I'm 84 years old and I'm delighted to find these lectures. I've wanted to learn Biblical Hebrew for years. Thank you Dr Barrick!

I’m 82 and I’m loving this course! Thank you for making this available for me! You are a good teacher.

As a Witness, learning Biblical Hebrew has improved my overall appreciation for all Scripture and ministry - thank you ❤

1:10 review alphabet, rules for gutturals, silent letters, vowels, labials 8:30 developments in the language through the Hebrew Bible 13:15 review vowels 19:55 learning lag in languages 22:40 types of learners: visual, audio, kinaesthetic 28:50 vocal shewa 36:04 silent shewa 38:47 newspaper article 40:24 rules of syllabification 1:01:53 practise reading with Is 6:3 and Gen 1:1

Asking those in class questions is priceless for the viewers... Thanks classmates!

Boker tov Dr B - Thank you for posting this publicly - shalom from Australia!

I’m 76. I have always wantend to learn Hebrew. Just started and am very much helped by these videos. Knowing the grammar has Made me understand quicker the sentences I read in the Hebrew Bible . So thank you very much for these video’s.

This is so informative!! Not just Hebrew lessons, but now knowing about language lag!! Hmmm!!!

Thank you for these videos, they are excellent to learn biblical Hebrew and to study God's word.

Thank you for these videos, it has help me a great deal with my Hebrew study and God's word.

Thank you very much Dr Bill !!

This is fantastic,

This is great it helped me a lot thank you for taking the time to do the video’s and the lecture materials thank you again

Finally a very good turoring in biblical hebrew

Thank you for these videos.

I'm vey grateful for this series! 🙂

1:08:25 Genesis 1:1

Are these for audio download anywhere? (was converting them all, which is time consuming but worth it, only if audio download isn't available anywhere)

When introducing the vocal shewa, this video says that it occurs after the "full letter vowels" - obviously different to mere "long vowels". But at 45:46, in the first example where we need to identify whether the shewa is vocal or silent, we're told that it's vocal because it follows a "long vowel", which made be very confused, and I consulted my notes and the recording multiple times. What exactly is the rule that tells me that this shewa is a vocal shewa? Is it only "full letter vowels" which produce vocal shewas after them, or "long vowels" too?

Thanks for this lesson. At 56.11 he says the half vowel is hatuph seghol but he means hatuph patach

Does anyone know what the transliteration is for pathach with a concluding yod that makes the "eye" or long i sound? I may figure out what it is before long in this lecture series, but I'll ask here just in case.

The Jews of Yemen are from the first diaspora over 3,000 years ago when they exiled from the first galuth (destruction of the first Temple. They maintain the original pronunciation of the "ayin" which is the same sound as the Arabic "eyn" sound. They also pronounce the segol "a" sound as in "cat". the Resh is similar to the Spanish "R" but not trilled as much. The Ashkenazi pronounce the resh gutturaly n gthe throat.

so do you just not use a dagesh forte with the "bagadkafat" letters?

hey says there are no biblical speakers from before 400 bc he says, this is true ,but it is also true that Jews never stopped speaking biblical Hebrew. He should ask the class if any modern Jewish dialects of biblical Hebrew pronounce the ayin. the answer is yes.

great syllabification ? lecture 28:30 ' .start of shewas, 40' starts syllabification.

Is it the case that for consonants with more than one pronunciation you just have to memorize the pronunciation for each word? e.g. tsade can be pronounced 's' or 'ts' - or is tsade always 'ts' at the end of words? (as in the last word in Gen 1.1. (meaning 'earth')), at the very end of the video.

Today I learned I am selectively an auditory, visual, kinesthetic and plain trial by error learner.

Shewa is the "short i" sound as in Kit or Lit. It's not a short a sound as in cup. The short u sound is the kumatz. The patach or pasach is the Ah sound as in drAma. It's not like A as in cat. No Hebrew vowel makes the short A sound. (Born and raised Orthodox Jew here btw) These are the classic Ashkenazi and Yemenite pronunciations. The modern Hebrew (Israeli Ivrit) commandeered the modern Sephardic pronunciations that totally lost the Kumatz sound. It's all Patach (Pasach), ah. The Uh sound in modern Sephardic pronunciation is the shortening of the cholem sound in the word עולם which should be pronounced OH-lum but is instead pronounced Uh-lom.

12:09 vowels

I don't find it necessary to pronounce the consonants and vowels the way we "think" they sounded, it's even mildly irritating. I don't use the words, thee, thy, and thou, yet that's how they spoke in King James days.

Why is shin (ש) doubled in ha-shamayim (השמים)?

Lesson 4 and still on the alphabet which he himself cannot pronounce properly!

