Introducing Biblical Hebrew
, by Ross, Allen P.
- ISBN: 9780801021473 | 0801021472
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/1/2001
The best of both deductive and inductive approaches introducing students to the basics of Biblical Hebrew.
Allen P. Ross (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School and has taught Hebrew grammar to seminary students for over thirty years. His publications include Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of the Book of Genesis and Holiness to the LORD: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus.
| Preface | p. 9 |
| Abbreviations | p. 10 |
| Introduction: Semitic Languages - Importance of Biblical Hebrew | p. 11 |
| Signs and Sounds | |
| Alphabet | p. 19 |
| Vowels - Syllables | p. 33 |
| Shewa - Inseparable Prepositions | p. 43 |
| Accents - Meteg - Maqqep - Qames-Hatup | p. 49 |
| Dages Lene - Dages Forte - Mappiq - Article - Tetragrammaton | p. 56 |
| Quiescent Letters - Guttural Letters and [characters not reproducible] - Article before Weak Letters | p. 63 |
| Forms and Meanings | |
| Nouns - Sentences - Coordinating Conjunction | p. 71 |
| Noun Vowel Patterns - Segholate Nouns - Monosyllabic Words - [characters not reproducible] | p. 76 |
| Adjectives - Comparisons - Diphthongs - Historical Vowel Chart | p. 81 |
| Introduction to the Hebrew Verb - Perfect Tense - Sign of the Accusative - Verbal Sentences | p. 86 |
| Independent Personal Pronouns - Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives | p. 94 |
| Noun Case - Construct Relationship | p. 98 |
| Pronominal Suffixes on [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] - [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] - III-Alep Verbs - [characters not reproducible] | p. 108 |
| Pronominal Suffixes on Nouns | p. 113 |
| Pronominal Suffixes on Irregular Forms | p. 119 |
| Active Participle - Pronominal Suffixes on [characters not reproducible] | p. 126 |
| Imperfect Tense - Directive [characters not reproducible] - Relative Clauses | p. 131 |
| Narrative Sequence - [characters not reproducible] + Waw Consecutive | p. 136 |
| Stative Verbs - Interrogative Sentences | p. 143 |
| Imperative - Jussive - Cohortative - [characters not reproducible] - [characters not reproducible] - Indirect Volitives | p. 149 |
| Waw Disjunctive - Passive Participle - Pause - Pronominal Suffixes on [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] | p. 156 |
| Infinitive Construct | p. 161 |
| Infinitive Absolute - Pronominal Suffixes on [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] | p. 167 |
| Pronominal Suffixes on Verbs | p. 172 |
| Numbers | p. 180 |
| Introduction to Verbal Stems - Niphal | p. 187 |
| Piel | p. 193 |
| Pual - [characters not reproducible] or [characters not reproducible] Clauses | p. 200 |
| Hithpael - Metathesis and Assimilation | p. 205 |
| Hiphil | p. 211 |
| Hophal | p. 218 |
| Introducing the Mechanical Parsing Method: Regular Verbs | |
| Introduction to Irregular Verbs - I-Guttural Verbs - I-Alep Verbs | p. 226 |
| Guttural Verbs - III-Alep Verbs | p. 232 |
| I-Nun Verbs - [characters not reproducible] | p. 242 |
| I-Waw Verbs - [characters not reproducible] - Original I-Yod Verbs | p. 250 |
| III-He Verbs | p. 259 |
| Doubly Weak Verbs - [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] | p. 267 |
| Hollow Verbs - [characters not reproducible] | p. 275 |
| Geminate Verbs - [characters not reproducible] | p. 285 |
| Minor Stems - Hishtaphel | p. 295 |
| Expanding the Mechanical Parsing Method: Regular and Irregular Verbs | p. 302 |
| Texts and Contexts | |
| Masoretic Notes - Critical Apparatus - Genesis 12:1-9 | p. 311 |
| Accents - Adverbial Accusative - [characters not reproducible] Clauses - Genesis 12:10-20 | p. 320 |
| Extended Noun Patterns - Apposition - Critical Apparatus - Genesis 13:1-11 | p. 329 |
| Simple Noun Patterns - Nominal Hendiadys - Paseq - Genesis 13:12-18 | p. 340 |
| Repetition - Parallelism - Subject-Predicate Agreement - Genesis 14:8-16 | p. 348 |
| Oaths - [characters not reproducible] Clauses - Purpose Clauses - Critical Apparatus - Genesis 14:17-24 | p. 357 |
| Special Uses of Pronouns - Paronomasia - Imminent Future Participle - Genesis 15:1-7 | p. 364 |
| Special Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Genitive Case - Merism - Genesis 2:4-9 | p. 370 |
| Indefinite Personal Subject - Impersonal Subject - Aramaic Targums - Genesis 2:15-24 | p. 378 |
| Temporal Clauses - Special Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Special Uses of the Plural - Genesis 2:25-3:7 | p. 386 |
| Independent Nominative Absolute - Special Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Rhetorical Questions - Genesis 3:8-16 | p. 394 |
| Causal Clauses - Special Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Common Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Genesis 3:17-24 | p. 402 |
| Verbal Hendiadys - Conditional Clauses - Special Uses of [characters not reproducible] - Genesis 4:1-8 | p. 409 |
| Word Order - Result Clauses - Compound Prepositions - Genesis 4:9-16 | p. 416 |
| Study Aids | |
| Lesson Reviews | p. 425 |
| Hebrew-English Glossary | p. 479 |
| English-Hebrew Glossary Paradigms | p. 507 |
| Regular Verbs | p. 544 |
| I-Guttural Verbs | p. 546 |
| I-Alep Verbs | p. 547 |
| II-Guttural Verbs | p. 548 |
| I-Nun Verbs | p. 549 |
| I-Waw Verbs | p. 550 |
| I-Yod Verbs | p. 551 |
| III-He Verbs | p. 552 |
| Hollow Verbs | p. 553 |
| Geminate Verbs | p. 554 |
| Accents | |
| Majority of the Books | p. 555 |
| Psalms, Job, Proverbs | p. 556 |
| Subject Index | p. 557 |
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