#biblicalhebrew — Public Fediverse posts

This is one of my students reading Scripture. In Hebrew. In the original language it was written in thousands of years ago.

Not long ago, these were just letters they could not read. Today, they are reading the Word of God the way it first flowed from the page, hearing the meaning that lives underneath every translation.

This is why so many of you come to me. Not to order coffee in Tel Aviv, beautiful as that is, but to draw closer to the Book that shaped your faith, to meet it face to face, in its first voice.

And here is what makes me proudest. My student is reading, not decoding one word at a time after years of study. The right method gets you to the text.

If your heart has been whispering that you want to read the Bible as it was truly written, listen to it. This is possible for you too. 💙

hebrewbyinbal.com/speak

#LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Hebrew #BibleStudy #Christianity

This is one of my students reading Scripture. In Hebrew. In the original language it was written in thousands of years ago.

Not long ago, these were just letters they could not read. Today, they are reading the Word of God the way it first flowed from the page, hearing the meaning that lives underneath every translation.

This is why so many of you come to me. Not to order coffee in Tel Aviv, beautiful as that is, but to draw closer to the Book that shaped your faith, to meet it face to face, in its first voice.

And here is what makes me proudest. My student is reading, not decoding one word at a time after years of study. The right method gets you to the text.

If your heart has been whispering that you want to read the Bible as it was truly written, listen to it. This is possible for you too. 💙

hebrewbyinbal.com/speak

#LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Hebrew #BibleStudy #Christianity

My students have a direct line to me.

They send me their speaking practice, their questions, their wins, anything. And I answer.

That's not a bonus feature, it's the heart of my formula:
You get me as your personal teacher, telling you exactly what you're doing great and what needs a tweak, for life. Answering any question so you never get stuck. Being there whenever you need me.

Sarah didn't want to "fill up my inbox." But her progress was so real she just had to write me. That's the part I love most.

When you're ready for a teacher who's actually yours, Practically Speaking Hebrew is where you start. 💙

hebrewbyinbal.com/speak

#SpeakHebrew #LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning #StudentLife

My students have a direct line to me.

They send me their speaking practice, their questions, their wins, anything. And I answer.

That's not a bonus feature, it's the heart of my formula:
You get me as your personal teacher, telling you exactly what you're doing great and what needs a tweak, for life. Answering any question so you never get stuck. Being there whenever you need me.

Sarah didn't want to "fill up my inbox." But her progress was so real she just had to write me. That's the part I love most.

When you're ready for a teacher who's actually yours, Practically Speaking Hebrew is where you start. 💙

hebrewbyinbal.com/speak

#SpeakHebrew #LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning #StudentLife

One of my students, Sergio DeSoto, just published something I can’t stop thinking about.

It’s called “It Was One Thing the Whole Time,” and it’s about what happens when you stop reading the Bible through layers of translation and start meeting it in its original Hebrew. The connections he thought he’d have to hunt for were already there, woven into the language itself, waiting.

He mentions Hebrew by Inbal in it and I’m honored beyond words. Watching a student go from studying Hebrew to seeing Scripture become one seamless thing is the reason I do what I do.

Read it slowly, the way he asks you to:

https://open.substack.com/pub/sergiodesoto/p/it-was-one-thing-the-whole-time

#LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #HebrewForChristians #BibleStudy #ChristianFaith

One of my students, Sergio DeSoto, just published something I can’t stop thinking about.

It’s called “It Was One Thing the Whole Time,” and it’s about what happens when you stop reading the Bible through layers of translation and start meeting it in its original Hebrew. The connections he thought he’d have to hunt for were already there, woven into the language itself, waiting.

He mentions Hebrew by Inbal in it and I’m honored beyond words. Watching a student go from studying Hebrew to seeing Scripture become one seamless thing is the reason I do what I do.

