Hebrew Phase L
Hebrew Phase L
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MODERN
HEBREW I
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English-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . . . Ray Brown
Female Hebrew Speaker . . . . . . . . . . Esther Shorr
Male Hebrew Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . Eran Kaplan
Course Writers
Dr. Judith Cais ♦ Dr. Ulrike S. Rettig
Editors
Mary E. Green ♦ Beverly D. Heinle
Hebrew Reviewer
Dan Y. Marshall
Executive Producer
Beverly D. Heinle
Recording Engineers
Peter S. Turpin ♦ Kelly Saux
Introduction.......................................................... 1
Hebrew Alphabet.................................................. 4
Vowel Chart.......................................................... 6
Lesson One........................................................... 9
Lesson Two.......................................................... 10
Lesson Three........................................................ 11
Lesson Four.......................................................... 12
Lesson Five.......................................................... 13
Lesson Six............................................................ 14
Lesson Seven........................................................ 15
Lesson Eight......................................................... 16
Lesson Nine......................................................... 17
Lesson Ten........................................................... 18
Lesson Eleven...................................................... 19
Lesson Twelve...................................................... 20
Lesson Thirteen.................................................... 21
Lesson Fourteen................................................... 22
Lesson Fifteen...................................................... 23
Lesson Sixteen..................................................... 24
Lesson Seventeen................................................. 25
Lesson Eighteen................................................... 26
Lesson Nineteen................................................... 27
Lesson Twenty..................................................... 28
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table of contents
Reading Lessons
Lesson Twenty-One............................................ 29
Lesson Twenty-Two............................................ 30
Lesson Twenty-Three.......................................... 31
Lesson Twenty-Four............................................ 32
Lesson Twenty-Five............................................ 33
Lesson Twenty-Six.............................................. 34
Lesson Twenty-Seven......................................... 35
Lesson Twenty-Eight.......................................... 36
Lesson Twenty-Nine........................................... 37
Lesson Thirty...................................................... 38
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modern Hebrew I
Introduction
3
modern Hebrew I
The Hebrew Alphabet (continued)
4
modern Hebrew I
Vowel Chart
Major Vowel
Equivalent Sounds Hebrew Vowels
