Hebrew - Israel asks for a king - יִשְׂרָאֵל שֹׁאֵל מֶלֶךְ - Free Biblical Hebrew - Lesson 38

Simplified story based on 1 Samuel 8-10.
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Here's a comic video based on the same passage but faster and not simplified: see how many of the phrases you can recognize now! • התנ"ך בקומיקס - משפט המלך
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[@euanwaugh2492]

This was not just a 'good lesson', this was beautifully crafted and brilliantly, and powrfully presented. Thank you Beth and Andrew for your superb work.

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!

[@mariondapsance7803]

My Hebrew journey with you keeps me alive in this crazy period... There are many things I cannot do anymore, dance, music at the conservatory, take a bus to go somewhere, enter into my kids' school, take them to the swimming pool, but at least (so far) I can study Hebrew at home. It really is a great support to me, you cannot imagine, thank you.

[@AlephwithBeth]

We're really glad to hear that Hebrew has been a blessing to you during this time, happy learning! :)

[@leonardocarpio7379]

Beth, you make Hebrew easy Even if I still have problems to understand some words, I really love the way you teach. Thanx and God bless you!

[@ketsyprophete]

...and three months ago I understood no Hebrew! How amazing is your teaching method Beth (and Andrew). I thank God for you.

[@foongsteven]

This is an empowering lesson. It builds confidence in students that they can one day read and understand the Bible.

[@AlephwithBeth]

My hope exactly, thank you!

[@SaturaLanx]

These lessons are a work of art, and I can't tell how much I look up to you as a teacher. It's such a privilege to learn from you! (On a more frivolous note: I love all of your clothes, and they definitely add app to the beauty of the course.)

[@AlephwithBeth]

Wow, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm honored that you're learning with us and enjoying the lessons (and my clothes 😆). Wish you all the best in your teaching!

[@jeanlightner]

I was surprised at how much I understood, especially since I have been busy with other things and have only been watching the videos once. Very well done. Thanks!

[@hushai5154]

Yes, it's refreshing to hear you say that. A couple of months ago I would have been lost trying to follow along. These people have been a blessing.

[@jessicasmith6569]

Finally caught up! Thank you so much for this resource, I’ve learned more in these few dozen videos than a whole semester of Hebrew in Bible college. It’s a lot more fun, too - you guys are amazing! God bless you and prosper your ministry!

[@AlephwithBeth]

So glad to hear that, thank you! Happy Hebrew learning!!

[@singgreekandhebrew]

❤Loved the progression of difficulty ending with just the listening exercise. If only your videos existed when I first began my journey in Hebrew over 10 years ago. I’m sure I would be much further along.

[@alfredoroldan5383]

Todah!!! Exelente class.

[@lennalidstone6660]

Absolutely fantastic. Brilliant teaching. With the Hebrew text and Beth’s narration I really felt the pathos of the story.

[@AlejandroMorales]

Me siento muy bendecido por lo que estoy aprendiendo con ustedes. Hoy mientras leía Oseas 1 vi la palabra Lo-ammi y un bombillo se encendió en mi cabeza. Luego busqué en hebreo y pude leer varias cosas. Me da mucho gozo poder apreciar estas cosas. Aqui un ejemplo: Oseas 2:1 אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃

[@paulwhalen5979]

This is a fantastic lesson! Tov meod!

[@famurillo9327]

Que bonito se siente llegar aquí después de meses, y entenderlo todo! ❤ Bendito Yahweh por ustedes Beth y Avram

[@estebanfraile985]

i cant believe that i understand hebrew....thanks and God Bless you.

[@LivingLambsVeganKitchen]

Simply amazing how you did this first with explanation, then with illustration, then with on-screen words only, then with voice and gesture only. I am so grateful. God bless you both. ❤✝❤

[@mauriciomachado7929]

A qualidade e a eficácia desses vídeos é simplesmente assombrosa. Não dá pra acreditar no quanto se aprende em tão pouco tempo de uma língua como o hebraico. Muito obrigado por tudo o que vocês fazem e que Deus os abençoe.

[@sergiocottali474]

I love you, Beth!

[@fayezmina3187]

Beth,you are a gem.This lesson has been an interesting Biblical story.Thank you from the bottom of my heart .May God bless you

[@meusisto]

I am sharing this with everyone I know might be interested. May the son of Mary bless you.

[@artaxerxessantos4157]

What a Stunning Methodology!!!!! It's simply fantastic!!!!! Congrats from Brazil!!!!

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thank you very much!

[@danka786]

These video lessons are wonderful Beth! Couldn't find anything better. ❤️️❤️️💯💯

[@NoOne-qs8tv]

Amazing. This is the best video this far. I can't even imagine how long it takes to put it together but the result is great. Really loved it.

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thank you! 😊

[@stevenv6463]

It's great to get a new video, thanks

[@SanjaySingh-ep1hx]

Oh my ! Amazed at how much I can understand ! Wonderful work .

[@dorothycase3883]

This was so amazing and creative! The lesson was a wonderful story as well for the heart!

[@IsraelYitzhari]

וואו, שיעור מצויין. הכי טוב....

