Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar
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Clear。 Understandable。 Carefully organized。 Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D。 Pratico and Miles V。 Van Pelt is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries。 Since its initial publication in 2001 its integrated approach has helped more than 80，000 students learn Biblical Hebrew。
The third edition of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar represents a significant updating and revision of the previous edition with the goal of providing students with the best possible tool for learning Biblical Hebrew。
Some of the keys to the effectiveness of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar in helping students learn is that it:
Combines the best of inductive and deductive approaches
Uses actual examples from the Hebrew Old Testament rather than "made-up" illustrations
Emphasizes the structural pattern of the Hebrew language rather than rote memorization， resulting in a simple， enjoyable， and effective learning process
Employs colored text that highlights key features of nouns and verbs， allowing easy recognition of new forms
Includes appendices of verbal paradigms and diagnostics for fast reference and a complete vocabulary glossary
Displays larger font and text size， making reading easier
By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar they will have learned:
The Hebrew Alphabet
Vocabulary for words occurring 70 times or more in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew noun system
The Hebrew verbal system
A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies。 These include a workbook; video lectures for each chapter featuring the author; flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter; a laminated study sheet with key concepts; audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition; and a compact guide to help refresh students refresh their memory on language forms， grammar， and word meanings。
The third edition of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar represents a significant updating and revision of the previous edition with the goal of providing students with the best possible tool for learning Biblical Hebrew。
Some of the keys to the effectiveness of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar in helping students learn is that it:
Combines the best of inductive and deductive approaches
Uses actual examples from the Hebrew Old Testament rather than "made-up" illustrations
Emphasizes the structural pattern of the Hebrew language rather than rote memorization， resulting in a simple， enjoyable， and effective learning process
Employs colored text that highlights key features of nouns and verbs， allowing easy recognition of new forms
Includes appendices of verbal paradigms and diagnostics for fast reference and a complete vocabulary glossary
Displays larger font and text size， making reading easier
By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar they will have learned:
The Hebrew Alphabet
Vocabulary for words occurring 70 times or more in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew noun system
The Hebrew verbal system
A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies。 These include a workbook; video lectures for each chapter featuring the author; flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter; a laminated study sheet with key concepts; audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition; and a compact guide to help refresh students refresh their memory on language forms， grammar， and word meanings。
Reviews
Porter Sprigg
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Quick， fun summer read。
Parker
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Going through this whole text in just 8 weeks was a wild ride， but massively rewarding。 My prof was one of the coauthors， so that likely biases my opinion in the book's favor。 I am more than grateful for the teachings innovations introduced by Pratico and Van Pelt， especially in the verbal system。 This， coupled with the workbook， Compact Guide， and Miles's lectures， helped me to understand the language much better and much faster than I ever thought I could。 Going through this whole text in just 8 weeks was a wild ride， but massively rewarding。 My prof was one of the coauthors， so that likely biases my opinion in the book's favor。 I am more than grateful for the teachings innovations introduced by Pratico and Van Pelt， especially in the verbal system。 This， coupled with the workbook， Compact Guide， and Miles's lectures， helped me to understand the language much better and much faster than I ever thought I could。 。。。more
Lancelot Schaubert
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Pretty standard text for classic Hebrew。 Recommend for those trying to learn the language。
Alexandru
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Great work！ Clear language。 Well organized and with very inspiring articles。 Enjoyed it very much and already using the skilles developed。
Erin Beall
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At times repetitive （sometimes confusingly so）， and at times disjointed， and always just a touch inconsistent in formatting-- which makes the appendices invaluable。 But ultimately， I got my basic biblical Hebrew grammar on。
Adam Balshan
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3 stars [Language]This is not the best introductory Biblical Hebrew grammar out there。 But it is the one to put in the hands of the average beginner。Writing: 2。25 stars; Layout: 3。5 stars; Use: 4 starsThe writing is repetitive。 By the last third of the book， the grammar/morphology explanations are saying the exact same thing three or four times in a row: once in prose， once in a diagram， possibly once more just afterward， and then once in a numbered summary。 It might be repeated a fifth time in 3 stars [Language]This is not the best introductory Biblical Hebrew grammar out there。 But it is the one to put in the hands of the average beginner。Writing: 2。25 stars; Layout: 3。5 stars; Use: 4 starsThe writing is repetitive。 By the last third of the book， the grammar/morphology explanations are saying the exact same thing three or four times in a row: once in prose， once in a diagram， possibly once more just afterward， and then once in a numbered summary。 It might be repeated a fifth time in a chapter- or bi-chapter summary！So why such a high Use rating？ Because this is what many need。 Language learning is frustrating to most， and overexplanation is usually better than underexplanation。 