English Sound Combined with
ּב withא
a (as in father) ַּב א
ֲ א ַ א ָ
e (as in met) ֶּב א אֵיֶ א
ֵ
ee
(between feet and fit) ּבִי ִא אִי
o (as in oh) ּבֹו א אֹו ֳא
ֹ
oo (as in boot) ּבּו א ֻ אּו
(as in “eh?,”
e
sometimes silent) ְּב
6
modern Hebrew I
Lesson One
ּב.1
ַּב ָּב.2
ד.3
. 4
ַּב.5
.6
ָּבּבַד. 7
. 8
. 9
ָ ּבַּב.10
ּבַ ָּב.11
ּבַּב.12
9
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modern Hebrew I
Lesson Three
ָּבּבִי .6
ּבִי .7
ּבִי .8
י .9
ּבִיּבִי .10
ּבַי .11
10
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Five
ׁשּבָת
ַ .1
י ַד .2
ּבַת .3
יָדִיד .4
ת .5
ׁשַי .6
י .7
תי ִׁש
ַ .9
ׁש ָּבתִי
ַ .10
ִּבתִי .11
תִי .12
13
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Four
ׁש
ּבִי ִּב ָ .15 ׁש ִּבי
יִ ַ .4
ׁשּבָ
ִ .5
ָּבׁשִי .6
יַׁשַ .7
ׁשּבִי
י ַ .8
ׁש
ׁשָ ִּב ָ .9
ׁש ָּב
י ִ ִַ .10
יׁשִי .11
12
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Seven
ת
ׁשלָ ָ
ִּב ֹ .12 לַלֹו ִתי .1
ת
לָוי ָ .15 ׁשָלֹותִיד .4
ׁשַל .5
ּבַל .6
ׁשתִיל
ָ .7
לִּבִי .8
לַׁש .9
לִּבו .10
ׁשתַל
ָ .11
15
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Six
ׁשתִי
ו ַ ִּבדָ ֹ .14 ויי .3
ת
ׁש ַ
ּב ַָ .16 תֹוׁשֹו .5
דֹוׁש .19 ת
וִּבִידֹו ָ .8
ת
ֹד ֹ .9
ּבׁש .10
ׁשנַי ִם
ִ .14 ׁשנ ִים
ָ .3
ׁשנ ִים
ַּב ָ .21 יָוָן .10
תנ ִים
ַ .22 יַיִן .11
17
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Eight
תמִיד
ָ .12 ׁשל
ָמ ָ .1
ׁשׁשִי
יֹום ִ .15 תמִים
ָ .4
ִמלִים .10
יָמִים .11
16
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Eleven
סתַם
ָ .12 סל
ַ .1
סלִי
ַ .19 ַמ ָמׁש .8
ׁשי ִׁש
ַ .10
ׁשַי .11
19
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Ten
תל ֶם
ֶ .14 ׁשל
ֶ .2
מדֶת
לֹו ֶ .16 מן
ׁש ֶ
ֶ .4
ׁשלִי
ֶ 22. ּבֵן .10
ׁשל ֶד
ֶ .19 ּפִילִים .8
ׁשּבֵׁש
ִ .16 ּבּולִים .4
מֹוד .12
20
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Fifteen
מ ַממֵן
ְ .12 ׁשלֵם
לְ ַ .1
מלַמֵד
ְ .13 ִּפלְּפֵל .2
ׁשּבָת
ּבְ ַ .16 מד
לִלְ ֹ .5
מנַדְנ ֵד
ְ .17 ׁשלֵי
ִמ ְ .6
ׁשלְמִים
מ ְַ .19 ׁשלָם
מֻ ְ .8
מֹוסְדֹות .9
מדִים
לֹו ְ .10
ּבְיֹום .11
22
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Seventeen
תי ִים
ׁש ַ
ְ .14 גַלְגַל .3
גָמַר .5
גַמָד .6
גָמָל .7
ג ָר .10
ג ֵר .11
25
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Sixteen
אנ ִי
ֲ .12 אֶל .1
אנָׁשִים
ֲ .14 אֶת .3
סתֵר
א ְ
ֶ .18 אֻלְּפָן .7
אמֵן
ָ .19 אתֶם
ַ .8
אמֶת
ֶ .20 אָרֹון .9
מנַהֵל
ְ .22 הם
ֵ .10
אל ֶה
ָה ֵ .12
26
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-One
ׁשטִי ַח
ָ .14 ט ָּבחִית
ַ .3
טּבָח
ִמ ְ .15 טְחֹול .4
טאָה
לְ ָ .19 טר
מ ֶ
ֶ .8
ׁשטֵׁש
ט ְמ ַ
ְ .11
29
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty
ת ַח
מ ֹ
לִ ְ .17 ַחיָל .6
קפֶת
ֶ .21 סא
ִּכ ֵ .10
קטָן
ָ .22 קָא ִתי .11
31
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-Two
טפְטֵף
לְ ַ .17 אף
ַ .6
טּפֵט
ִּפ ְ .18 טף
ַ .7
טּפֵט
לְפַ ְ .19 חֹוף .8
ספְסָל
ַ .20 חֹוב .9
לְבָבֹות .11
30
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-Five
ׂשנְאָה
ִ .16 יִׂשְאֵל .5
חפֶׁש
ֹ .18 אֶץ־יִׂשְאֵל .7
ׁשָים .11
33
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-Four
קצִיר
ָ .22 צּוף .11
32
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-Seven
קנ ָה
ָ .15 לָכֶם .4
תבָה
ָּכ ְ .19 ּכָה .8
קנְתָה
ָ .20 ּכָבֹוד .9
מלָאכָה
ְ .22 כֶב .11
34
modern Hebrew I
Lesson Twenty-Nine