Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Christian Hoffmann <christian.hoffmann AT wsl.ch>]

Hello all,

A really remarkable dictionary to use with Biblical and with modern Hebrew is

Alkalay R., 1965. The Complete Hebrew-English-Hebrew Dictionary. Massada.

It gives lots of biblical, talmudic, aramaic usages and all the modern stuff.

Great value. I use it since 32 years and still find treasures in it. Two (or 
now three) hefty volumes.

Shalom to all
--Christian

At 09:36 29.02.00 -0800, you wrote:
>The way I passed my exam in modern Hebrew was to read as much as I could
>from the Encyclopedia Miqrait (sp?).  The Hebrew there is not too
>difficult, but it was sufficiently interesting (and there is *lots* of
>it) to keep me going.  There are some pieces that you can understand only
>by having a knowledge of the specialty or knowing the writer.  I read one
>book for my dissertation and found that he had either invented or
>transliterated from English back to Hebrew words that did not exist in any
>dictionary.  Very frustrating, especially when you are having trouble with
>the dictionaries (they don't work like the BH dictionaries).
>
>Michael
>
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Dave Washburn wrote:
>
>> Jane,
>> > I'm at the end of my second year of BH in graduate school, and I'd like 
>> > to make the transition 
>> > both to unvocalized texts and to modern Hebrew as expeditiously [and 
>> > painlessly?] as possible.  
>> > I'd love to have any suggestions those on the list might offer.  Also, 
>> > have any of you used 
>> > Muraoka's Modern Hebrew for Biblical Scholars?
>> 
>> The only way I know is read, read, read.  I tried Muraoka's book but 
>> found the Hebrew typeface (at least in the edition my library got 
>> me) difficult to read.  Some of the selections were interesting, but I 
>> got more mileage out of studying the grammar portion and then 
>> reading as much modern Heb text as I could get my hands on with 
>> a couple of dictionaries nearby.  One of my Hebrew students 
>> subscribed to Qadmoniot and began sending me back issues when 
>> she finished with them, so I have a fairly steady stream of new 
>> material to hone my skills.  This kind of saturation is the best way I 
>> know to make the transition.
>> 
>> 
>> Dave Washburn
>> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
>> Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
>> give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.
>>                                    Psalm 86:11
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