Biblical Hebrew Forum

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In a message dated 1/12/2005 7:56:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
apbrown2 AT prodigy.net writes:

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

I STRONGLY believe that the full cantilation is necessary if students will  
use this as a primary text.  It's important to see how the Massoretes  
analyzed 
the sentence structure beyond splitting it in half.  The other  disjunctive 
accents can be critical to analysis.

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.

The binyan should be included.  Many English glosses do not differ  between 
one or more binyanim.  The binyan is often relevant to  understanding why 
other 
parts of the sentence (prepositions, etc.) are what they  are.

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


I'm not an instructor.
 
Best of luck!!
Hayyim