Biblical Hebrew in Scenes

Read the Bible in Hebrew, one scene at a time

Each lesson is about ten minutes: new words in short scenes, then sentences. Each unit ends with a real verse, and by then you know every word in it.

New to the Hebrew letters? You can start anyway. Every word is spoken, “Show sounds” writes it in English letters, and the letter tiles bring in the letters a few at a time, the ones each lesson uses.

Start: Lesson 1, Bread and water

Unit 1: Bread and lentil stew

Ends with Genesis 25:34

  1. 1Bread and water7 wordsאִישׁ
  2. 2Two brothers7 wordsיַעֲקֹב
  3. 3Red stew7 wordsנָזִיד
  4. 4The birthright7 wordsאָב

Unit 2: In the beginning

Ends with Genesis 1:1

  1. 5Day and night7 wordsיוֹם
  2. 6Sky and sea7 wordsשָׁמַיִם
  3. 7He saw that it was good7 wordsרָאָה
  4. 8In the beginning6 wordsרֹאשׁ

Unit 3: A stone for a pillow

Ends with Genesis 28:11

  1. 9Jacob sets out7 wordsיָצָא
  2. 10At the well7 wordsבְּאֵר
  3. 11The sun went down7 wordsשָׁכַב
  4. 12A stone for a pillow7 wordsיָרַד

Unit 4: The pillar at Bethel

Ends with Genesis 28:18

  1. 13Early in the morning7 wordsמַצֵּבָה
  2. 14Oil and wine7 wordsשֶׁמֶן
  3. 15The stone that he put7 wordsשֻׁלְחָן
  4. 16Bethel7 wordsרָכַב

The Hebrew text is the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

About this course: the units, the plans, questions