Read it slowly, the way he asks you to:

https://open.substack.com/pub/sergiodesoto/p/it-was-one-thing-the-whole-time

#LearnHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #HebrewForChristians #BibleStudy #ChristianFaith

There is a phrase in Hebrew that has traveled almost 3,000 years and is still spoken in Israel today.

It comes from the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Modern Israelis still use a shortened version and everyone understands instantly.

This is what I love about Hebrew. A phrase can begin in scripture and still be alive on the street thousands of years later.

Watch today’s lesson and learn it in both its biblical and modern form. 💙

#LearnHebrew #Hebrew #BibleStudy #BiblicalHebrew #JewishLife

There is a phrase in Hebrew that has traveled almost 3,000 years and is still spoken in Israel today.

It comes from the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Modern Israelis still use a shortened version and everyone understands instantly.

This is what I love about Hebrew. A phrase can begin in scripture and still be alive on the street thousands of years later.

Watch today’s lesson and learn it in both its biblical and modern form. 💙

#LearnHebrew #Hebrew #BibleStudy #BiblicalHebrew #JewishLife

Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅

One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.

In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.

If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️

https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S

#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning

Biblical Hebrew. Modern Hebrew. Ashkenazi pronunciation. Sephardic pronunciation. Yiddish. Israeli Hebrew. Wait, are these all the same language?! 😅

One of the most fascinating things about Hebrew is that its story stretches across thousands of years, continents, exiles, revivals, and generations of Jewish history.

In this video I dive into the evolution of the Hebrew language, how it changed, how it survived, and why the Hebrew spoken in Israel today is both ancient and completely alive.

If you’ve ever been confused by the different pronunciations, traditions, or forms of Hebrew, this lesson is for you ❤️

https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=wuJIIsuGBQqhiQ5S

#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Ashkenazi #Sephardic #LanguageLearning

But that isn't always the case in #BiblicalHebrew.

I found an example in Gen. 14, the battle of our kings against five.

Gen. 14:10-11:
וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים הֶ֥רָה נָּֽסוּ׃ וַ֠יִּקְחוּ אֶת־כָּל־רְכֻ֨שׁ סְדֹ֧ם וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת־כָּל־אָכְלָ֖ם וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃
"And the rest fled to the mountain, and they took all the livestock of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and they left."

On Baden's reasoning re 37:28, it must be the refugees who took the livestock and food!

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So many of my students come to Hebrew not just with a love of language—but with a deep desire to connect more personally with the Bible, the land of Israel, and their faith.

I received a moving video from one such student who shared how she found “Hebrew by Inbal” on her journey to read, write, and speak Hebrew - excited to deepen her spiritual walk in ways she never expected.

Her story is beautiful, and it reflects the heart of so many who come to Hebrew with faith as their guide. Watch, be inspired, and if this speaks to you—know you’re not alone on this path. 💙✡️📖

#HebrewByInbal #BiblicalHebrew #HebrewLanguage #Christians #Bible

So many of my students come to Hebrew not just with a love of language—but with a deep desire to connect more personally with the Bible, the land of Israel, and their faith.

I received a moving video from one such student who shared how she found “Hebrew by Inbal” on her journey to read, write, and speak Hebrew - excited to deepen her spiritual walk in ways she never expected.

Her story is beautiful, and it reflects the heart of so many who come to Hebrew with faith as their guide. Watch, be inspired, and if this speaks to you—know you’re not alone on this path. 💙✡️📖

#HebrewByInbal #BiblicalHebrew #HebrewLanguage #Christians #Bible

How would you define compassion?

Knowing the word used for compassion in the Hebrew Bible is rackum, and is translated mercy, compassion, pity, and in rare circumstances, love. Would that change your definition?

I saw a definition for mercy that went like: “Mercy is God’s goodness to those in misery and suffering.” And I think that’s a reasonable starting place for a definition, but not a good enough one. And for me it barely captures compassion.

Curious for some thoughts here.

#Theology #BiblicalHebrew #Christianity #Christian #BiblicalStudies

How would you define compassion?

