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Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary

Hebrew Words You Should Know

List of Hebrew words you need to know in order to read the Hebrew Bible and Modern Hebrew. גַּם – also מיִ – who מַה, מָה, מֱה – what אֵיפֹה – where מָתַי – when מַדּוּעַ – why אֵיזֶה – which (m.s.) אֵיזוֹ – which (f.s.) ?אֶת … Continue reading

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Hebrew Verbs Occuring 500 – 5000 Times

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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Hebrew Names of God in The Bible

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

The Hebrew names for the days of the week are simply the day number within the week. In Hebrew, these names may be abbreviated using the numerical value of the Hebrew letters, for example יום א׳ (Day 1, or Yom … Continue reading

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Hebrew Months

Month Hebrew English Length The Bible Holidays 1 נִיסָן Nisan 30 days Called Abib(Exodus 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, Deut. 16:1) and Nisan (Esther 3:7) in the Tanakh. פֶּסַח Passover 15th-21st of Nisan 2 אִיָּר / אייר Iyyar 29 days Called Ziv … Continue reading

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Hebrew Numerals

Hebrew numeral system is divided in units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. Numbers are divided into cardinals and ordinals. The cardinals have masculine and feminine absolute and construct. The ordinal numbers have two genders, but no contruct state. The numbers have … Continue reading

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