July 28, 2008

Chapter 4 - Vocab



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July 18, 2008

Chapter 3 - Hebrew Today

• See the word for "house" (and the transliteration of the last name) on the title of this sign: "b(a)y(i)t brnstyyn," or "house of Bernstein"



• This museum in Tel Aviv is called the Eretz Israel Museum, or "Land of Israel Museum"



• A major daily newspaper in Israel is called Haaretz (short for "Haaretz Israel," or "The Land of Israel")

Haaretz

Haaretz website

• See the Hebrew Wikipedia entry for sus (the heading is "domestic horse": "bayit sus," literally "horse of the house")

Chapter 3 - Key Concepts

syllabification



more on syllabification:
-Cook p.13 (p.23 of the PDF)
-Parsons U 3

the shewa



more on the shewa:
-Cook p.9-10 (p.19-20 of the PDF)
-Parsons U 3.5 and 3.6

Chapter 3 - Key Verses

דבר [dabar]

Ps.119:105

nēr-ləraḡəlî ḏəḇāreḵā
Your word is a lamp to my feet.

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Eccl. 1:8

kāl-hadəḇārîm yəḡē‘îm
All things are wearisome.

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ארץ ['erets]

Gen 1:1

bərē’šîṯ bārā’ ’ĕlōhîm ’ēṯ haššāmayim wə’ēṯ hā’āreṣ
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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Ps.24:1

layhwâ hā’āreṣ ûməlwō’āh
The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.

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סוס [sus]

Ps.20:7

’ēlleh ḇāreḵeḇ wə’ēlleh ḇassûsîm wa’ănaḥənû| bəšēm-yəhwâ ’ĕlōhênû nazəkîr
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will trust in the name of the Lord our God.

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Chapter 3 - Vocab



Note: the English given is a one-word gloss, not a comprehensive lexicon entry.

vocab list
video downloads