Knowing the word used for compassion in the Hebrew Bible is rackum, and is translated mercy, compassion, pity, and in rare circumstances, love. Would that change your definition?

I saw a definition for mercy that went like: “Mercy is God’s goodness to those in misery and suffering.” And I think that’s a reasonable starting place for a definition, but not a good enough one. And for me it barely captures compassion.

Curious for some thoughts here.

#Theology #BiblicalHebrew #Christianity #Christian #BiblicalStudies

Heard an interesting theory today that Hummus is mentioned in the Bible. Did some digging and there are some people that claim that the word translated vinegar in this verse sounds an awful lot like the Arabic work for chickpeas, and thus it's an early form of hummus:

"At mealtime Boaz said to her, 'Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.'" ~ Ruth 2:14

Couple problems with this theory. Words sounding like words in another language is not enough to mean that they mean the same thing. It certainly happens that words will be absorbed by other languages, but sometimes similar sounding words are just that, false cognates.

So we have to look at other uses of the word to determine if this is a possible meaning. There are 4 other verses that use this word: Numbers 6:3 (uses it twice), Psalm 69:12, Proverbs 10:26, and Proverbs 25:20.

All of these passages were written before Ruth, so that gives us some historical context.

In Numbers it refers to vinegar made from wine or strong drink. Hard to think you could replace vinegar with chickpeas here and have a readable sentence.

Similarly Psalm 69 was likely written before Ruth and in there it says "they gave me vinegar to drink" and refers to it in a very negative context of lacking sympathy. Vinegar fits perfectly with this verse where hummus does not.

In Proverbs 10:26 we get a compare and contrast kind of sentence, which is very nice for understanding the meaning of the word. I'll write it out as both vinegar and hummus so you can decide which makes more sense:

"Like hummus to the teeth and smoke to the eyes so is the lazy man to those who send him."
OR
"Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes so is the lazy man to those who send him."

Lastly, Proverbs 25:20 refers to carbonated beverages flavored with either vinegar or chickpeas depending on your interpretation. I can't imagine drinking chickpea flavored beverages, but that's definitely a cultural thing, so I'll say this verse could go either way.

But when you take all 6 occurrences together across 5 verses, vinegar seems to be a much more likely interpretation than chickpeas.

#BiblicalStudies #BiblicalHebrew #Christianity

This is what real Hebrew clarity and confidence looks like! 🙌

Chris shared this video reading from the Hebrew Bible—beautifully, with self-correction. That’s true understanding in action!

While Practically Speaking Hebrew focuses on modern Hebrew, it builds the foundation to understand biblical texts too.

Want to read, write, speak, and understand? Start with Hebrew 1, 2, 3 + Practically Speaking Hebrew.

Want to skip the letters and go straight to speaking? Start with Practically Speaking Hebrew!

Thank you, Chris! 💙

#BiblicalHebrew #HebrewByInbal #BibleStudy #LanguageLearning #Hebrew #Religion

This is what real Hebrew clarity and confidence looks like! 🙌

Chris shared this video reading from the Hebrew Bible—beautifully, with self-correction. That’s true understanding in action!

While Practically Speaking Hebrew focuses on modern Hebrew, it builds the foundation to understand biblical texts too.

Want to read, write, speak, and understand? Start with Hebrew 1, 2, 3 + Practically Speaking Hebrew.

Want to skip the letters and go straight to speaking? Start with Practically Speaking Hebrew!

Thank you, Chris! 💙

#BiblicalHebrew #HebrewByInbal #BibleStudy #LanguageLearning #Hebrew #Religion

Beginning a study on the word “compassion” in the the Hebrew Bible. The root word is רחם (rachum) and it’s only used as an adjective 13 times in the Old Testament. A couple interesting notes:

1) it’s the first word God uses to describe himself (Exodus 34:6)
2) 12 of the 13 uses are to describe God. The 13th use is an exhortation for what we ought to be (Psalm 112:4)

The word is used a bunch more as both a noun and a verb, and I’ll be studying those use ages next!

