Lindley's Notebook for LDG's Hebrew Class

[Lindley]

Okay, I'm in! Can't wait to start studying Good luck, everyone!

 

[Lindley]

Copying the first lesson:

Here is the alphabet:
Aleph א
Bet בּ ב The dot in the middle of a consonant is called a dagesh. The meaning of which will be covered in a later lesson.
Gimel גּ ג another dagesh
Dalet דּ דanother dagesh
He ה
Waw ו
Zayin ז
Het ח
Tet ט
Yod י
Kaph כּ כ and ך is kaph final letter. Final letters occur at the end of a word.
Lamed ל
Mem מ and ם is Mem final letter
Nun נ and ן is Nun final letter
Samek ס
Ayin ע
Pe פּ פ and ף is Pe final letter
Sade צ and ץ is Sade final letter
Qoph ק
Res ר
Sinשׂ notice a small dot above to the left
S(h)in שׁ notice a small dot above to the right
Taw תּ ת

You may notice the dots within the letters. Later we will see that there will be dots above and below the letters that matter also, which are basically vowels.

There are letters that look very similar, such as a Bet ב and a Kaph כ. Spend some time comparing the similar ones, as that is going to help you distinguish these letters in the future. Next lesson we will go over the sounds for most letters.

 

[Lindley]

I'm not sure how this works - do we get to do any tasks, homework etc?

Anyway, on to the second lesson:

Aleph א has a short “throaty” sound similar to the “h” in “heir” and “honest” - and sometimes its silent. Its pronounced with a vowel and the later examples will be helpful...
Bet ב has a “v” sound while בּ has a “b” sound
Gimel ג has a soft “g” sound like the g in George whileגּ has a harder “g” sound like go
Dalet ד has a "th" sound while דּ has a “d” sound
He ה has an “h” sound
Waw ו has a “w” sound – modern Hebrew has the “v” sound
Zayin ז has a “z” sound
Het ח has a “ch” sound, back in the throat like Bach or Scottish loch
Tet ט has a “t” sound
Yod י has a “y” sound
Kaph כ has a “ch” sound as in Scottish loch or Bach while כּ has a hard "k" sound
Lamed ל has an “l” sound
Mem מ ם has an “m” sound
Nun ן נ has an “n” sound
Samek ס has an “s” sound
Ayin ע is similar in sound to Aleph, but a little more “throaty.” Like with Aleph, the examples will be helpful.
Pe פ has an “ f ” sound whileפּ has an “p” sound
Sade ץ צ has a “ ts ” sound as in jets
Qophק has a “q” sound
Res ר has an “r” sound
Sin שׂ has an “s” sound
S(h)in שׁ has an “sh” sound as in Shalom
Taw ת has a “th” sound while תּ has a “t” sound

Notice that some letters have the same sounds - such as tet ט and taw תּ, both with “t”. A word may sound the same as another word but be spelled differently. Therefore one needs to pay careful to how a word is spelled and how it sounds. Next up: the vowels...

 

[Tishri1]

LOL I just rep'ed you about notebooks and here you beat me to it

Yes this is a great place to quiz yourself or have the teacher quiz or help you or even us students can quiz each other

here is a quiz for you...with out looking see how many of these letters you know by heart

א
בּ ב The dot in the middle of a consonant is called a dagesh. The meaning of which will be covered in a later lesson.
גּ ג another dagesh
דּ דanother dagesh
ה
ו
ז
ח
ט
י
כּ כ and ך is final letter. Final letters occur at the end of a word.
ל
מ and ם is final letter
נ and ן is final letter
ס
ע
פּ פ and ף is final letter
צ and ץ is final letter
ק
ר
שׂ notice a small dot above to the left
שׁ notice a small dot above to the right
תּ ת

answers here
http://www.christianforums.com/t7422753/#post53663297

 

[Lindley]

That's cool Okay, let's try it...

Alef
Bet/vet
Gimel
Dalet
Hey
Waw
Zayin
Chet
Tet
Yod
----
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samech
Ayin
----
Tsade
Qouph
Resh
Sin
Shin
Taw

LOL I just rep'ed you about notebooks and here you beat me to it

Yes this is a great place to quiz yourself or have the teacher quiz or help you or even us students can quiz each other

here is a quiz for you...with out looking see how many of these letters you know by heart

א
בּ ב The dot in the middle of a consonant is called a dagesh. The meaning of which will be covered in a later lesson.
גּ ג another dagesh
דּ דanother dagesh
ה
ו
ז
ח
ט
י
כּ כ and ך is final letter. Final letters occur at the end of a word.
ל
מ and ם is final letter
נ and ן is final letter
ס
ע
פּ פ and ף is final letter
צ and ץ is final letter
ק
ר
שׂ notice a small dot above to the left
שׁ notice a small dot above to the right
תּ ת

answers here
http://www.christianforums.com/t7422753/#post53663297

 

[Tishri1]

That's cool Okay, let's try it...

Alef
Bet/vet
Gimel
Dalet
Hey
Waw
Zayin
Chet
Tet
Yod
----
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samech
Ayin
----
Tsade
Qouph
Resh
Sin
Shin
Taw

Aleph
Bet
Gimel
Dalet
Hey
Waw
Zayin
Het
Tet
Yod
Kaph
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samek
Ayin
Pe
Sade
Qoph
Res
Sin
S(h)in
Taw



AWESOME!!!!

 

[Tishri1]

לנדּלי sound it out

 

[Lindley]

lndly - I guess that's my name, Lindley Cool!

 

[Tishri1]

yeh you got it!

since we havent done vowels yet I was hoping you would figure it out