Index and helps for "Let's Study Hebrew"

The Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Let's Study Hebrew folder in Google Drive is very helpful for reviewing Biblical Hebrew, but it may not be easy to find online, and it has had no online index.

Below is an index for Let's Study Hebrew. (See also pages iii-v of the printed Table of Contents.)

If you feel a bit lost and want to recover what you used to know, Let's Study Hebrew has helpful videos.

Don't just watch the videos. Quiz yourself. Use the worksheets and other resources. All are free. Ask questions of your self or others (even in Hebrew!).

What does Professor Nass's Let's Study Hebrew cover? (Where would you look to review?)

Lesson 1 (45:18 video)-- The first four lessons show how to read the language aloud.

• Part A: The Hebrew Alphabet

• Part B: The Sounds of the Consonants

• Part C: Vowels

• Part D: Reading for Lesson 1

Lesson 2 (16:42 video)

• Part A: Shwa

• Part B: Compound Shwa

• Part C: Reading Longer Words; Accents

• Part D: Reading for Lesson 2

Lesson 3 (17:50 video)

• Part A: Dagesh Lene; Dagesh Forte

• Part B: Open and Closed Syllables

• Part C: Mappiq; Maqqef

• Part D: Reading for Lesson 3

Lesson 4 (10:12 video)

• Part A: Closed, unaccented syllables; Qamets Ḥatuf; Meteg

• Part B: Final Instructions for Reading Hebrew; Divine Name Adonai

Lesson 5 (15:01 video) -- This lesson begins showing the grammar of the language.

• Part A: The Definite Article

• Part B: More on the Definite Article

  • Part C: Masoretes; Ketiv and Qere; the Tetragrammaton

Lesson 6 (11:31 video)

• Part A: Noun and Adjective Endings

• Part B: The Use of Adjectives

  • Part C: Nonverbal sentences

Lesson 7 (15:17 video)

• Part A: The Conjunction (Vav)

• Part B: Atnaḥ, Silluq and Pause

  • Part C: Reading for Lesson 7 (part of Genesis 1, simplified)

Lesson 8 (11:12 video)

• Part A: Inseparable Prepositions

• Part B: Inseparable Prepositions with the Definite Article

  • Part C: The Preposition Min

    • Reading from Genesis 1–2, simplified

Lesson 9 (9:00 video) -- This lesson begins showing how Hebrew verbs work.

• Part A: The Perfect

• Part B: The Perfect of Stative Verbs

  • Reading from Genesis 3, simplified

Lesson 10 (9:37 video) -- See the first page of the verb chart.

• Part A: The Imperfect

• Part B: The Imperfect of Stative Verbs

  • Reading from Genesis 4, simplified

Lesson 11 (13:20 video) -- Back to nouns.

• Part A: Construct Chains

• Part B: Construct Forms

• Part C: Adjectives with Construct Chains

  • Reading from Genesis 6–9, simplified

Lesson 12 (7:20 video)

• Part A: Personal Pronouns

• Part B: The Use of the Personal Pronouns

  • Reading from Genesis 11:1–9, simplified

Lesson 13 (5:33 video)

• Part A: Direct Object Pronouns

  • Reading from Genesis 12 and 15, simplified

Lesson 14 (11:36 video)-- Back to verbs.

• Part A: Vav Consecutive Imperfect

• Part B: Rules with the Vav Consecutive Imperfect

  • Part C: Changes on Vav Consecutive Imperfect Forms

    • Reading from Genesis 16, simplified

Lesson 15 (7:46 video)

• Part A: Vav Consecutive Perfect

• Part B: Rules with the Vav Consecutive

  • Reading from Genesis 17, simplified

Lesson 16 (10:43 video)

• • Part A: The Preposition Le with Pronominal Suffixes

  • Part B: Other Prepositions with Suffixes

  • Part C: The Preposition Eth with Suffixes

    • Reading from Genesis 18–19, simplified

Lesson 17 (13:24 video)

• Part A: Masculine Singular Nouns with Suffixes

• Part B: Feminine Singular Nouns with Suffixes

• Part C: Nouns with Suffixes are Definite

  • Reading from Genesis 22, simplified

Lesson 18 (11:36 video)

• Part A: Active and Passive Participles

• Part B: The Use of Participles

  • Reading from Genesis 28, simplified

Lesson 19 (7:42 video)

• Part A: Interrogative Pronouns and Adverbs

• Part B: Interrogative He

  • • Reading from Genesis 29–30, simplified

Lesson 20 (10:37 video)