#BiblicalHebrew #BibleStudy #Theology #Bible

🕍 The Incredible History of the Jewish Language | Hebrew: The Only Language Reborn and Thriving Today 🇮🇱

From ancient prayers to modern street slang in Tel Aviv — Hebrew is the only language to fall out of daily use and come roaring back to life! 🔥✡️

Click the link to discover the miraculous journey of Hebrew and what makes it so unique among world languages.

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=sbdJnCnk4AeQ2CPY

#HebrewLanguage #JewishHistory #LearnHebrew #ModernHebrew #JewishCulture #BiblicalHebrew #JewishHeritage #HebrewRoots #HebrewForBeginners #JewishTradition

🕍 The Incredible History of the Jewish Language | Hebrew: The Only Language Reborn and Thriving Today 🇮🇱

From ancient prayers to modern street slang in Tel Aviv — Hebrew is the only language to fall out of daily use and come roaring back to life! 🔥✡️

Click the link to discover the miraculous journey of Hebrew and what makes it so unique among world languages.

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/i5YEScJFXWY?si=sbdJnCnk4AeQ2CPY

#HebrewLanguage #JewishHistory #LearnHebrew #ModernHebrew #JewishCulture #BiblicalHebrew #JewishHeritage #HebrewRoots #HebrewForBeginners #JewishTradition

Do you know the names of the five books of the Torah in Hebrew? 📖

I teach Modern Hebrew—the everyday language of Israel—but here’s something cool:

Modern and Biblical Hebrew aren’t separate languages. They’re the same language at different life stages.

When you learn Modern Hebrew, you’re also building a strong foundation for Biblical Hebrew—same alphabet, vowels, and structure.

My Hebrew 1-2-3 series teaches reading and writing from the ground up so you can read anything—modern or ancient. ✍️

And my conversational course? It teaches practical spoken Hebrew while deepening your overall grasp of the language—perfect if you want to explore scripture later on.

Hebrew connects past and present in every word. 💙

#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Torah #LanguageDiscovery #HebrewByInbal

Do you know the names of the five books of the Torah in Hebrew? 📖

I teach Modern Hebrew—the everyday language of Israel—but here’s something cool:

Modern and Biblical Hebrew aren’t separate languages. They’re the same language at different life stages.

When you learn Modern Hebrew, you’re also building a strong foundation for Biblical Hebrew—same alphabet, vowels, and structure.

My Hebrew 1-2-3 series teaches reading and writing from the ground up so you can read anything—modern or ancient. ✍️

And my conversational course? It teaches practical spoken Hebrew while deepening your overall grasp of the language—perfect if you want to explore scripture later on.

Hebrew connects past and present in every word. 💙

#ModernHebrew #BiblicalHebrew #Torah #LanguageDiscovery #HebrewByInbal

This is probably obvious to real experts, but I found myself wondering what's the relationship between the two words of the name יהוה צבאות.

If construct ("Lord of Hosts"), then is יהוה not a name? Or was my Hebrew textbook incorrect that names cannot be in construct?

If not construct, then what? Apposition would surprise me.

#Hebrew #HebrewBible #BiblicalHebrew

Happy Publication Day to Diachronic Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew by Aaron D. Hornkohl! Explore the nuanced evolution within Classical Biblical Hebrew, tracing diachronic development & revealing key differences across CBH texts like the Pentateuch & the Prophets. A must-read for Hebrew & biblical studies scholars! #BiblicalHebrew #Linguistics Read for free or get a hard copy: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0433

It is official. I'm closing down the OKPeace.org server at the end of this month of paid hosting.

I do plan to post, hopefully more than in the past, here as well as at @[email protected].

