Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Richard" <aaa AT endlyss.com>]

> > > I also don’t believe in making the students sweat out trying to parse the 
> > > forms, that’s what analytical lexica are for<<<

Just wondering what analytical lexicons would be recommended?

Richard Conaway



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
> To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew]“First Year Lies” was Re: Ruth
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>
> > Richard:
> >
> > You are right, reading the text can’t start on day one. What I envision 
> > is
> > giving a whirlwind introduction to the grammar, what are the forms that
> > indicate verbs, nouns, suffixes, etc. with handouts that show the forms,
> > then get the students into reading the text as soon as possible. I don’t
> > believe in giving the students the whole nine yards of grammar before
> > getting them into the text. For one thing, they won’t remember it, but 
> > are
> > more likely to remember it if they see it written out in a verse. I also
> > don’t believe in making the students sweat out trying to parse the forms,
> > that’s what analytical lexica are for, rather emphasize the meaning of 
> > the
> > forms. If I can get my students to read the text regularly, mere practice
> > will get them to recognize the forms over time.
> >
> > Karl W. Randolph.