[@kimpo3581]

Amazing teaching. God bless you!

[@dirceusilva1416]

Mais um vídeo excelente, estou aprendendo muito com a sua didática.

[@jesusprieto2692]

excelente, cada lección es una bendición divina, gracias😊

[@eloyguerra3750]

Andrew, Beth. What u are doing here is amazing. Thanks to you I am closer and closer to being able to read the MT. Bless you (L)

[@iviscuza4046]

SHALON BET Y HABRAB ANI IVIS. BENDICIONES GRACIAS

[@josezapata7173]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Aureelia63N3]

Amazing! I understood everything! :)

[@eliomarocchi9007]

Bellísimos pasajes. Muchas Gracias . Todah raba. Shalom ubrajot.

[@alexandrenunes7513]

Muito obrigado. Seu trabalho está valendo a pena! Estou aprendendo e desfrutando desse idioma precioso. Deus os abençoe!

[@catherinemukuka9742]

This was an engaging, well explained lesson. I was able to follow your reasoning all the way.

[@AlephwithBeth]

Great to hear! Thanks

[@jacobmetz3109]

נהדר מאוד

[@alefalfa2009]

אני אוהב כל סרטונים שלם! חם טוב מאוד! 😇😇😊

[@hugominiello4885]

Muy bueno. ¡Cómo vamos aprendiendo! Muchas gracias. Dios los bendiga.

[@radek1210]

Thanks a lot, I understood almost everything:) The most important words of this story of our Holy Creator: כִּי לֹא אֹתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּי־אֹתִי מָאֲסוּ מִמְּלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶם

[@zacdemi]

Brilliant!

[@Ronald47798]

This one was more intresting and fun. And I learned new words! From nine year-old Eden

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thank you, Eden! Shalom!

[@leeinhwan1931]

감사합니다.

[@Explorethebook]

Beth, this is awesome. Please expand this if you can. I have been doing Biblical Hebrew with E-teacher with all the tough grammar, verbs - weak, hollow etc, but I still can't quite get it. But this is revolutionary. Please expand the vocabulary as well as the verbs. Shalom!

[@dragonforjesuslordandgod4379]

Merci ❤

Muy claro el mensaje: cuidado con lo que pides: Dios te lo puede conceder. Pero no todo conviene.

[@eliezerveron5241]

Lezioni fatte benissimo . complimenti

[@jesusstudentbrett]

הזאת אדירה וגם נחמדה לקרוא. אתם עשים הרבה עבודה טובה. 🖒

[@neftalicasique1328]

Gracias

[@ruthchappell9073]

I absolutely love the storyboarding illustrations here for each part of the story, especially crabby Samuel. 😆 This is fantastic! Would it be possible to get just the "storyboards" as comic panels so that we could try to tell the story ourselves? That would be really great!

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thank you! :) You could try downloading the pdf that's linked in the description and then covering up the text while you try to tell the story.

[@ruthchappell9073]

@@AlephwithBeth Yes! I was definitely glad to be able to download the pdf. I was having a little trouble following the layout order there since it seemed to zigzag back and forth a bit. I guess I can take screenshots from the video and erase the text. I really want to get to the point where I can work on producing the language on my own -- I find there's really no other way to test what I actually remember! (At least, no other good way...)

[@Juliowolfgang]

Me acabo de dar cuenta de que Shaúl es la forma pasiva de lishol (pedir, preguntar), de modo que el nombre significa: pedido, rogado, solicitado.

[@mevludimakaridze270]

❤❤❤

[@nathanbloechl9466]

Thank you again for your work! I am getting pretty proficient at reading the text. However, this last section you did with no text was rough, do you have any tips for developing my listening skills? I hope that makes sense. Gratefully in Christ, Nate

[@AlephwithBeth]

Hi Nathaniel, if you want to work on your listening skills, one idea is to go back to an earlier lesson and spend some time just listening to the audio without the visual input. We have some awesome volunteers uploading the isolated audios of our lessons to a podcast for us, so if that's convenient for you, you can find that by searching Aleph with Beth Podcast on any major podcast platform. Hope that helps!

[@danka786]

PS: A question 🙋‍♂️: that you know Beth, there is the possibility of vocalizing an unvoiced Hebrew text and then transliterating it into latin characters to know how to pronounce it? I am saddened that google translator does not provide a professional voice synthesis tool as for other languages - Thanks for the attention - Alessandro :: Italy 🇮🇹❤️️

[@jesusstudentbrett]

SOLUTION FOR ANDROID: Go to Google Playstore and install Aharon Ron TTS. Then in Settings -> Language and Input-> Text to Speech -> select Aharon Ron TTS Google Translate app would then have Hebrew->Engish voice synthesis/pronunciation just as the English-> Hebrew does. Webpage does not but only the app.

[@tymmiara5967]

Wow, the whole story in one continuous take! Were you using a prompter or did you memorise the whole story?