The font is large。 The diagrams are even larger。 The diagnostic elements in those diagrams are color-coded in red。 The summaries put all relevant information in one， small place。 The summaries repeat something in case the reader missed it。 Visually appealing， a slow pace， and an absolute glut of individual and paradigmatic diagrams make a Biblical Hebrew grammar for the masses。Truth: 3 stars; Methodology: 2。75In Mounce's popular grammar， he introduces each chapter with an exegetical insight。 Pratico and van Pelt have slightly longer excerpts， and put them at the end of the chapter。 Pastors and scholars provide practical applications of the grammar with these snippets of real exegeses。 It raised the Methodology score from mediocre。 Uncommon truth both in a detailed language morphology， and in some of those exegetical insights。TakeawayIf you are looking for the best introductory Hebrew grammar， I believe that is Donald Vance's Introduction to Classical Hebrew， with better exercises and fuller explanations of morphology and historical linguistics。 Vance is higher in register。 "The best for the serious student。"But for the common student， Pratico and van Pelt's accessibility and plebianness might constitute the best vehicle for a foray into Biblical Hebrew。 。。。more
Josué Pineda
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Después de comparar esta gramática con algunas otras， esta ha resultado ser la mejor en mi opinión。 Especialmente por el enfoque en la memorización de carácterísticas de diagnóstico en lugar de tener que memorizar decenas （o cientos） de paradigmas。 Gracias por este excelente trabajo。 En espera de la tercera edición。
Shira
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The Hebrew grammar and vocabulary was good when examples actually were drawn from the Biblical text， but I found their attempts to show what a mistaken phrase or sentence would look like to be more distracting than helpful， and also the Christian sermonizing finally became unbearable by about chapter 15！ :-（
Jason
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Started the online course 2 weeks ago， catching up on the book
Samuel
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Pretty solid grammar。 Like any ancient language there are hiccups with trying to teach it and this grammar has its fair share。 Though using it along with the help of a solid professor it serves its purpose well。
Paul
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Best introductory Hebrew grammar out there。 Can't wait to see the next edition。 Best introductory Hebrew grammar out there。 Can't wait to see the next edition。 。。。more
Ian Hammond
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It has been a great joy studying at SIBL this year。 Thanking God for great resources！
Brent McCulley
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Make no mistake， this was not easy to work through in a mere semester， but nevertheless， I have successfully muscled through and am proud of the progress I have made in understanding the language。 While it was by no means easy， the authors， utilizing Mounce's structure， tried to replicate the success of BBG in BBH。 That being said， this text was as easy as they could make it for the first year Hebrew seminarian。 Rather than paradigm memorization ad infinitum， they work on memorization of core pa Make no mistake， this was not easy to work through in a mere semester， but nevertheless， I have successfully muscled through and am proud of the progress I have made in understanding the language。 While it was by no means easy， the authors， utilizing Mounce's structure， tried to replicate the success of BBG in BBH。 That being said， this text was as easy as they could make it for the first year Hebrew seminarian。 Rather than paradigm memorization ad infinitum， they work on memorization of core paradigms and recognition of others。 This has made the initial work load much more manageable， albeit the work I have in front of me to be able to read and interact with the Hebrew is by no means done。 Even still， BBH gives a the best solid platform you can get in order to move forward。What's next for me？ I have purchased the companion Reader's Hebrew Bible which will be a great next stepping stone as I move forward。 It parses all weak verb forms and supplies definitions of all word occurrences that appear less than 70 times in the Hebrew Bible。 The text is the biblia hebraica stuttgartensia but without the cumbersome textual variants and comments which I don't need， since I'm not trying to do textual criticism。 Extremely excited to work the Psalms and Proverbs into our devotional time by translating a chapter at a time。I am going to read through this text once more to pick up what I missed the first time while I was actually learning the information， then plan to start reading my RHB。 I start Latin August 18 this year， and I am looking forward to it！-bUPDATE （Nov 2， 2015）: I have successfully read through this text a second time， and have been translating sections from Tanak everyday， working on my Hebrew slowly but surely along with my Greek NT as I continue to learn Latin。 。。。more
Evan Duncan
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Theological bent bleeds through at the expensive of teaching the language。 The content is muddled and excessively confusing， and without the assistance of a good professor， I fear the grammar would lose the student totally。 The accompanying workbook is very helpful， however。 At the end of each chapter， an excerpt from a scholar or pastor gives a nice perspective on the importance of Hebrew。 I enjoyed that， except for the the one section authored by John Piper。 He has no place in an academic gram Theological bent bleeds through at the expensive of teaching the language。 The content is muddled and excessively confusing， and without the assistance of a good professor， I fear the grammar would lose the student totally。 The accompanying workbook is very helpful， however。 At the end of each chapter， an excerpt from a scholar or pastor gives a nice perspective on the importance of Hebrew。 I enjoyed that， except for the the one section authored by John Piper。 He has no place in an academic grammar， and Zondervan reveals it's theological bias by using him。 。。。more
Hank Pin
