Joseph Halevy I agree with what you've said, but I'm wondering why the decision was made to stop there and not implement the other things we know about Classical Hebrew pronunciation. For example, the six non-emphatic stops b, d, g, p t, k were all spirantized post-vocalically (unless they were geminated). So, for example, the word for "this" (fem.) which appears in this lesson wasn't pronounced "zot" but something like "zoth," more or less to rhyme with English "both." (In Ashkenazik pronunciation, the spirantized t becomes s, hence "zos.") Also, tet ט and tav ת were pronounced differently, corresponding to Arabic ط and ت

@@cufflink44 Have you guys seen our website where we talk about all our reasons for our pronunciation? freehebrew.online/pronunciation

@@cufflink44 Spot on! Zoth should rhyme with cloth. Tet should be an emphatic T a bit more explosive than the initial T is Spanish or Italian. Tav should be pronounced like a true T in English when dotted and as a th when not dotted. In my research, I was surprised to find out that Samekh which should sound like a true S was paired with Tzadi which should sound like an emphatic S in Arabic. Shin was pronounced very similar to Sh in English and Sin was probably a softer whistling Sh like some Texans pronounce their final S. The vowel system in ancient Hebrew indicates that there were more than five distinct vowels which are attested in Amharic and Arabic. Yet, this course is the closest to ancient Hebrew phonetics that I have found online. Thanks for your comment! I did not get a notification so I saw it eight months later by chance.

@@michaelpardo8403 sweet comment! Languages evolve slowly and naturally and we can observe that in the language (languages) of the Scriptures. There are several modalities of Hebrew in the scriptures. We know for sure that changes in the writings obeyed to phonetic changes that occurred over time. The th sound is found in classical Arabic and a few Arabic speaking groups but it is no longer used wholesale by the entire Arabic speaking world. Like Hebrew, the th sound in Arabic seems to be a later development, so I understand exactly where you’re coming from. The tonal accent system was also very different from modern Hebrew and the Ashkenazi pronunciation has kept remnants of Ancient Hebrew syllabic emphasis. Yet, we must remember that languages change over time and we must keep in mind that the scriptures were writings that were collected from different sources and different times, sometimes spanning hundreds of years. So we can see differences between one book of the scriptures and the next or even within the same book or chapter. I am obviously not a linguist but I was taught as a little child about the sounds and history of the Hebrew language by my mother, who was a Mizrahit herself.

@@AlephwithBeth yes! Yes! And yes! I love your explanation as to why ancient Hebrew is pronounced the way you do in these videos and it is spot on! My mother came from a home of very studious people and she gave me a good insight into her traditional understanding as to the pronunciation of the Hebrew in the different places of the Scriptures. We noticed important differences in the grammar and writings from one area to the next. My mom’s theory was that some texts were older or younger than others and at times the older texts had been copied into later texts thereby producing an even more ancient feel within a text like the “song of Moshe”, which sounds like a more ancient Hebrew than the surrounding text. Thanks for all the work and love you’ve obviously put into this project.

That is so awesome! Love it! :D

Thanks so much! We sure hope and plan to keep it up!

Bravissima tutto bello ma vedere come si scrivono e anche la traduzione, es ho capito cavallo piccolo e grande, ma vuol dire piccolo/grande? Adulto/bambino ? Cucciolo ?

They appear to be evangelical Christian.

@Torres Capo If you are interested in the Hebrew language alone, no.

@Torres Capo If you seek to support authentic Judaism, this is not the place. They are nice people with nice videos, but they do not represent Judaism.

Thank you!

Chananiah Mordecai Shalom uVrakhah! I’m sorry to cause confusion. They are definitely evangelical Christians. I am a Jew. Over the years I have come to the realization that Jews, Christians and Muslims are brothers and sister in a large dysfunctional family of long lost multicultural relatives. Each group thinks they know the other two but the vast majority of what we believe about each other is not accurate. I found out years ago because I studied Judaism, Christianity and Islam from their own perspective and then dig into each groups opinions and “knowledge” about each other. To boost my chances at a fair understanding of the issues, I also delved into their perception of their own people and the divisions they have experience and boy did I find misunderstandings! Since then I just treat everyone with the same kindness a loving father would treat their autistic child. We are all right and we are all wrong. I prefer to support specific projects. Some are Jewish and some are Muslims. I never give money to muslims but I dedicated many hours of my work and my money to bring food to the table of refugee Muslims in Sweden as I also helped them understand the western culture and adapt to it. I have supported projects of the Chabad Lubavitch, Even though I don’t see eye to eye with some of their views and I do the same with The Red Cross and some Catholic and Evangelicals. Right now I don’t have a steady income for now but I’m sure I will continue to support projects that seem good in any group. Religious or not. The same way I defund projects that seem to cause unjust anguish or even potential harm to anyone else. It’s my personal way of doing my part in repairing the universe. 😘

Traduz pfvr... Ish = homem e ishá= mulher?

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Welcome, Ruth! So glad you found us :)

@@AlephwithBeth It was definitely not a coincidence!

That's definitely coming in the future once we teach the alphabet! Stay tuned :)

Thank you so much! :)

Thanks very much!

Thanks so much!

Awesome! I'd love to hear how kids react to our videos!

Todà rabà morà

That's awesome, you go! Happy learning and God bless!

Was there an ans key to the pdf? Thank you

Thanks for the encouragement! Glad you're enjoying them. We actually start introducing the writing of words later on in other lessons. It's usually best in this methodology of teaching to wait before introducing too many elements into the equation. What we are thinking of doing in the future is having a PDF guide for those people who want some of it written out that you can download for free. You can pray for us as we prepare that, since it's a lot of work!

Thank you so much! It's a joy to hear from you and that you'll be praying for us! May God bless you, and we send hugs from Mexico!

That's awesome! Welcome!

Gracias Eli! Un abrazo

Glad it was helpful!

So glad it's helpful! We will add the alphabet and writing in the future

You're welcome 😊

My favorite here was "hamor" - it's like ch + amor - sooo cute! 😘