Also, since it has been awhile since I've done an #Intro post, here are a few things about me and what I'm up to these days:

Work:
* Part-time #Attorney in the area of #GIRights / #MilitaryLaw
* Part-time #Editor of #HumanisticJudaism magazine
* Part-time online student at #Tohono_Oodham_CommunityCollege
* Co-lay leader of the @spinozahavurah (a humanistic Jewish online community)

Interests:
* #Peace and #SocialJustice Activism
* Riding my #Ebicycle
* Art - drawing, watercolors, photography
* #LGBTQ equality and culture (FYI, I'm on the borders of the community falling somewhere in the #DemiGuy range of things)
* Learning languages - I have some limited knowledge of #Spanish #French #BiblicalHebrew and #Esperanto
* #HamRadio (KG5JST) and #DX Radio listening more generally, including #SWL
* #Oklahoma #History especially about our state's significant history of #Socialism in the 1910's
* #Neurodiversity - Most days I'm happy that I am on the #Autism spectrum.

A few more things:
1. I post often about #politics and #activism, but do not do CW's for these posts unless they deal with especially troubling subjects.
2. I try hard to do alt-text for pictures, but if I forget please don't hesitate to nudge me.
3. I post a lot about topics related to my locale in #OklahomaCity , #Oklahoma
4. I've been posting on the fediverse since 2022. Most of my old posts are archived off-line but I may try to put them online somewhere (in static form) down the road, probably on my blog at www.jmb.mx.

#OKC

It is official. I'm closing down the OKPeace.org server at the end of this month of paid hosting.

I do plan to post, hopefully more than in the past, here as well as at @[email protected].

Also, since it has been awhile since I've done an #Intro post, here are a few things about me and what I'm up to these days:

Work:
* Part-time #Attorney in the area of #GIRights / #MilitaryLaw
* Part-time #Editor of #HumanisticJudaism magazine
* Part-time online student at #Tohono_Oodham_CommunityCollege
* Co-lay leader of the @spinozahavurah (a humanistic Jewish online community)

Interests:
* #Peace and #SocialJustice Activism
* Riding my #Ebicycle
* Art - drawing, watercolors, photography
* #LGBTQ equality and culture (FYI, I'm on the borders of the community falling somewhere in the #DemiGuy range of things)
* Learning languages - I have some limited knowledge of #Spanish #French #BiblicalHebrew and #Esperanto
* #HamRadio (KG5JST) and #DX Radio listening more generally, including #SWL
* #Oklahoma #History especially about our state's significant history of #Socialism in the 1910's
* #Neurodiversity - Most days I'm happy that I am on the #Autism spectrum.

A few more things:
1. I post often about #politics and #activism, but do not do CW's for these posts unless they deal with especially troubling subjects.
2. I try hard to do alt-text for pictures, but if I forget please don't hesitate to nudge me.
3. I post a lot about topics related to my locale in #OklahomaCity , #Oklahoma
4. I've been posting on the fediverse since 2022. Most of my old posts are archived off-line but I may try to put them online somewhere (in static form) down the road, probably on my blog at www.jmb.mx.

#OKC

@hundertsieben I learned using the book Aleph Isn't Tough and the sequel Aleph Isn't Enough by Linda Motzkin. Unfortunately it's a book. #Hebrew #biblicalhebrew

This is such a niche thing, but as someone trying to learn Hebrew and Greek, I wish there was a tool that would randomly spit out an OT verse in both languages so I could practice and compare.

#BiblicalStudies #BiblicalHebrew #BiblicalGreek #Languages

This is such a niche thing, but as someone trying to learn Hebrew and Greek, I wish there was a tool that would randomly spit out an OT verse in both languages so I could practice and compare.

#BiblicalStudies #BiblicalHebrew #BiblicalGreek #Languages

I'm not up on recent scholarship, but I clearly miss nerding out about #Semitic languages. Does anyone on here want to talk #BiblicalHebrew, #Ugaritic, or #NorthwestSemiticInscriptions?