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The title itself is pretty self explanatory: it is a Christian textbook on the basic grammatical points of Biblical Hebrew。 The emphasis， likewise， is not on vocabulary acquisition （after all， that's what a dictionary for Biblical Hebrew is for）。 Despite the fact that this is a pretty solid textbook that lies out the information in a clear and rational way， it seems crammed at times， condensing a significant amount of information within one chapter。 Regarding the vocabulary and the audio， it sho The title itself is pretty self explanatory: it is a Christian textbook on the basic grammatical points of Biblical Hebrew。 The emphasis， likewise， is not on vocabulary acquisition （after all， that's what a dictionary for Biblical Hebrew is for）。 Despite the fact that this is a pretty solid textbook that lies out the information in a clear and rational way， it seems crammed at times， condensing a significant amount of information within one chapter。 Regarding the vocabulary and the audio， it should be noted that this textbook follows the traditional pronunciation instead of the modern one （waw instead of vav; gimel， dalet， and tav have the same sound with and without the dagesh， so on and so forth）。 But personally， having never have to actually read the text out loud， this is a minor detail than anything else。 。。。more
Aaron
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This book will teach you what it aims for - the basics of Biblical Hebrew。 Make sure to get the "Charts of Biblical Hebrew" in the same series。 These are clear and helpful。 This book will teach you what it aims for - the basics of Biblical Hebrew。 Make sure to get the "Charts of Biblical Hebrew" in the same series。 These are clear and helpful。 。。。more
John Yelverton
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This was a very helpful and clear breakdown of the Hebrew language， how to study it， learn it's grammar， and then translate from the ancient biblical texts。 This was a very helpful and clear breakdown of the Hebrew language， how to study it， learn it's grammar， and then translate from the ancient biblical texts。 。。。more
Matt Smith
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ok
Brice Bigham
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Pratico and Van Pelt have constructed this Hebrew Grammar in such a way that anyone can use it to learn the language of the Old Testament - whether a seminary student， pastor or Church member。 The methodology used is concerned with accuracy and memorization of essential grammatical rules and paradigms - yet the authors are very concerned that the student waste no time in useless study。 The approach is streamlined to minimize time and maximize rule retention。 In addition to the exceptional approa Pratico and Van Pelt have constructed this Hebrew Grammar in such a way that anyone can use it to learn the language of the Old Testament - whether a seminary student， pastor or Church member。 The methodology used is concerned with accuracy and memorization of essential grammatical rules and paradigms - yet the authors are very concerned that the student waste no time in useless study。 The approach is streamlined to minimize time and maximize rule retention。 In addition to the exceptional approach to Hebrew grammar there are wonderful entries by Biblical scholars， pastors and professors at the end of each chapter which present the reader with reflective applications of the grammatical rules learned which demonstrate the beauty of Hebrew and the importance of studying the original languages。 Learning Hebrew is not only helpful for pastors， but for everyone！ Theology is shaped by the language which captures it。 Learning Hebrew is beneficial for any Christian that is trying to understand the Old Testament， and this book presents an approach that is accessible for anyone。 。。。more
Jacob Aitken
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I took Hebrew under Prof van Pelt。 When I took it we used the first edition （with all of its errors！）。 We were the "guinea pigs。" I have mixed feelings about this book。 I literally *HATED* it at the time。 I am very good at picking up languages but I just struggled with Hebrew， and this text didn't help。 All of the reviews criticizing it for offering too much information too early are correct。 It Introduces too much information too early on， which overwhelms the learner with a never-ending sense I took Hebrew under Prof van Pelt。 When I took it we used the first edition （with all of its errors！）。 We were the "guinea pigs。" I have mixed feelings about this book。 I literally *HATED* it at the time。 I am very good at picking up languages but I just struggled with Hebrew， and this text didn't help。 All of the reviews criticizing it for offering too much information too early are correct。 It Introduces too much information too early on， which overwhelms the learner with a never-ending sense of doom and failure。 The info they introduce is important， but not relevant to the early learner。However， I did *learn* Hebrew and even seven years later， and am now rereading the book， I am finding out that I recall most of the principles。 Prof Van Pelt's methodology， while painful and strict， does "teach" the langauge。 In other words， this book really does "work。"To those who are complaining about the meditations at the end of the book， supposedly upset at all the "Jesus stuff。" Guys， look on the outside spine of the book。 In really big letters you will see。。。ZONDERVAN。 It is an evangelical publisher。 You should expect that going in。 When I read books by Fortress Press or Westminster/John Knox， I expect infidelity and don't criticize the publisher for false advertising。 Just know that going into it。 And if it bothers you that much， don't read it。 It's not hard to skip a few pages。 Potential energy is on your side。 。。。more
Matt Kottman
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Very easy to follow。 A person can learn Hebrew on their own with this book and a little diligence。
Garrett
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Hit and miss。
Jonathan
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A great intro to Biblical Hebrew。 This is the only grammar I have studied for Hebrew but seems well laid out and a solid foundation。
Paul，
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I did not like this grammar at all。 It is based on old， out of date teaching methods。 The Cambridge Introduction to Biblical Hebrew is much better。
Ushan
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A textbook of Hebrew for Protestant seminaries; pieces of grammar interspersed with homilies about the need for preachers to know the original language of the Holy Scriptures， and weird exegeses: did the Blessing of Jacob really prefigure the Messianic Age？
Don
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