• Part A: The Infinitive Absolute

• Part B: The Infinitive Construct

  • Part C: The Min of Comparison

    • Reading from Genesis 37, simplified

Lesson 21 (15:22 video)

• • Part A: Plural Nouns with Suffixes

  • Part B: Prepositions with the Suffixes of the Plural Noun

  • Part C: Ach and Av with Suffixes; The Directional He

    • Reading from Genesis 41, 45 and 46, simplified

Lesson 22 (13:22 video)

• Part A: Irregular Nouns

  • Part B: The Demonstrative "That"

    • Reading from Exodus 3–4, simplified

Lesson 23 (10:33 video)

• Part A: Imperatives

  • Part B: Prohibitions and Imperative + Vav Consecutive Perfect

    • Reading from Exodus 12, simplified

Lesson 24 (15:55 video)

• Part A: Cohortative; Suffixes with Min

  • Part B: Jussive

  • Part C: The Regular Verb in Qal (see the last page here for the one-page summary)

    • Reading from Exodus 16, simplified

Lesson 25 (13:20 video)

• Part A: The Seven Main Conjugations -- See the first page of the verb chart .

  • Part B: Nifal

    • Reading from Exodus 20, simplified

Lesson 26 (15:06 video)

• Part A: Piel

  • Part B: Pual; the Qinlemays rule

    • Reading from Exodus 40, simplified

Lesson 27 (11:56 video)

• Part A: Hifil

  • Part B: Hifil Jussive; Review of Conjugation Markers

    • Reading from Numbers 21, simplified

Lesson 28 (10:56 video)

• Part A: Hofal

  • Part B: Hitpael

    • Reading from Joshua 3, simplified

Lesson 29 (16:01 video)

• Part A: Numbers 1-10

  • Part B: Other numbers

  • Part C: Ordinal numbers

    • Reading from Joshua 6, simplified

Lesson 30 (19:13 video)

• Part A: Verbal Suffixes on the Perfect, Part 1

  • Part B: Verbal Suffixes on the Perfect, Part 2

  • Part C: Verbal Suffixes on the Perfect, Part 3

    • Reading from Judges 6–7, simplified

Lesson 31 (16:52 video)

• Part A: Verbal Suffixes on the Imperfect

  • Part B: Verbal Suffixes on the Imperative

    • Reading from 1 Samuel 16, simplified

Lesson 32 (14:09 video)

• Part A: The Infinitive Construct with Suffixes

  • Part B: Kaf with Suffixes; Adonai + Tetragrammaton; Conjunctive Dagesh Forte

    • Reading from 2 Samuel 7, simplified

Lesson 33 (11:28 video)

• • Part A: Review of the Regular Verb in Qal (see the last page here for the one-page summary)

  • Part B: Review of the Regular Verb in the Seven Conjugations (summarized on the last page here -- you may also wish to check the full regular verb chart )

  • Reading from 2 Samuel 11–12, simplified

Lesson 34 (24:36 video)

• Part A: Weak Verb Categories

  • Part B: Pe Nun Verbs -- See the second page of the verb chart, then the first page of the weak verb summary chart .

  • Part C: The Dual

    • Reading from 1 Kings 6–8, simplified

Lesson 35 (20:58 video)

• Part A: Pe Guttural Verbs -- See the first page of the weak verb summary chart and the third page of the verb chart.

  • Part B: Pe Alef Verbs; Ayin Guttural Verbs-- See the first page of the weak verb summary chart and the third and fourth pages of the verb chart.

  • Part C: Lamed Guttural Verbs; Lamed Alef Verbs -- See the first page of the weak verb summary chart and the fifth and sixth pages of the verb chart. By the end of this lesson you should be able to fill out the last page of this worksheet (a blank copy of the first page of the weak verb summary chart.

    • Reading from 1 Kings 11–12 simplified

Lesson 36 (13:33 video)

• Part A: Pe Vav Verbs and Halak -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the seventh page of the verb chart.

  • Part B: Pe Yod Verbs-- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the seventh page of the verb chart.

  • Part C: Weak Verbs with Two Letters Appearing -- See the first page of the weak verb summary chart and the second and seventh pages of the verb chart.

    • Reading from 1 Kings 18, simplified

Lesson 37 (15:49 video)

• Part A: Ayin Vav Verbs; Ayin Yod verbs -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the eighth page of the verb chart.

  • Part B: Participles and Unique Conjugations of Ayin Vav and Ayin Yod Verbs-- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the eighth page of the verb chart.

  • Part C: Ayin Vav and Ayin Yod Stative Verbs -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the eighth page of the verb chart.

