Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>]

I have a father who suffered a stroke, I take care of him the way I took care of mom now, and I told him I'd take care of him here in this house as long as we're both alive.

Since I left him alone to pick up a van we had at the mechanics, and he got his leg stuck in the side rail of the bed, had a bad dream, and started banging on the window, I've been under contract with the state, and I can't leave him alone for any reason unless someone can sit with him (and the only one who does is a respite worker who works for the state, and comes about once or twice a week), so it's a little difficult for me to get out and make friends who actually speak Hebrew (or even get up across the state line, to the only good bookstore I know, where I'd be spending his money, because I have zero income.)

So I thank you for your advise, but I'm doing the best I can on this computer, some forums, and a couple of mailing lists.

 

Michael Gerard Burke

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From: nebarry <nebarry AT verizon.net>
To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>; Dave Washburn <davidlwashburn AT gmail.com>; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] מבדיל בעדי

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Burke
To: Dave Washburn ; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] מבדיל בעדי


>If you wanted to understand the language of Shakespeare, there would be no
>reason to limit yourself to the text of Hamlet "as we have received it,"
>and every reason to look at The King James Bible, Julius Caesar, Henry V,
>the Merchant of Venice, the Taming of the Shrew, etc.,etc., etc.

>I'm interested in how Hebrew words are, were, and can be used (in both
>ancient and modern Hebrew), and I should think that anyone interested in
>understanding the language of the Hebrew Bible would be interested extra
>biblical sources.

Mike, then what you really need to do is get a good lexicon for Biblical and
a good dictionary for modern and start looking these things up on context
for yourself. That's what the people who are helping you are doing (unless
they happen to know it off the top of their heads, of course). Spend time
reading lots of Hebrew, or find a context for modern where you can actually
talk to people. That's how you get good at it.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible @ TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net


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