{"id":632,"date":"2006-06-19T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/?p=632"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:17:59","slug":"biblical-hebrew-vocabulary-quiz-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/biblical-hebrew-vocabulary-quiz-139.aspx","title":{"rendered":"Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Quiz 139"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"bhq-quiz-data\" data-quiz-number=\"139\" data-level=\"beginner\" data-title=\"Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Quiz 139\" data-storage-key=\"bhq_premium_quiz_139_progress_v1\" data-hero-intro=\"Many of the Hebrew Bible's most memorable passages are built from words that appear over and over again in different books and literary genres. This quiz introduces another ten genuine Biblical Hebrew vocabulary words to help strengthen your reading skills.\" data-box-intro=\"The vocabulary in this quiz is taken directly from the Tanakh and includes common nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions. Mastering these frequently occurring words will continue expanding your confidence as you read the Hebrew text.\">\n  <script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"bhq-question-data\">\n[\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Vocabulary\",\n    \"question\":\"What is the meaning of <span class=\\\"bhq-hebrew\\\">\u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d1<\/span>?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Loving\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Hating\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Serving\",\"correct\":false},\n      {\"text\":\"Calling\",\"correct\":false}\n    ],\n    \"explanation\":\"\u05d0\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d1 is the Qal active participle of \u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1 and means 'loving' or 'one who loves.'\"\n  },\n  {\n    \"topic\":\"Vocabulary\",\n    \"question\":\"What is the meaning of <span class=\\\"bhq-hebrew\\\">\u05e2\u05b5\u05de\u05b6\u05e7<\/span>?\",\n    \"answers\":[\n      {\"text\":\"Valley\",\"correct\":true},\n      {\"text\":\"Mountain\",\"correct\":false},\n      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This beginner-level vocabulary quiz introduces ten more authentic Biblical Hebrew words drawn from across the Tanakh. As these words become familiar, you&#8217;ll recognize them more readily in narratives, psalms, prophetic messages, and wisdom literature, making your reading of the Hebrew Scriptures increasingly fluent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"quiz-template","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalhebrew.org\/quiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}