DailyHebrew.com

The goal of DailyHebrew.com is to encourage daily reading of sacred Hebrew texts.

Introduction

After devoting long hours to learning the basics of Hebrew grammar most students, pastors and teachers fail to continue reading the Hebrew Bible. Eventually, their knowledge atrophies for lack of use. The purpose of DailyHebrew.com is to remedy this ubiquitous problem by providing the reader a manageable daily Hebrew reading (4-8 verses) along with lexical and syntactical assistance.

DailyHebrew.com is committed to helping students at all levels read biblical Hebrew. The blog is arranged so that a reader can spend a few minutes a day or week reading Hebrew texts. Beginners should start with the first verse or two of each translation, Intermediate learners should attempt the entire passage using the vocabulary listed by line (words which occur less than 100 times in the MT are listed with their BDB reference page in parentheses) and Advanced students will be able to translate using minimal vocabulary helps.

Typically, students spend the majority of their time memorizing vocabulary, reading grammars and studying paradigms. Though these pursuits are well intended and needed initially, one will not learn Hebrew until committing to a regular reading regiment. But, you say, 4-8 verses a day is not very much reading. Actually, averaging 8 verses a day one can read the entire Torah (~6000 verses) in only two years and the entire Hebrew Bible in ten years.

History

After months of research and planning, the first DH post was published on October 16, 2005 (originally hosted at http://dailyhebrew.blogspot.com). Since that initial post on Genesis 1:1-5, more than one hundred translations have been posted from five books. DH has been mentioned on several notable blogs and has a devoted readership.

Contact

Please contact the postmaster, H. H. Hardy, at dailyhebrew AT gmail DOT com with questions, comments or suggestions to make this resource better.

The goal of DailyHebrew.com is to encourage daily reading of sacred Hebrew texts.

Introduction

After devoting long hours to learning the basics of Hebrew grammar most students, pastors and teachers fail to continue reading the Hebrew Bible. Eventually, their knowledge atrophies for lack of use. The purpose of DailyHebrew.com is to remedy this ubiquitous problem by providing the reader a manageable daily Hebrew reading (4-8 verses) along with lexical and syntactical assistance.

DailyHebrew.com is committed to helping students at all levels read biblical Hebrew. The blog is arranged so that a reader can spend a few minutes a day or week reading Hebrew texts. Beginners should start with the first verse or two of each translation, Intermediate learners should attempt the entire passage using the vocabulary listed by line (words which occur less than 100 times in the MT are listed with their BDB reference page in parentheses) and Advanced students will be able to translate using minimal vocabulary helps.

Typically, students spend the majority of their time memorizing vocabulary, reading grammars and studying paradigms. Though these pursuits are well intended and needed initially, one will not learn Hebrew until committing to a regular reading regiment. But, you say, 4-8 verses a day is not very much reading. Actually, averaging 8 verses a day one can read the entire Torah (~6000 verses) in only two years and the entire Hebrew Bible in ten years.

History

After months of research and planning, the first DH post was published on October 16, 2005 (originally hosted at http://dailyhebrew.blogspot.com). Since that initial post on Genesis 1:1-5, more than one hundred translations have been posted from five books. DH has been mentioned on several notable blogs and has a devoted readership.

Contact

Please contact the postmaster, H. H. Hardy, at dailyhebrew AT gmail DOT com with questions, comments or suggestions to make this resource better.