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MODERN
HEBREW I SECOND EDITION
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Dr. Dr. Judith Cais
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TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENTS S
Reading Lessons Introduction ..................................................... ......................................................... .... 1 Hebrew Alphabet................................................. ................................................. 4 Vowel owel Chart ..................................................... ......................................................... .... 6 Lesson One...................................................... .......................................................... .... 9 Lesson Two Two ......................................................... ......................................................... 10 Lesson Three ................................ ....................................................... ....................... 11 Lesson Four ..................................................... ......................................................... .... 12 Lesson Five ............................................ ......................................................... ............. 13 Lesson Six ....................................................... ........................................................... .... 14 Lesson Seven Seven....................................................... ....................................................... 15 Lesson Eight.................................................... ........................................................ .... 16 Lesson Nine......................................................... Nine......................................................... 17 Lesson Ten Ten ...................................................... .......................................................... .... 18 Lesson Eleven ............................................ ..................................................... ......... 19 Lesson Twelve ..................................................... ..................................................... 20 Lesson Thirteen ................................................... ................................................... 21 Lesson Fourteen .................................................. .................................................. 22 Lesson Fifteen ..................................................... ..................................................... 23 Lesson Sixteen .................................................... .................................................... 24 Lesson Seventeen Seventeen ................................................ ................................................ 25 Lesson Eighteen .................................................. .................................................. 26 Lesson Nineteen .................................................. .................................................. 27 Lesson Twenty Twenty .................................................... .................................................... 28 iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading Lessons Lesson Twenty-One ........................................... Lesson Twenty-Two ........................................... Lesson Twenty-Three ......................................... Lesson Twenty-Four........................................... Lesson Twenty-Five ........................................... Lesson Twenty-Six ............................................. Lesson Twenty-Seven......................................... Lesson Twenty-Eight ......................................... Lesson Twenty-Nine .......................................... Lesson Thirty .....................................................
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MODERN HEBREW I
Introduction
Reading can be defined as “the act of decoding graphic material in order to determine its message.” To put it another way, reading consists of coming back to speech through its graphic symbols. In short, meanings reside in the sounds of the spoken language. Speaking a language is the necessary first step to acquiring the ability to read a language with meaning. Since Hebrew is written in the Hebrew alphabet, to read Hebrew you need to associate the sounds with a different system of symbols than the Latin alphabet. A complete listing of the Hebrew alphabet can be found starting on page 4. This is for your information only: you will not need the list to learn to read Hebrew since all of the instruction is on the audio. In Hebrew you read from right to left, the opposite of English. The first few pages in this booklet are in English and should be read from left to right; however, the pages teaching Hebrew, starting with page 4, should be read from right to left. Vowels are normally not included in the Hebrew script. They can be marked by special signs under or above the letters, but they are usually
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Introduction (continued)
included only for beginning readers, in poetry, and in the Old Testament. As of the second grade in elementary school, Israelis are able to read without vowels, by guessing the correct pronunciation from the context. In this booklet, the vowels are included so you won’t have to worry about guessing. These lessons are printed in the Hebrew “square type.” You will note that there are no capital letters in Hebrew. In Modern Hebrew, the major vowel sounds are: ah, eh, ee, o, and oo. Some vowels are represented by more than one sign. The reason for this is that in ancient times there were more vowel sounds than there are today and the various forms of transcription have been maintained even when there is no sound difference. And there is also a punctuation vowel, called schva, which is sometimes silent. There are twenty-two consonants in the Hebrew alphabet, written with thirty-one letters. As in the case of vowels, there are some letters which in Modern Hebrew sound alike, but which originally were different sounds. This is especially true in the case of some guttural sounds which are no longer pronounced gutturally in Modern Hebrew. 2
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Introduction (continued)
There are two letters which are silent and serve as vowel carriers. There are two letters which have a different sound when a dot is added. There are five letters which have two forms: one form when written at the beginning or middle of the word, and another form when written at the end of the word. Having different letters for the same sound may cause difficulties in spelling but not in reading. The aim of this program is to teach you how the letters of the Hebrew script sound. That is to say, you’ll learn to read aloud mostly words that you don’t understand. In the early lessons, you’ll be “decoding” letter combinations that have no actual meaning. From Lesson Five on, you’ll be reading real words. The recorded portion of the reading materials for Modern Hebrew I, Second Edition will be found at the end of the program. You can do the readings as it is most convenient for you. They can be done individually with each unit or at a more appropriate time afterwards. Instructions on how to proceed with the readings are contained in the audio portion of the course.
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The Hebrew Alphabet (continued) Sound
Name of Letter
M
mem
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mem sofit (final mem)
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N
nun
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nun sofit (final nun)
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S
samech
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silent
ayin
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P
pey
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F
fey
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F
fey sofit (final fey)
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TS (as in “hats”)
tsadee
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TS
tsadee sofit (final tsadee)
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K (same as #12)
kuf (spoken) kof (written)
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R
reysh
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SH
shin
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S (same as #20)
sin
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T (same as #10)
tav
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The Hebrew Alphabet Sound
silent
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Block Letter
alef
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bet
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vet
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G (as in “girl”)
gimel
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D
dalet
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H (but silent at end of word)
hey
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vav
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Z
zain
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HCH (similar to the noise made in clearing your throat)
chet
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tet
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Y
yud (spoken) yod (written)
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K
kaf
HCH (same as #9)
chaf
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HCH
chaf sofit (final chaf)
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lamed
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Vowel Chart
Equivalent English Sound
Major Vowel Sounds Combined with
a (as in father) e (as in met) ee (between feet and fit) o (as in oh) oo (as in boot) (as in “eh?,” sometimes silent) e
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Hebrew Vowels with
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Lesson One
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Lesson Three
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Lesson Twenty-One
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