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Submitted by Andy - UK on Mon, 28/02/2011 - 18:35

Do you speak any Hebrew (either biblical or modern)?

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Studying Hebrew.

Submitted by Joseph (יוסף) Coram on Mon, 28/02/2011 - 19:18.

God has given me a gift with languages and, recently, has brought me to study Hebrew. I've read that it's better to start with Modern Hebrew and follow up with Biblical Hebrew, than the other way around. Like any other language, however, you can only reach a certain, intellectual fluency studying on your own without exposure to, correspondence in, and actual usage of the target language.

All that said, though, I enjoy getting insight into the original language of the Bible--namely, the Hebrew of the Old Testament / Tanakh (תנ"ך). I also enjoy looking into the Hebrew translation of the New Testament which, though written in Greek, is very Jewish in thought.... since God is ONE!!!

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Hi Joseph, I am studying

Submitted by John H on Mon, 28/02/2011 - 23:34.

Hi Joseph, I am studying too, mainly on my own. I have started with modern Hebrew and have just got myself a copy of the Tanakh in Hebrew and English, a challenge but am slowly learning how to pronounce the words one by one. Problem is i don`t know which order to say words to make a sentence sound right, mind you my English is like that too.

Shalom

John.

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