With Thanksgiving around the corner, it’s a great time to practice two biblical Hebrew words that have a thankful meaning: yah-dah and toh-dah. These words are related at the root level, but they appear in different forms in scripture. Let’s look at these biblical Hebrew words and several Bible verses where they appear. You always … Continue reading Giving Thanks in Biblical Hebrew
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Recognizing Hebrew Verbs in Scripture
When you're first learning biblical Hebrew, one of the best ways to memorize verbs is to see them in scripture. You already know what the verse says in your native language, so that's a great context for learning these new words. As you look for those words in your Hebrew Bible, you'll get used to … Continue reading Recognizing Hebrew Verbs in Scripture
Refreshing Ways to Connect with God: The Blessings of Learning One Biblical Hebrew Word
One of the many benefits of learning the Hebrew alphabet is to be able to look up individual words in the Hebrew lexicon. Hebrew is such a rich language. Individual words have such depth of meaning, usually more than can be expressed with one single, English-word equivalent. Even in the same Bible passage, when the … Continue reading Refreshing Ways to Connect with God: The Blessings of Learning One Biblical Hebrew Word
Praying the Psalms in Biblical Hebrew: Psalm 90:1
One of my students expressed interest in praying Bible verses in Hebrew, especially from the Psalms. I asked her to choose a few verses that she would like to pray in Hebrew. Psalm 90:1 is one of these. It is noted as the beginning verse of a prayer of Moses. I will share the Hebrew … Continue reading Praying the Psalms in Biblical Hebrew: Psalm 90:1
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