Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kevin Barney <klbarney AT yahoo.com>]

I think it would be useful to have a glossary list at
the back containing the words that occur over 100
times in the text.  That way, the reader could take it
with him to read at the beach or wherever, and know
that if a word isn't glossed but its meaning still
escapes him, he can look it up at the back.  The
student would then have a motivation and a resource to
learn those words in particular.


> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:55:28 -0500
> From: "A. Philip Brown II" <apbrown2 AT prodigy.net>
> Subject: [b-hebrew] A Reader's Hebrew Old Testament
> To: "BHebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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> 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
> 

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Kevin L. Barney
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
klbarney AT yahoo.com


        
                
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