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יגר שהדותא: is pronounced with a sin not shin

I feel like he is really setting these poor guys up for failure seeing as how he chose an ancient Yemenite pronunciation of these words which is utilized by maybe 5% of the religious Jewish community. I’ve never seen or heard anyone speak or read Hebrew this way, either in Israel or in a synagogue.

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I am quite frustrated that in a beginning Hebrew class you use so many examples that are exceptions to the rule. Exceptions should be saved toward the end of the class after foundational understanding of the rules has been established.

But if this Moshè wrote this Torah like Barrick says, did he write it in Hebrew? 200 years before the language was spoken? A miracle?

The patach isn't pronounced like a in pass. It's more like a in father. Pronouncing it like a in pass is a common mistake for anglophones.

Good explanation but don't you think if YHWH wanted vowel points they would have been there? Zep 3:9 “For then I shall turn unto the peoples a clean lip, b so that they all call on the Name of יהוה, to serve Him with one shoulder. Footnote: b Or language.

Yud-hei is YAH, but out of respect for hashems name not speaking the second part

YHVH is not ever pronounced in Judaism, this is a lie. It was pronounced in ancient times when the temple stood but the practice ended with the destruction of the Temple because only the high priest spoke the name YHVH. Religious Jews won't ever say YHVY they will say Adonai in prayer and if God's name is spoken in casual conversation they say HaShem.

Sir, have you stubbled over that Adoni vowels as being made up. And that texts are popping up from long ago and it IS YeHoVah, and not Yaweh

Translators are picking and choosing both the Jewish ones and the Christians ones because of doctrine not because of what is really written. They do not understand the Son of Man is a Kamo and each prophet is him. Study Hebrew so you know the truth Psalm 139 ( Artscroll Tanakh)16 as YOUR EYES SAW MY UNSHAPED FORM, AND IN YOUR BOOK ALL WERE RECORDED; THOUGH THEY WILL BE FASHIONED THROUGH MANY DAYS, TO HIM THEY ARE ONE Mic 5:2 “But you, Běyth Leḥem Ephrathah, you who are little among the clans of Yehuḏah, out of you shall come forth to Me the One to become Ruler in Yisra’ěl. And His COMINGS forth (APPEARANCES) (a) are of old, from everlasting.” Footnote: a Or His appearances. Amos 3:7 “For YHVH ELOHIM does nothing without revealing his secret to his SERVANT the prophets. IN HEBREW AMOS 3:7 SERVANT IS SINGULAR NOT PLURAL AS WE HAVE IT TRANSLATED. Luke 24:27 And BEGINNING WITH MOSES and ALL the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning HIMSELF. Deuteronomy 18:18 I will RAISE THEM UP (STAND UP) a prophet LIKE YOU (A H3644 KAMO OF YOU) from among their brethren (H0251 figuratively of resemblance/ metaphorical affinity or resemblance ); and I will put MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. TO SEE WHAT FATHER IS SAYING IN DEUTERONOMY YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WORDS IN HEBREW AND WHAT THEY MEAN IN REALITY. KAMO FOR EXAMPLE IS THE PROPHETS THAT WILL BE STOOD UP OR MADE TO STAND ON THEIR FEET IN HEBREW TERMS. KAMO MEANS THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE A CAMOUFLAGE OF MOSES. H3644 KAMO as thyself kamo (455d); a pleonastic form of a prep. pref.; like, as, when:- - alike, comparison, if, like, likewise, so, such, thus LIKE KAMO MILITARY PANTS KAMO IS LIKE CAMOUFLAGE disguising them as something else H0251 BRETHREN a primitive word; TWOT - 62a; n m -Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar) (A METAPHOR is an expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics and it is metaphorically an affinity or resemblance to a brother of their own that will be another prophet. THIS MEANS A LITERAL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AS IN THE SAME PARENTS ) 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)):-another, brother (-ly), kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-". Deuteronomy 18: 15 “YHVH your ELOHIM will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren-him you shall heed- 16 just as you desired of YHVH your ELOHIM at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of YHVH my ELOHIM, or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And YHVH said to me, ‘They have rightly said all that they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 And whoever will not give heed to my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word which YHVH has not spoken?’- 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of YHVH, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word which YHVH HAS NOT SPOKEN; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you need not be afraid of him. Psalm 40: Then I said, “Behold, I have come; IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME: 8 I delight to do your will, O my ELOHIM; your law is within my heart.” EACH PROPHET GIVES YOU CLUES IT IS THE SAME THE SON OF MAN IN A KAMO BODY THAT IS SPEAKING: EZEKIEL IS ONE OF THE EASIEST TO SEE Ezekiel 36 :3 Is YHVH speaking to the same SON OF MAN that came in the NT telling him they will make him desolate and a possession to the heathens the other nations. Ezekiel is a description not a name the person addressed in that book 98 times is the SON OF MAN . #1 EXAMPLE FROM EZEKIEL Ezekiel 2 : 3-5 And He said to me, “SON OF MAN, I am sending you TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO A NATION OF REBELS who have rebelled against Me. They and their fathers have transgressed against Me, until this day. : I SEND YOU TO THEM , and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHVH ELOHIM.’ 5 And WHETHER THEY HEAR OR REFUSE TO HEAR, for they are a rebellious house - shall know that a PROPHET HAS BEEN IN THEIR MIDST. COMPARE TO THE SON OF MAN’S WORDS IN THE NT Matthew 15:24 He answered, “I WAS SENT ONLY TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.” Luke 9:44 “LET THESE WORDS SINK INTO YOUR EARS: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” Luke 14:35 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. “HE WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.” Luke 4:24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. Luke 7:16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified ELOHIM, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “ELOHIM has visited his people!” #2 EXAMPLE FROM EZEKIEL Ezekiel 17:2 “Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; Ezekiel 24:3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says YHVH ELOHIM: “Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also; Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, COMPARE TO THE SON OF MAN’S WORDS IN THE NT Mark 4:34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. Luke 19:11 As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of ELOHIM was to appear immediately Mat 13:13 “Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Mat 13:14 “And in them the prophecy of Yeshayahu is completely filled, which says, ‘Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive, Mat 13:15 for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back, and I heal them.’

