Re: Biblical Hebrew or Modern Hebrew?

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:50, caeruleancentaur wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@U...> wrote:
>
> Steg Belsky wrote:
> > On Oct 3, 2004, at 12:23 AM, David H wrote:
> > > Well, I know how to pronounce the vowel points when I see them,
>
> but is
>
> > > it
> > > necessary to learn how to actually spell the words using the
>
> correct
>
> > > vowels?
> >
> > Well, if you're ever planning on writing words with vowel points for
> > disambiguation purposes, it'd be a good idea. And it's easier to do
>
> if
>
> > you're learning Biblical Hebrew with some kind of reconstructed
> > Classical pronunciation.  But if you're just reading everything
>
> Modern
>
> > Israeli style and keeping up with the vowels is a hassle, then don't
> > worry about it.  Just make sure you remember how to recognize them
>
> when
>
> > reading :) .
>
> I would add my 2 kopecks. To know exact vowel pointing is rather
> important,
> since knowing it makes easier to understand many phonological
> processes in
> weak verbs (how to derive them from strong paradigms), and smtimes
> helps you
> to decide, if the word is a verb or a noun (e.g. |za:khar| 'to
> remember' ~
>
> |za:kha:r| 'male'), or some word forms (e.g.
> |midba:r| 'wilderness.ABS' ~
> |midbar| 'wilderness.CONSTR').
>
> I recommend a good primer in BHe:
>
> Kelley, Page H. Biblical Hebrew: an introductory grammar. ISBN 0-8028-
> 0598-I
> (pbk.)
> Published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids,
> Michigan,
> © 1992
>
> I systematized my random knowledge using this textbook, and now give
> lessons
> based on it.
> --- End forwarded message ---
>
>
> My two "aylemuroni" worth: My Hebrew text was/is Introduction to
> Biblical Hebrew, Thomas O. Lambdin, SBN 684-41322-1.  The text is
> pointed throughout.
>
> Charlie
I got a bit of a grounding in it using the book "A Practical Grammar for
Classical Hebrew", by J. Weingreen, OUP, no discernable ISBN - I borrowed it
from my dad.  A friend recommended I use Mansoor's "Biblical Hebrew", but I
never got around to getting that.

Just my 2 ha'pennies' worth - and that's inflation!
--
Wesley Parish
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