank you!

[@ellieengel2188]

i dont understand why people always find something negative to say, it's like they try hard to find something wrong with everyone..he is a great teacher and the way he explains it all he made me remember all letters..so there u go, find someone else to criticize ..losers

[@sigalsmadar4547]

Do you want to learn the Truth, or do you want to learn a cheap imitation or false information??

[@corinnehennessy4027]

There was nothing false. About what he taught. There are many different dialects. He does just fine. If you don’t like it go to Israel or find an Israeli to teach you!

[@awfelia]

Corinne Hennessy My thoughts exactly!!

[@koinoniajohnthebaptistirel1927]

He's teaching ancient Hebrew. Have you ever tried to read Chaucer (medieval English)? You literally need to have translation from Canterbury Tales into modern English to understand it! Multiply that by a factor of at least 10 and you understand what I mean I hope!

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@@corinnehennessy4027 Hebrew alphabet 4,000 years old? And "oldest alphabet in the world"?

[@honeygirldd]

I agree with Elle Engel, a very good Teacher. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us.

[@yousufnazir8141]

Excellent explanation and the detailed study of practice of the basics of the biblical Hebrew in the simple way of teaching

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I am greatful for your videos I will learn this language.

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You explained very patiently and very well. Thank you soooooooo much 🙏

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[@honephillips3840]

39.00 not from "left to right" ... but "from right to left." We both read and write from the right. A tiny point but important to have correct.

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Yes! I love Hebrew Languange very much.Thanks 4 the lessons

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Thanks for the comprehensive teaching

[@realestateinsfv]

This video was extremely helpful. The best yet! At least this is a great start for me. Thank you.

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thank you so much for these lessons and this comfortable offering of practice. i wish i could buy this course - it would most definitely be worth it and of immense benefit to my learning of the language.

[@majorharris8194]

There use to be a CD-Rom language resource that had a greek and a Hebrew version. I bought it in 2002. The greek version had quizzes, vocab, and it was excellent!

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Does anyone know who made that program? I lost mine.

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@@majorharris8194 You mean Hebrew Tutor and Greek Tutor? I still have mine and use it on my windows 7 setup since they do not work on newer ones. Plus the contents are both available on the internet where you can download it or just follow the lessons like the CD. The greek one uses modern greek pronunciation now.

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@@majorharris8194 Parsons

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You're a wonderful teacher .God bless you .I could learn little bit Hebrew Now thank you so much.

[@harrylius5142]

Thank you. Excellent teaching method. It helps me a lot as beginner

[@magicLA1980]

Thank you. You broke it down perfectly for me

[@tjtampa214]

I really like your style/method. This was very enjoyable. Will study more before moving on, but very excited to move on. 👍

[@jay-walker3584]

Well taught . Very clear to me. Thank u very much .I am learning from Sri Lanka .

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Thank you from Barkingside 🇬🇧

[@OrionsRepresentative]

This is definitely an extremely simplified pronunciation, WAY more in lome with modern Hebrew than Biblical Hebrew. For example, in biblical Hebrew, א and ע are not silent and not pronounced the same way

[@boliusabol822]

any other examples of what you say are simplifications?

[@atbing2425]

The video's pronounciation is closer to modern Hebrew than biblical Hebrew, In biblical Hebrew ט and ת are distinct So are כ and ק, Plus ח is pharyngeal, not uvular, צ is pharyngeal s not ts, ר is a trill/flap both שׂ and שׁ aren't pronounced like s, ח and ע had two different sounds for each letter And like Zen Y said א and ע aren't silent and distinct

[@72Yonatan]

@@boliusabol822 - Well the second letter can be pronounced VET or BET, and that applies to both biblical and modern Hebrew. It depends entirely upon its position and one just needs to learn to read and speak the language to learn the hidden grammar rules. Grammars as explanations after the fact are more confusing than helpful.

[@isaacder3i121]

Ancient hebrew actually pronounced the guttural letters. 3ayin sounds exactly like arabic. 7eth (Heth), does as well. The resh is trilled like arabic raa. Mizrahi jewish communties from Iraq and Syria still pronounce these letters along with Qof (just like arabic and Tet just like the arabic Taa. Ghimel without dagesh lene is pronounced like arabic ghayn I believe. Modern Israeli Hebrew is basically a mix of german/spanish jewish accents.Although some older sefaradi Jews from North africa still pronounce 3ayin and 7et back in the throat. But in normal modern hebrew speech, they don't pronounce dhalet without dagesh lene or Tav like Th without the dagesh lene. Only hard sounds are preserved in modern speech with the BeGad KefaT letters in modern israeli hebrew, even with a north african sefaradi accent. 'mizrahi' is more a political term now, its sometimes wrongly used to describe the sefaradi (spanish) jewish communities of north africa. Mizrahim proper are really from Iraq, Iran, some jews of Syria, the Caucasus, Uzbekistan, Kurdistan and sometimes the word also includes Teimanim (yemenites) North Africa, Turkey, Greece are Sefaradi, not Mizrahi, although we are wrongly labeled as mizrahim today by most people.

