HEBREW IS SO VERY EASY... IT'S LIKE LEARNING ABC

When I first started learning Hebrew in May 2019 or just five months ago, I was overwhelmed by the Hebrew text.

ā  Num. 21:9‏ וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל־הַנֵּס וְהָיָה אִם־נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת־אִישׁ וְהִבִּיט אֶל־נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וָחָי׃

Like most of you, I could not figure out how to even read the text. But God helped me! Within just four months, I was able to start reading the Hebrew Bible.
That's why I say it is so much easier to learn Hebrew than to learn English -- ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU FOLLOW THESE STEPS THAT I AM GOING TO BRING YOU THROUGH.

Step 1:

Learn the 22 consonants (and the final forms of five of them) in the Hebrew alphabet. This is the first building block to learning any language -- learn to recognise the alphabet. If you take just 20 minutes a day to learn five letters, you would be able to learn the entire alphabet in just one week. Click here.

Step 2:

Learn the vowel system in Hebrew. These are simple dashes and dots. If you think it is hard to remember the vowels, I have a mnemonics that will help you remember them easily. Click here.

Step 3:

Once you have learnt the consonants and niqqouds, now, try to pick a text from this blog and work through each letter of the alphabet and the niqquods. See if you can recognise them perfectly.


Step 4:

Next is to see how the consonants and vowels come together to form syllables. Most of us know how you can pronounce a syllable when you have the consonants and the vowels put together. For example:

To-ge-ther   we pronounce as 'together'
Con-so-nants  we pronounce as 'consonants'

Hebrew works exactly the same. Click here and here.

Step 5: 

Now you can start reading your Hebrew Bible.
You can read but you will not understand the text. Like the English language, we all take time to pick up the vocabulary as we go along, don't we?

Here are some resources that will help you along the way:

• A free and wonderful Hebrew Bible reader that will help you with your reading. Click here.
• Some useful resources including the Hebrew lexicon for you to download. Click here.
• Join a class on Hebrew. Click here.

I also conduct a one-day Hebrew workshop with games and fun for beginners to help you learn Hebrew. I do it for the love of the original language that God used to communicate with us. You may collect a love offering at the end of the day. Email me: LearnHebrew5780@gmail.com.


Happy learning!