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A Guide to Understanding Masoretic Vowel Signs

Posted on November 13, 2024 by ivrit

A Deeper Look into Biblical Hebrew Vowel Signs and Their Phonetic Legacy Biblical Hebrew, with its rich linguistic tradition, uses a unique system of signs that evolved to capture the pronunciation of vowels, an addition made centuries after the consonantal … Continue reading →

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Tiberian Niqqud: An Overview of the Tiberian Vocalization System

Posted on November 2, 2024 by ivrit

The Masoretes devised a system of diacritics to add to the consonantal text of the Hebrew Tanakh to mark vowels, stress, and makes finer distinctions of consonant quality and length, and punctuation. This vocalization pointing system is known as Tiberian niqqud  (ניקוד טַבְרָנִי), Tiberian … Continue reading →

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Tanakh : Hebrew Bible Project

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ivrit

Tanakh Hebrew Bible Project is a Polyglot Online Bible that contains the Hebrew Bible and its ancient versions in parallel – Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum Onkelos, Samaritan Targum, Syriac Peshitta, Septuagint, Old Latin, and Latin Vulgate, and also the Greek versions of Aquila … Continue reading →

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Hebrew Verbs Occuring 500 – 5000 Times

Posted on March 10, 2012 by ivrit

The chief difficulty to overcome in the mastery of Hebrew language is the acquisition of a vocabulary. Out of the 7,000 vocables in the Hebrew language, about 1,000 occur over 25 times. The following are the list of verbs which … Continue reading →

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אב

Posted on November 29, 2011 by ivrit

אב (‘âb): (1) father of an individual (2) of God as father of his people (3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan (4) ancestor (a) grandfather, forefathers – of person (b) of people (5) originator or … Continue reading →

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Hebrew Names of God in The Bible

Posted on November 7, 2011 by ivrit

List of the different Hebrew names of God in the Bible and their meaning. (1) יהוה (YHWH) – The Tetragrammaton The most important and most often written name of God in the Hebrew Bible is יהוה (YHWH, or YHVH), the … Continue reading →

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Hebrew Days of The Week

Posted on October 9, 2011 by ivrit

The days of the week in the Hebrew Bible are not only a framework for understanding time but also a profound reflection of spiritual and religious principles. Rooted in the creation narrative of Genesis, the seven-day week, with Shabbat at … Continue reading →

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Biblical Hebrew Months : A Comprehensive Guide to the Biblical Hebrew Calendar

Posted on September 29, 2011 by ivrit

The Biblical Hebrew Calendar: Understanding the Months and Their Significance The Hebrew calendar is an ancient lunar-based system used in Biblical times, crucial for understanding the agricultural, religious, and social life in ancient Israel. The Hebrew months are essential in … Continue reading →

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Online

Posted on September 27, 2011 by ivrit

The Dead Sea Scrolls, the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century, is now available online for free viewing. It is a project of Google and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Srolls available for free viewing online are: … Continue reading →

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History of the Hebrew Language

Posted on May 8, 2011 by ivrit

1. The name Hebrew Language usually denotes the language of the sacred writings of the Israelites which form the canon of the Old Testament. It is also called Ancient Hebrew in contradistinction to the New Hebrew of Jewish writings of … Continue reading →

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