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by Jason
Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:34 am
Forum: Composition Practice
Topic: Beginning to Compose
Replies: 6
Views: 8028

Re: Beginning to Compose

The second phrase from the above is: And the Lord spoke unto Abraham and he said unto him: ‘Behold, there is a famine in the land.’ Here we should learn to distinguish between דִּבֶּר "he spoke" and אָמַר "he said." Just as we have "speak" and "say" in English...
by Jason
Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: Forum Problems
Topic: Reports
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Views: 8652

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by Jason
Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:46 am
Forum: Composition Practice
Topic: Beginning to Compose
Replies: 6
Views: 8028

Beginning to Compose

The first exercise in this textbook begins like this: There was a famine in the land of Canaan, for the people were sinful unto the Lord . And the Lord spoke unto Abraham and he said unto him: ‘Behold, there is a famine in the land.’ We went over it in today's online session. We know that there is i...
by Jason
Thu Sep 02, 2021 8:21 pm
Forum: Composition Practice
Topic: Compositions
Replies: 6
Views: 10038

Re: Compositions

ואם יש (או יהיו) פה אנשים שיודעים עברית ישראלית, תרגישו חופשי לכתוב לנו בעברית—בלי לחץ.
by Jason
Thu Sep 02, 2021 8:19 pm
Forum: Composition Practice
Topic: Compositions
Replies: 6
Views: 10038

Re: Compositions

So, we'll be working through as much of Weingreen's Biblical Hebrew Composition as we can. I've never worked through that book myself, so I'm looking forward to going through it with you. When Jonathan mentioned that he wanted to use that book, I jumped on it. :) I was always a fan of Weingreen's gr...
by Jason
Thu Sep 02, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introduction: Jason Hare
Replies: 0
Views: 5283

Introduction: Jason Hare

Hi, folks. Most of you will know me. After all, I created The Hebrew Café. :D I really love the Hebrew language from all periods. I teach biblical Hebrew and would like to teach modern Hebrew, as well, although I have never opened up a course in modern Hebrew. I've lived in Israel since 2007, having...
by Jason
Thu Sep 02, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: Typing and Encoding Issues
Topic: Stylizing Hebrew and Greek
Replies: 1
Views: 6924

Re: Stylizing Hebrew and Greek

Typing [​rtl][​he]בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃[​/he][​/rtl] will yield:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Notice that it is aligned on the right.

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם

ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.