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LEARNING
TO READ
BIBLICAL
HEBREW
AN INTRODUCTORY GRAMMAR
ROBERT RAY ELLIS

Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew

Learning to Read Biblical Hebrew:
An Introductory Grammar

Robert Ray Ellis

Baylor University Press
Waco, Texas USA
© 2006 by Baylor University Press
Waco, Texas 76798

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Ellis, Robert Ray.
Learning to read biblical Hebrew : an introductory grammar / Robert Ray Ellis.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-932792-56-0 (casebound : alk. paper)
1. Hebrew language--Grammar. 2. Hebrew language--Grammar--Problems, exercises,
etc. I. Title.

PJ4567.3.E45 2006
492.4'82421--dc22
2006019302

Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper.
Dedicated to
Teresa, Katherine, and Laura,
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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

Acknowledgments xvii
Abbreviations and Symbols xix
Lesson 1 1
1A CONSONANTS 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Consonant chart 2
3. Characteristics of certain consonants 3
4. Writing the forms of the consonants 4
5. Transliteration 4
6. Pronunciation 5
EXERCISES 6
Lesson 2 9
2A VOWELS 9
1. Introduction 9
2. Vowel chart 10
3. Full vowels 11
4. Half vowels 12
5. Placement of vowels with consonants 12
6. Pronunciation of vowels and vowel classes 15
7. Transliteration 17
EXERCISES 18
Lesson 3 21
3A ACCENTING 21
1. Major accent for a word 21
2. Meteg 22
3B SYLLABLES 22
1. Characteristics of syllables 22
2. Open syllables 23
3. Closed syllables 25
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3C SIMPLE SHEVA 26
3D QAMES-HATUF 27
3E TRANSLITERATION 29
EXERCISES 30
Lesson 4 32
4A MAQQEF 32
4B DAGESH 33
1. Dagesh-lene 33
2. Dagesh-forte 34
3. Distinguishing dagesh-lene and dagesh-forte 35
4. Transliteration 36
4C VOWEL ALTERATIONS 37
EXERCISES 39
Lesson 5 41
5A NOUNS, VERBS, and SENTENCES 41
1. Nouns 41
2. Verbs 41
3. Sentences 42
5B DEFINITE ARTICLE 43
EXERCISES 45
Lesson 6 49
6A PREPOSITIONS 49
1. Independent prepositions 49
2. Prefixed prepositions 49
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3. Preposition 52
6B CONJUNCTIONS 53
1. Independent conjunctions 53
2. Vav conjunction 53
6C WEAK CONSONANTS 55
EXERCISES 56
Lesson 7 60
7A NOUNS 60
1. Absolute and construct states 60