[@letgunlenlhungdim]

Thanks so very much. Your teaching is so much helpful to remember all the alphabet in simple catch. I really improve my basic leaning in Hebrew through this video.

[@dorinmotz6673]

The best lesson so far! Thank you!

[@marialazada9666]

Keep it up sir.. I am learning in your video.. don't mind the people who are saying negative things about you

[@emanuelgaldes3515]

Nobody is saying anything negative about him. Are you dreaming by any chance?

[@r.mercado9737]

WOW! Another educator. I really enjoyed this lesson! Looking forward to more. Semper Fidelis

[@jilljones3530]

Thank you so much! You made it easy to learn ♥️

[@juanmq2576]

Excellent explanation Yahshua bless you brother

[@Mr2ndkings]

You make the point to only write the Hebrew from right to left, but then state at least twice that you are writing left to right (about 37 mins. into the video).

[@violetta40]

Thank you so much for your detailed video. This is what I've been searching for. Your an excellent instructor.

[@emanuelgaldes3515]

You're (not your) an excellent instructor. Learn your English well before you attempt Hebrew.

[@violetta40]

@@emanuelgaldes3515 Thank you for the correction. Since I'm already 65 years old, and I've been out of school for many many years now, I doubt that I'm going to start learning English to perfection. I may not have time left. So I am dabbling in some Hebrew maybe enough to learn how to read the Hebrew Bible, so I don't think English comes into view with learning Hebrews. Even so I was just coming on here to give a compliment, I was not expecting someone to ridicule my usage of English. Thanks again for the attitude.

[@jonathanmclain2390]

I'm watching this for some extra instruction. Each video I've seen has a little different slant on how to write these letters. Let's be mindful of this and the difference between classical and modern Hebrew.

[@VictorLepanto]

This is SO different from how I learned to write these letters.

[@tahlisshadawn4211]

God bless you now and for always.

[@jamesmalonda9009]

You are the best teacher

[@albertkundrat9227]

Sin and Shin are both like "Light" but a) Light as a Particle, b) Light as a Wave, or c) Light as a single Ray or multiple Emanation without Its functional dual nature as both or either Wave or Particle. So S/SH-IN as the single and very last 22nd Letter as in c) or as split up into a) and b), thus making 23 letters.

[@janellrr7395]

I heard that Filipino form of language is very similar to Hebrew language and trying to self learn the language through this lecture you said that .. if you can say it, you can spell it right.. we Filipinos have that saying too in our language. "Kung ano yung bigkas, sya yung baybay."

[@carmenwashington3005]

is it just me or does this guy look and seem familiar? I love his teaching btw very easy to understand and fun

[@ibrahimyakubu4681]

this is wonder and easy for beginner like me. thanks

[@BaawBee]

Very good video. I learned so much so fast!

[@RealAmericanSicko]

39:06 I think you meant to say "from right to left"

[@zackzimmer7167]

I personally think Mem looks like a Cap A and that made it a lot easier for me. The Daghesh Lene for Taw, seems unnecessary because of Dalet at first.

[@GodmadeConscious]

What a great job this guy does. I just really wish I could see how the letters are spelled.

[@IsraelUrban]

I would like the software he is using to write. GREAT FOR PRACTICE! Anybody knows?

[@justice3043]

For pay you use the word prophet as the example 4 without the dagesh? Prophet starts with a hard p and has the soft pH in the middle which are you referring to? Do you mean like phone? Just wondering the example is ambiguous. Love you at work keep it up but don't have a clue so maybe if you didn't use a word that has the p in both its forms as an example it would be more clear. Just a suggestion because I just erased something 4 times trying to figure out what you were doing. Running out of erasers LOL

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The algorithm must be trying to get the Van Pelt's to come together.

[@duanebenton4049]

I think that this willl be very useful in learniing Hebrew.

[@PropInteDeriv]

Thanks for the lesson. It was difficult to figure out how to write the letters as they were written in my work book because of the confusing fancy font. Blessings.

[@suzenshrestha1079]

Hello! Kindly someone give me the link of the video lectures of chapter 2 and chapter 3. please

[@هدىكريمة]

hello sir, thank you for your video. can you please give me an advice on how to read Hebrew without NIKUD_vowels ? i have no idea from where to began if i was to read a newspaper for instance

[@janestravens5934]

Excellent explanation! Thanks!