I'm not up on recent scholarship, but I clearly miss nerding out about #Semitic languages. Does anyone on here want to talk #BiblicalHebrew, #Ugaritic, or #NorthwestSemiticInscriptions?

In my Hebrew class this week our teacher talked about the word in the Bible we translate as "rainbow."

Qesheth (or Keshet) is the word in question. This word simply means "bow." There is no mention of rain being tied to it in Genesis 9 when God makes his promise to Noah. Instead the passages says "My bow I set in the cloud" which we know must be a rainbow and so it's usually translated that way. But because Hebrew doesn't have that word, we can draw more meaning from what God is saying.

Qesheth is the same word used for a bow and arrow type of bow. And so we can see that God is saying I'm laying down my bow, my weapons, and making a peace covenant between us. The battle he made against man in flooding the Earth was not one he intends to do again.

I find that metaphor striking, don't you?

#BiblicalHebrew #Theology #Christianity #Christian

The word we translate "God" in the Hebrew Bible is Elohim (not to be confused with the word we translate GOD or LORD which is the tetragrammaton - the 4 letter name of God.)

What's interesting about Elohim is that it's the plural of the word El - God. And that means that technically, Elohim means "gods."

So why don't we translate it "gods?" Well, we do. Sometimes.

In the Bible Elohim is translated as God (Genesis 1:1), gods (Exodus 18:11), judges (Exodus 21:6), goddess (1 Kings 11:33), and a few others.

This is often confusing to people learning Hebrew. How can one word mean so many different things? And how do we know when we're translating it which one it is?

The main answer is context. We have words in English that function the same way:

I was sitting on a pool table writing a letter while my friend swam in the pool reciting the letters of the alphabet.

In that previous sentence I use the word "pool" to mean both a billiards table and a swimming pool AND I used "letter" to mean both a note to be mailed to someone and the letters that make up language. How did you know which one was which? Context.

Context allows us to read a sentence like:

Hear oh Israel The LORD our Elohim the LORD is one. (Deut 6:4)

And realize that Elohim can't be plural. The construction of that sentence has several features that forces us to choose the singular "God" when translating it.

But why would they use a plural word to describe a singular thing? This is often referred to as the royal plural. Ancient kings and queens would say "We..." when they (singular) where the only one involved in the "we." Similarly, the people would refer to them as a plurality as a sign of respect.

Bottom line: In Hebrew, Elohim can refer to any god or ruler/judge based on context. Much like the word Allah in Arabic it is just a title or description of someone's role, not the name of the person involved.

#BiblicalHebrew #Christianity #Bible #Christian

Learning Biblical Hebrew continues to be a rewarding and surprisingly useful thing. My Instagram feed is basically either animals being silly or Christian content. And there's a decent portion of the Christian content that's people talking about the original languages.

Spotted one where the pastor was saying there's a bunch of tension in Genesis 2 that's lost in translation. In general, not an alarming sentence, that's normal in how translation works. Translators often try to smooth out the original and make it sound like good English. For example in English John 1:1 and Mark 1:1 begin the same: "In the Beginning" but in reality Mark is a more terse, pithy writer, it'd probably be more accurate to translate his at "Beginning:" or "Beginning of the Gospel".

Anyway, back to the pastor. He was trying to argue that the NIV translation of Gen 2:19 removes tension when it translates it as "God had formed." He argues that in the original there's more tension between Genesis 2:19 and chapter 1 where animals are formed before Adam.

The thing is, he's wrong. He's implying that there's a time element in Genesis 2 that doesn't exist. The original never says anything like "Then God created." And so a natural reader isn't going to put time into the passage and be like "well wait, did he just create animals again? I thought he already did that!?"

No a natural reader will read it the same way you'd interpret me talking about all the things I made for a big holiday dinner. When I say "and I made ..." You wouldn't think I was referring to a timeline, I'm just pointing out all the tasty things I made.

Additionally, Hebrew doesn't have a past tense. It just has a completed (or "perfect") tense. And so many of the tenses we use are all contained in that tense. We could say "I made" "I had made" or even "I make" from the same Hebrew word, depending on context.

