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HEBREW II

reading booklet

PIMSLEUR

SIMON & SCHUSTERS


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Graphic Design: Maia Kennedy

and Recorded Program 2007 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Reading Booklet 2007 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Voices

English-Speaking Instructor. . . . . . . . . Ray Brown

Hebrew-Speaking Narrator . . . . . . . . . . Roee Levy

Female Hebrew Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dalit Levy

Male Hebrew Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Gold

course Writers

Lessons 1-30 & Readings . . . . . . . Dr. Judith Cais

Lessons 1-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher J. Gainty

Lessons 12-30 . . . . . . . . . . . Elisabeth Beryl Heinle

Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Horber

editors

Mary E. Green Beverly D. Heinle

reVieWer

Tzilla Barone

executiVe Producer

Beverly D. Heinle

Producer & director

Sarah H. McInnis

recording engineers

Peter S. Turpin Kelly Saux

Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA


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Reading Lessons

Introduction ........................................................ 1

Hebrew Alphabet ................................................ 4

Vowel Chart ........................................................ 6

Lesson One ......................................................... 9

Lesson Two ....................................................... 10

Lesson Three ...................................................... 11

Lesson Four ........................................................ 12

Lesson Five ........................................................ 13

Lesson Six .......................................................... 14

Lesson Seven ...................................................... 15

Lesson Eight ....................................................... 16

Lesson Nine........................................................ 17

Lesson Ten ......................................................... 18

Lesson Eleven .................................................... 19

Lesson Twelve .................................................... 20

Lesson Thirteen .................................................. 21

Lesson Fourteen ................................................. 22

Lesson Fiteen .................................................... 23

Lesson Sixteen ................................................... 24

Lesson Seventeen ............................................... 26

Lesson Eighteen ................................................. 28

TABLE Of CONTENTS


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Reading Lessons

Lesson Nineteen ................................................. 30

Lesson Nineteen -- with Vowel Markers and

Consonant Dots ................................................ 32

Lesson Twenty ................................................... 34

Lesson Twenty -- with Vowel Markers andConsonant Dots ................................................ 36

TABLE Of CONTENTS


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Since Hebrew is written in the Hebrew alphabet,

to read Hebrew you need to associate the sounds

with a dierent system o symbols than the Latin

alphabet. A complete listing o the Hebrew alphabet

can be ound starting on page 4. This is or yourinormation only: you will not need the list to be

able to read Hebrew since all o the instruction is on

the audio.

In Hebrew you read rom right to let, the opposite

o English. The irst ew pages in this booklet arein English and should be read rom let to right;

however, the pages teaching Hebrew, starting with

page 4, should be read rom right to let.

In Modern Hebrew, the major vowel sounds are:

ah, eh, ee, o, and oo. Some vowels are represented

by more than one sign. The reason or this is that

in ancient times there were more vowel sounds than

there are today and the various orms o transcription

have been maintained even when there is no sound

dierence. And there is also a punctuation vowel,called schva, which is sometimes silent.

There are twenty-two consonants in the Hebrew

alphabet, written with thirty-one letters. As in the

case o vowels, there are some letters which in

Introduction


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Modern Hebrew sound alike, but which originally

were dierent sounds. This is especially true in the

case o some guttural sounds which are no longer

pronounced gutturally in Modern Hebrew.

There are two letters which are silent and serve

as vowel carriers. There are two letters which have

a dierent sound when a dot is added. There are

ive letters which have two orms: one orm when

written at the beginning or middle o the word, and

another orm when written at the end o the word.Having dierent letters or the same sound may

cause diiculties in spelling, but not in reading.

Modern Hebrew script does not normally

include vowels and consonant dots. These are only

included or beginning readers, in poetry, and in

the Old Testament, and are otherwise used only when

it is necessary to avoid ambiguities o meaning. As

o the second grade in elementary school, Israelis

are able to read without vowels, by guessing the

correct pronunciation. In this booklet, the vowelsand consonant dots are included in the irst eighteen

lessons. We have not included the dots, called

dagesh chazak, in cases where these dots do not

change the pronunciation.

Introduction (continued)


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There are twenty Reading Lessons. The irst

iteen Reading Lessons are a review rom Level I.

Theyll give you a solid introduction to reading

Modern Hebrew. The inal ive Lessons include

letters between a husband and wie and two workcolleagues. In Lessons Nineteen and Twenty you

will be introduced to reading Modern Hebrew

without vowel markers and consonant dots. To help

ease this transition, weve included the same lesson

on the ollowing page with the vowel markers and

consonant dots. It is important, however, to reerto these pages only ater making every attempt at

reading these words, as you will see them printed in

Israel without the markers and dots.

These lessons are printed in the Hebrew square

type. You will note that there are no capital letters

in Hebrew and western style punctuation is used.

The recorded portion o the reading materials or

Hebrew II will be ound at the end o the program.

You can do the Readings when it is most convenientor you, either with the units, or entirely ater

completing the ull 30 units. Full instructions on

how to proceed are in the recording.

Introduction (continued)


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Sound Name o Letter Block Letter

M mem .16

Mmem soft

(fnal mem).17

N nun .18

Nnun soft

(fnal nun).19

S samech .20

silent ayin .21

P pey .22

F ey .23

Fey soft

(fnal ey).24

TS (as in hats) tsadee .25

TStsadee soft(fnal tsadee)

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K (same as #12)ku (spoken)ko (written)

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R reysh .28

SH shin .29

S (same as #20) sin .30

T (same as #10) tav .31

The Hebrew Alphabet (continued)

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silent ale .1

B bet .2

V vet .3

G (as in girl) gimel .4

D dalet .5

H (but silent at end

of word)

hey .6

V vav .7

Z zain .8

HCH (similar tothe noise made

in clearing yourthroat)

chet .9

T tet .10

Yyud (spoken)

yod (written).11

K ka .12

HCH (same as #9) cha .13

HCHcha soft

(fnal cha).14

L lamed .15

The Hebrew Alphabet

Sound Name o Letter Block Letter

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Vowel Chart

EquivalentEnglish Sound

Major VowelSounds

Combined with

Hebrew Vowels

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a (as in father)

e (as in met) ee

(between feet and fit) o (as in oh)

oo (as in boot) (as in eh?,

sometimes silent)

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1 The spelling o the frst word ( ) diers when spelledwithout vowel markers ( ). Without vowel markers theee is represented by the yud; with vowel markers it is

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1 The spelling o the second word ( ) diers when spelled

without vowel markers ( ). Without vowel markersthe o is represented by the vav; with vowel markers it isrepresented by the dot ater the third letter, chaf.

The vowel marker under the alef in the second wordconsists o two vowel markers, a schva (two dots) and ane (three dots). The schva is silent and only the e ispronounced.

2 The frst vowel marker in the last word is pronounced asan o and not as an a.

3 The second vowel marker in the last word is pronouncedas an o and not as an a.

4The spelling o the third word ( ) diers when spelledwithout vowel markers ( ). Without vowel markers

the o is represented by the vav; with vowel markers it isrepresented by the dot ater the third letter, chaf.

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