Hebrew as a language and the Hebrew text itself were designed to be read and learned aloud. This takes practice, but yields to you the reader a sense of what the text not only sounds like but also how it should be translated and interpreted. The text that will be used for today’s post and the next two is from 1 Samuel 16:1-10, with the Hebrew Text deriving from the website: .ġ). I use it all the time and have found it helpful and convenient. It is a wonderful tool that enables the student to maintain their Hebrew knowledge and gives the English translation of every Hebrew word in the text that occurs 100 times or less at the bottom of each page. As a final thought in this introduction, I would recommend “The Reader’s Hebrew Bible” put out by Zondervan to readers who have studied or are desiring to study Hebrew. I will supply the reader a translation of each verse, giving comments on each step so that all readers (whether knowing Hebrew or not) can benefit from the post. The reader can use as much or as little of what I present as they want, and if for nothing else, it gives those interested an idea of what goes on when translating from Hebrew to English.ĭue to what could be a lengthy post, I will spread the material over three posts so as to not commit information overload. To explain what I plan to do, in the text sample below I am simply going to walk the reader through a suggested process from the first time reading a Hebrew text through to applying the text in either a preaching situation or in everyday life. Through it all the study, translation and use of Hebrew in ministry and life is like anything else worth doing that requires three things: practice, practice and more practice! Even after studying the language and Hebrew text for some 20 years, I still find myself scratching my head, praying, consulting grammars and lexicons. Introduction: When anyone first comes to the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, it can be an intimidating and humbling exercise.
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