[@AlephwithBeth]

Can't remember for this one... usually I have the stories mostly memorized, and I can tell it in several takes and edit it together, but it's possible Andrew was holding up the laptop screen for me while we filmed this one 😁

[@tymmiara5967]

@@AlephwithBeth I'm quite sure the last take has no edits. The whole story is flawlessly recited. Very impressive

[@nakis4491]

Could I ask some question, what the function of vy in verb? for example ויאמר thanks

[@mariondapsance7803]

Another great video for which I am grateful. What is the music at about 16:00? I guess it's from the Middle East, or more precisely from Israel? Thanks/

[@AlephwithBeth]

Thanks Marion! The music is stock music from the website Storyblocks.com, I'm not sure if it's specifically from the Middle East.

[@mariondapsance7803]

@@AlephwithBeth Thank you very much for the reply. It is a good choice anyway!

[@NatureLover-ej1jx]

Col hacavod Beth mi România!

[@ankitagade]

It got difficulty to understand I need to learn more

[@drabdulazeem]

one more question so in Past tense its באה Future יבו Present??? For the verb to come? And does this grammar rule remain same in modern spoken hebrew or does it Change?

[@AlephwithBeth]

There is some disagreement among scholars about how to label and classify the different verb forms in Biblical Hebrew. In general, I would say it's best not to think of them in terms of tense, but rather in terms of aspect, so qatal forms are perfective and yiqtol forms are imperfective. In general, בא and ויבא will be translated as past time, and יבא could be present or future time. I really recommend consulting a Hebrew grammar or two to start getting an idea of the complex verbal system in Biblical Hebrew. The verbal system of Modern Hebrew is more tense based, and quite different than the Biblical Hebrew system.

[@drabdulazeem]

@@AlephwithBeth תודה רבה

[@kilka-v-tomate]

Я всё поняла! 😮

[@MrCEPPaulT]

I am translating parts and words of the story into english in my head as I listen and read. Will this go away with continued practice? Or is this normal.

[@AlephwithBeth]

It's natural to do that, but I'd recommend trying to minimize it as much as possible, perhaps through listening to the story repeatedly. In the long run, the more you can go directly from Hebrew to comprehension without using English in between, the faster and more fluently you'll be able to read.

[@MrCEPPaulT]

@@AlephwithBeth Thank you for the feedback!

[@mariondapsance7803]

Why is there "ki" after "vaihi" in "vaihi ki zaken Shemuel" ?

[@Rildoejadi]

Shalom! O audio está atrasado

[@pierreabbat6157]

וישאלו עם ישראל מלך ויתן לו יהוה את השאול The people of Israel asked for a king, and Yahweh gave them what they asked for.

[@davidemmanuelgarcia]

I missed a lesson ? What does it mean "vatehi"? 14:00

[@AlephwithBeth]

Hi, David! :) וַתְּהִי was first introduced in Lesson 28 and means "and (she) was" (it's the 3rd person feminine singular vayyiqtol conjugation of the verb "to be (היה). " רוּחַ (ruach)" is a feminine noun, which is why the verb is also feminine.

[@mariondapsance7803]

What is the verbal form "zakanta" in "hine, atah zakanta"? Why not "atah zaken"? Thank you.

[@AlephwithBeth]

In addition to the adjective "zaqen" there is also a verb "zaqen" which means "to be old" or "to grow old," and the verb is often used in Hebrew where we would use an adjective in English.

[@mariondapsance7803]

@@AlephwithBeth very clear, thanks!

[@drabdulazeem]

Does יבא translate to future tense

[@AlephwithBeth]

Yes, it would often (but not always) be translated "he will come"

[@drabdulazeem]

@@AlephwithBeth one more question so in Past tense its באה Future יבו Present??? For the verb to come? And does this grammar rule remain same in modern spoken hebrew or does it Change?

[@mariondapsance7803]

What does "haqets" mean, please? "the end"?

[@AlephwithBeth]

Yep, "the end"

[@mariondapsance7803]

@@AlephwithBeth Merci!

[@abdelazizboucelham528]

לא שמע העם

[@jesusstudentbrett]

🌄 היה איש אשר היה נביא ושופט בישראל, היה שמואל שמו. הוא הולך היום עם יהוה אלהים ...אני אומר אשר הוא הלך בכל דרכי יהוה אלהים בימים ההם.... ועתה הולך בדרכים האלה. וגם הלך אתמול בדרך הזה.🛤 אנשים ישראל גם הלכו אתמול והלכים היום. 🌅 יום אחד שמואל עשה את בניו 🙎🏃🙍להיות שופטים על ישראל. אך הבני שמואל היו רעים⚠... אני אומר אשר בניו לא הלכו עם שמואל בדרכיו לעשות העבודה הצדיקה. למה? כי הם היו בנים רשעים ועבדו עבודות רשעות☠ בישראל. ויהוה לא היה שמחה. There was a man who was a prophet and judge in Israel, his name was Samuel. He walks today with Yahweh God... I say that he walked in all the ways of Yahweh God in those days.... and now walks in the ways of Yahweh. And he also went that way yesterday. The people of Israel also went yesterday and are going today. One day Samuel made his sons to be judges over Israel, but the sons of Samuel were evil ... I say that his sons did not go with Samuel in his ways to do righteous work. Why? Because they were wicked sons and did wicked works in Israel. And the LORD was not pleased.

[@mevludimakaridze270]

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