No religious Jew anywhere will say G-d's name. It's always pronounced ado-nai. It's deeply offensive to say that it's only heretical Jews won't pronounce it. No Jew should pronounce it and no Jew will pronounce it. It was only pronounced in the past on Yom Kippur by the Kohen Hagadol in the Kadosh Kadoshim.

This is a nice resource, but I really don't think it's the place of a Christian to dictate which Jewish practices are legitimate, even when cherry picking a few rabbis who might do something in certain circumstances. That's a pretty irresponsible message to send to students. Stay in your lane and we won't tell you you're doing Christianity wrong because some sects might have a different custom or interpretation.

Are The Man-Made Vowel-Marks Inspired, Or Corrupting Influences? The Hebrew scholars of today fully defend the uninspired vowel manipulations that have corrupted the phonology of Hebrew. The Hebrew letters as they were originally written without these vowel marks enable future generations to “call” on the Name (see Psalm 102:18), but the Masoretes’ niqqud marks were designed to do the opposite. They divert a reader away from pronouncing the Name. They have caused great damage to the language, and caused His people to “howl.” (see YashaYahu 52:5, also Psalm 2)

Keep in mind that the modern Hebrew has been distorted with other outside influences. The Responsible party that twisted the letter alef (A) into ayin (E), was by a Karaite sect called the Masoretes. This same sect began with Anan Ben David in 767 CE/AD, this sect of Masoretes (traditionalists) did not want anyone uttering the true Name YOD-HAY-UAU-HAY as "Yahuah," so they invented vowel distortions with niqqud and cantillation marks to train those reading Hebrew to mispronounce words. ALAHIM (or ALAHYM) became "ELOHIM." YAHU became YEHO. They left the name ABRAHIM alone for some unknown reason, otherwise it would be EBRAHIM today. The Hebrew root "AL" (ALEF-LAMED) became "EL." This root is not a name of any kind, it is a pronoun implying lofty, upward, highness, strength, mightiness, etc. The Israeli airline EL-AL means to go + upward. EL-AL is spelled ayin-lamed (EL) + alef-lamed (AL). YAHUAH ALAHIM fully translated means: "I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE (your) MIGHTY ONE." Conclusion: What is a vowel, or a better question would be, what's the basic & actual meaning of a vowel,? Answer: A speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs. The modern letter V would not be according to the definition stated above, however the letter V back then was equal to our much modern letter U, an example would be, the arch of Titvs, today that would be, the arch of Titus. Also the letter W is also somewhat a modern letter, otherwise it's just that, A Double UU! So technically the common word known as noun, could be spelled nown, otherwise phonetically they would sound the same etc. Anyway, the vowels ALEF, AYIN, HAY, YOD, UAU of Hebrew are written down to be sounded letters. These became the Greek and Latin vowels we use in English, A E I O U. Yusef Ben MattithYahu (aka Flavius Josephus) said He saw the Name written in four Hebrew vowels (not the Aramaic script mistakenly called “modern Hebrew”). All written letters represent sounds. I submit the Masoretes (traditionalists) and their attempted alterations cannot be trusted! Due to the Masoretes, we inherited the idea it is ELI, giving the form ELIYAHU (aka Elijah). The true Hebrew name is ALIYAHU. The ALEF-LAMED is best transliterated as AL, not so much as EL.

This is terrible. Better to learn by beginning to read and learning word forms and constructs.

Damn what a boaring teaching Smh