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How Long to Hebrew or Greek for a hardworking student??
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<blockquote data-quote="jaihare" data-source="post: 51310414" data-attributes="member: 226555"><p>For an English speaker, Greek is obviously easier. The order of the alphabet is closer to English; the vocabulary shares a lot of stock with English medical and biological terminology ("cardiac" comes from Greek &#954;&#945;&#961;&#948;&#7984;&#945; "heart"; "thermal" comes from Greek &#952;&#949;&#961;&#956;&#8000;&#962; "hot, heated", etc.); and, the structure of the language is much more comprehensible, especially for someone who has studied a bit of Latin. There's no doubt that Greek is easier to learn.</p><p></p><p>Hebrew is more fulfilling, though &#8212; in my opinion. The goal when learning Biblical Hebrew is to learn noun formations really well (this means even the strange vowel quirks), to be able to recognize verb forms by tense, person and number, to be able to recognize objective/possessive suffixes and to become really handy with a dictionary. At that point, it becomes your challenge to simply spend a lot of time reading the Hebrew Bible (which is great for everyone!).</p><p></p><p>When I was still in high school, I started my self-teaching of Koin&#233; Greek. In college I ended up taking three years of Greek and also two years of Hebrew. I've never regretted studying either language, and (especially Hebrew) it stays with me every day of my life. I wish you well in your studies. Let us know if you have any questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaihare, post: 51310414, member: 226555"] For an English speaker, Greek is obviously easier. The order of the alphabet is closer to English; the vocabulary shares a lot of stock with English medical and biological terminology ("cardiac" comes from Greek καρδἰα "heart"; "thermal" comes from Greek θερμὀς "hot, heated", etc.); and, the structure of the language is much more comprehensible, especially for someone who has studied a bit of Latin. There's no doubt that Greek is easier to learn. Hebrew is more fulfilling, though — in my opinion. The goal when learning Biblical Hebrew is to learn noun formations really well (this means even the strange vowel quirks), to be able to recognize verb forms by tense, person and number, to be able to recognize objective/possessive suffixes and to become really handy with a dictionary. At that point, it becomes your challenge to simply spend a lot of time reading the Hebrew Bible (which is great for everyone!). When I was still in high school, I started my self-teaching of Koiné Greek. In college I ended up taking three years of Greek and also two years of Hebrew. I've never regretted studying either language, and (especially Hebrew) it stays with me every day of my life. I wish you well in your studies. Let us know if you have any questions. [/QUOTE]
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