    • Reading from 2 Kings 17, simplified

Lesson 38 (13:25 video)

• Part A: Lamed He Verbs in Qal -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the ninth page of the verb chart.

  • Part B: Lamed He Verbs in Other Conjugations-- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the ninth page of the verb chart.

    • Reading from 2 Kings 22–23 and 2 Chronicles 34–35, simplified

Lesson 39 (15:56 video)

• Part A: Double Ayin Verbs -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the tenth page of the verb chart.

  • Part B: More on Double Ayin Verbs -- See the second page of the weak verb summary chart and the tenth page of the verb chart.

  • Part C: Key Marks for Weak Verb -- See the weak verb summary chart.

    • Reading from 2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 39, 52, simplified

Lesson 40 (17:07 video)

• Part A: Doubly Weak Verbs -- See the first page of the 13 doubly weak verbs.

  • Part B: More Doubly Weak Verbs -- See the 13 doubly weak verbs.

    • Reading from Ezra 1–3, simplified

Lesson 41 (7:59 video)

• Introduction to Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) and the Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (BDB), as well as Einspahr's Index to BDB

  • • Reading from Jonah 1:1–6

Lesson 42 (4:27 video)

• More about BDB (abbreviations, samplings of forms, various word meanings, and not misusing the index)

  • • Reading from Jonah 1:7–13

Lesson 43 (4:29 video)

• Weaknesses of BDB (higher critical approach)

  • Reading from Jonah 1:14–2:4

Lesson 44 (9:14 video)

• Accents in BHS -- If you find the accented text on the video hard to read, see Jonah 2:3; see also an online Table of Accents in BHS or a scan of the BHS Table of Accents bookmark.

• Note a correction: in the online table, the second entry is "Atnaḥ," as we saw in lesson 7.

  • • Reading from Jonah 2:5–11

Lesson 45 (6:10 video)

• Textual Apparatus in BHS -- You can consult English keys to the Latin abbreviations in the BHS textual apparatus online here or here. The fullest guide to the signs and abbreviations is here.

• In the last ten minutes of this video a Jewish rabbi gives two useful examples (from Genesis 47:21 and 2 Samuel 11:21) of the value of BHS's textual apparatus.

  • • Reading from Jonah 3:1–6

Lesson 46 (10:51 video)

• Masoretic Notes in BHS -- Study the first page of Lesson 46 or pages 14-17 in the next document for the most important Masoretic notes.

  • • Reading from Jonah 3:7–4:3

Lesson 47 (8:11 video)

• Other resources for Hebrew study which you may wish to buy:

  1. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT-- perhaps the most valuable for you, but also more expensive than the other three below),

  2. Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT),

  3. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (GKC) and

  4. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (JM), updated in 2006

reading from Jonah 4:4–11

Lesson 48 (6:41 video)

• Qere and Ketiv

  • • Reading from Isaiah 9:1–2, 5–6

Lesson 49 (8:21 video)

• Hebrew Poetry -- Parallelism, Rhythm, Literary Devices and the relative Lack of Prose Particles

  • Reading from Isaiah 53:3–7

Lesson 50 (6:41 video)

• • Closing -- Preaching: Opening Up God's Word to God's People, Focusing on the Gospel

    • Reading from Psalms 1 and 117

More free help for a student/pastor trying to review abounds via:

• Pratico and Van Pelt's Basics of Biblical Hebrew charts,

• Vocabulary and other Quizlet quizzes for Pratico and Van Pelt's 3rd edition,

• Cook and Holmstedt's Biblical Hebrew: A Student Grammar,

• James Price's An Exegetical and Expository Syntax of Biblical Hebrew, (accents on pages 629–674),

• Barrick and Busenitz's A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew,

• Steinmann's Reading the Masoretic Text and Notes in Biblia Hebraica Quinta ,

• Barrick's explanation of Masoretic accents,

• James Price's revised Syntax of Masoretic Accents in the Hebrew Bible (250 pages!),

• Biblical Hebrew Resources - Masoretic Accents and

• Howell's video explanations of how accents work in 1 Samuel 3:1 (start at 3:43), 3:2 (start at 6:00), 3:3 (start at 3:19) and 3:5. One accent is especially notable in 3:3.

These resources would help a motivated learner. Many more resources here.

At times they use terminology you may not be familiar with.

If you would like to drill verb forms, these online flashcards will help.

Hebrew Bible stories.

Lastly, check out a great place just to read (or copy and paste) the Old Testament text itself.

And see probably the best place online to read the O.T. and get help with word meanings and analysis.