So for him to say there's tension there is actually him putting tension into the passage based on perhaps the way he understands English or that fact that he believes the entirety of chapter 2 is supposed to be chronological. He's taking his preconceived notions and then getting confused by them.

Anyway, all that to say learning languages is cool and useful. Especially ancient languages.

#Christianity #Christian #BiblicalHebrew

I love that my grasp of Hebrew is now to the point where I can legitimately do word studies. I often did word studies in English, but it’s not quite as reliable because the words we’re reviewing may come from multiple different words in Hebrew. Now that I can discern the Hebrew words, I’m able to look at just that word in a word study and look at the passage in Hebrew for anything else that might be similar or worth noting.

Still a long way to go, but a powerful step in the journey.

#BiblicalHebrew #Language

After more than a year of very slowly going through Strongs #concordance and linking all the Aramaic words, indicated as "(Chald.)" in the Hebrew section of the concordance I have, to their Hebrew equivalents, in the last few weeks I decided to put in extra effort to speed up the process. Today I finished the project, linking the very last #Aramaic word to it's #Hebrew equivalent! It's been an interesting exercise, some Aramaic words have the same or similar consonant structure to their Hebrew equivalents, while others have a quite different consonant structure.

#biblicallanguages #biblicalhebrew #biblicalaramaic #hebrewbible

I'm not exaggerating when I say every week in Hebrew class someone asks "Why is Hebrew like that?"

Today someone took it a step further asking: "Why is Hebrew like that? Why don't they use the word of? I mean, which came first English or Hebrew?"

I think they meant did languages without "of" predate languages with "of," but man what a strange question.

#Hebrew #BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning

I really wish it was easier to get the meta data of the Bible. Like I want to be able to quickly determine the most common words in Hebrew or Greek in a book. But it doesn't seem as doable in the original languages as it is in English.

It's hard to make a list of words to learn/memorize without this info.

#BiblicalStudies #BiblicalHebrew #BiblicalGreek

ChatGPT might be one of the best new tools for language learning. Here's me asking it for random sentences to translate.

I also asked it if it could provide sample translations sentences from a specific book of the Bible and it was able to generate a random list of sentences for me to practice translating.

#Language #BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning #BiblicalStudies

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@ned

I'm a #gay, #disabled, #pastor of a #nondenominational church. I speak English and sign #ASL. I'm currently learning #BiblicalHebrew. I'm #epileptic, have #IBS, and #gout. My interests include the #Bible, #ancient #NearEast #history, #mythology and #folklore, #art (yes #furry, but not just furry), #LGBTQIA+ culture and #activism, #FOSS, Classic Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D, B/X), #Discworld, #MarvelComics, #StarTrek, and whatever new thing I learned about this week from YouTube/XKCD/social/wherever.
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Ned Hairston :verified_gay:
@ned

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Dirt Road
by Carl J Shoemaker

Ok #BiblicalHebrew folks. I can’t wrap my head around personal pronouns. I’ve breezed through the first 14 chapters of this book, and chapter 15 makes sense when I read it. BUT when I do the read the sentences in the exercises I say to myself “I have never seen this word before in my life.” And that’s obviously not true…

Anyone else have struggles like this? Tips on getting through it?

#LanguageLearning

I feel like my study area can get a bit messy, but sometimes that’s what we need to remember things.

#BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning #Today

I feel like my study area can get a bit messy, but sometimes that’s what we need to remember things.

#BiblicalHebrew #LanguageLearning #Today

Funny realization while learning Hebrew:

Rachel means ewe. The female version of the verb “came” is ba-a. So in Genesis when it’s telling us about the female shepherdess named Rachel and how she came out to meet Jacob it says:

Ewe baaa.

There’s a fun word play that she baaed like a sheep AND she came out to meet him.

Do you know any other fun word plays in the Bible?

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