Biblical Hebrew Forum

["A. Philip Brown II" <apbrown2 AT prodigy.net>]

Shalom,

Last May I asked the list if anyone knew of or was working on a Reader’s
Hebrew Bible similar to A Reader’s Greek New Testament published by
Zondervan.  Receiving no reply, I assumed no one was working on one and
commenced to work on one for my Hebrew students.

I am now looking at publishing this and would like some input from those
list.

First a brief description:
1.      Text: Leningradensis as presented and modified in BHS 4th ed.
2.      I am glossing all words occurring less than 100x in Hebrew. Proper
nouns occurring less than 100x will be colored gray for easy identification.
I’m assuming students will know or easily identify proper nouns occurring
more than 100x.
3.      Word occurring less than 100x will have a footnote after them. The
footnote will include (1) the lexical form of the word, (2) the lexeme’s
root number (if other than the first homonym, e.g., II, III), and (3)
HALOT-BDB’s gloss/definition for the term.
4.      I am strictly following HALOT’s glosses and supplementing them from
BDB where the two lexicons differ.  Specifically, if HALOT offers a
context-specific gloss for a lexeme, that gloss will be given. If HALOT does
not offer a context-specific gloss for a lexeme with multiple senses, I will
list HALOT’s senses for the lexeme. Same for BDB.
5.      I do not plan to give any parsing information.

Now my questions
1. If given the choice, would you prefer to see full cantillation or the
inclusion of only the athnach? and why?

2. When glossing the verbs, since the gloss will necessarily reflect the
verb’s binyan/stem, should the gloss include a notation indicating the
binyan/stem?  and why?

Example:
Possible Gloss Entry 1:   PLT to bring out, save  VERSUS
Possible Gloss Entry 2:   PLT Pi:  to bring out, save.

3.  If you are a Hebrew instructor, what concerns would you have about a
publication such as I am proposing?

Thanks for your input!

Philip Brown