[@hudsontoronto]

I just got the book and this video helped me a lot. Is there a continuation to this lesson? Thanks.

[@ritakong9714]

Where can I get lesson 2..?

[@ruthn9381]

Awesome lesson. Well explained. Thanks.

[@stephenkomu867]

if the islamic community can learn to speak arabic, who are we as Christians not to learn our language. i was really challanged and now here i am.

[@awfelia]

Thank u for a very clear and concise lecture! I will be back for the next one very soon!! :)

[@nirajrai8716]

How can i find materials? I want to buy the exercise grammer book. Anybody please help.

[@fizanazir6179]

Thanks for teaching in a clear and effective way. Can I have this book in pdf form?

[@Chitarinoymi]

Best I've seen so far.

[@WatchingMyLifeFlashB]

Zondervan Before Dr Van Pelt started he should have explained about writing Hebrew right to left. A lot of people completely new to Hebrew would get up to 36:55 all fine & dandy only to get shocked to find they had been doing it all left to right, aka backwards. That would be very disheartening to the newbie. The audio part starting at 36:55 & the video starting at 37:00 until 38:40 should have been placed prior to him teaching the Aleph. At the point which is currently 36:55 should then continue from what is currently 38:40 for the sake of clarity, continuity, & to not compromise the laying proper foundations for success from the start. I already knew the right to left & so really didn't think much of it until he was suddenly back peddling to what he should have clearly instructed first. Just saying. It's just like teaching a stenography class to brand new students for half an hour, then suddenly saying, Oh, & by the way, It's bad if you are going past the red dividing center line all the way to the right edge of the page. Bad! If you are ever going to write shorthand proficiently, in a manner that others will be able to respect & read, you only write for 1/2 the line on each line on all of the lines all of the way down the page first. You know, first things first.

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Amazing course!!

[@s.premila6249]

Very easy to practice thankyou

[@lianicholson8646]

Very helpful video!

[@astrot5818]

If you really want to pronounce Hebrew like how people did in biblical times then these are the original sounds of the letters that have been influenced by European Jewish pronunciation while Middle Eastern and North African Jews still keep a pronunciation closer to the original below : The א : Aleph : glottal stop : Like the Aramaic Aleph ( ܐ ) and the Arabic Hamza ( ء ) The ג : Gimmel without a Dagesh : (Gh) sound : Like the Arabic Ghayin ( غ ) and the modern Hebrew Resh(ר) The ד : Daleth without a Dagesh : (Th) sound as in These The ח : Heth : Hard (H) sound : Like the Aramaic Heth ( ܚ ) and Arabic Ha' ( ح ) The ט : Teth : Hard (T) sound : Like the Aramaic Teth ( ܛ ) and Arabic Ta' ( ط ) The ע : 'Ayin : Like the Aramaic 'Ayin ( ܥ ) and Arabic 'Ayn ( ع ) The צ : Ssadi : Hard (S) sound : Like the Aramaic Ssadi ( ܨ )and the Arabic Ssad ( ص ) The ק : Qof : Hard (Q) sound : Like the Aramaic Qof ( ܩ ) and the Arabic Qaf ( ق ) The ת : Taw without a Dagesh : Like the (Th) sound in Three

[@justice3043]

You gave both dalot and tov the th sound??

[@garyrector7394]

The Hebrew alphabet of today does not date back to 4,000 years ago. It's the square version of the Aramaic alphabet. The old Hebrew alphabet was the same as the Canaanite or Phoenician alphabets of ancient times. Actuallyi, the Samaritan alphabet is more like the ancient Hebrew alphabet.

[@davaocity659]

Gary Rector I agree. The Hebrew system writing was invented by the Masoretes in 4-6th century AD after the Aramaic System of Writing.

[@shamosshamos1825]

+Pizza Man Aramaic and Hebrew have the SAME abc

[@davaocity659]

shamos shamos In a way, yes. But deeper, very different

[@shamosshamos1825]

+Pizza Man Arabic it is NOT THE SAME abc like Aramaic and Hebrew -

[@davaocity659]

shamos shamos I am not sure what angle are you trying to point at, but Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew don't have the same abc at all.

[@jeneegabula5189]

It's really amazing ... Thank you for teaching

[@sunshinebambi5765]

Very good teacher

[@kickpublishing]

My wife keeps saying I need to be cosmopolitan and learn another language - so here I am

[@Александр-н5з5ъ]

The President of The Internet loool.

[@tsigeasfaha9942]

Wonderful teaching!

[@radical7663]

The only thing I don’t understand is why isn’t the fuss printed version taught? Won’t this make reading biblical text more difficult- it’s almost like learning 2 alphabets