MODERN

HEBREW IsEcOND EDItION

reading booklet

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSMODERN HEBREW I

second edition

VoicesEnglish-Speaking Instructor. . . . . . . . . Ray BrownFemale Hebrew Speaker. . . . . . . . . . Esther ShorrMale Hebrew Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . Eran Kaplan

course WritersDr. Judith Cais Dr. Ulrike S. Rettig

editorsMary E. Green Beverly D. Heinle

HebreW reVieWerDan Y. Marshall

executiVe ProducerBeverly D. Heinle

Producer & directorSarah H. McInnis

recording engineers Peter S. Turpin Kelly Saux

Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA

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Reading Lessons

Introduction ......................................................... 1Hebrew Alphabet ................................................. 4Vowel Chart ......................................................... 6

Lesson One .......................................................... 9Lesson Two ......................................................... 10Lesson Three ....................................................... 11Lesson Four ......................................................... 12Lesson Five ......................................................... 13Lesson Six ........................................................... 14Lesson Seven ....................................................... 15Lesson Eight ........................................................ 16Lesson Nine......................................................... 17Lesson Ten .......................................................... 18Lesson Eleven ..................................................... 19Lesson Twelve ..................................................... 20Lesson Thirteen ................................................... 21Lesson Fourteen .................................................. 22Lesson Fifteen ..................................................... 23Lesson Sixteen .................................................... 24Lesson Seventeen ................................................ 25Lesson Eighteen .................................................. 26Lesson Nineteen .................................................. 27Lesson Twenty .................................................... 28

TABLE Of CONTENTS

vReading Lessons

Lesson Twenty-One ........................................... 29Lesson Twenty-Two ........................................... 30Lesson Twenty-Three ......................................... 31Lesson Twenty-Four ........................................... 32Lesson Twenty-Five ........................................... 33Lesson Twenty-Six ............................................. 34Lesson Twenty-Seven......................................... 35Lesson Twenty-Eight ......................................... 36Lesson Twenty-Nine .......................................... 37Lesson Thirty ..................................................... 38

TABLE Of CONTENTS

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MODERN HEBREW I

Reading can be defined as the act of decoding graphic material in order to determine its message. To put it another way, reading consists of coming back to speech through its graphic symbols. In short, meanings reside in the sounds of the spoken language. Speaking a language is the necessary first step to acquiring the ability to read a language with meaning.

Since Hebrew is written in the Hebrew alphabet, to read Hebrew you need to associate the sounds with a different system of symbols than the Latin alphabet. A complete listing of the Hebrew alphabet can be found starting on page 4. This is for your infor-mation only: you will not need the list to learn to read Hebrew since all of the instruction is on the audio.

In Hebrew you read from right to left, the opposite of English. The first few pages in this booklet are in English and should be read from left to right; however, the pages teaching Hebrew, starting with page 4, should be read from right to left.

Vowels are normally not included in the Hebrew script. They can be marked by special signs under or above the letters, but they are usually

Introduction

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included only for beginning readers, in poetry, and in the Old Testament.

As of the second grade in elementary school, Israelis are able to read without vowels, by guessing the correct pronunciation from the context. In this booklet, the vowels are included so you wont have to worry about guessing. These lessons are printed in the Hebrew square type. You will note that there are no capital letters in Hebrew.

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 for this is that in ancient times there were more vowel sounds than there are today and the various forms of transcription have been maintained even when there is no sound difference. 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 of vowels, there are some letters which in Modern Hebrew sound alike, but which originally were different sounds. This is especially true in the case of some guttural sounds which are no longer pronounced gutturally in Modern Hebrew.

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There are two letters which are silent and serve as vowel carriers. There are two letters which have a different sound when a dot is added. There are five letters which have two forms: one form when written at the beginning or middle of the word, and another form when written at the end of the word. Having different letters for the same sound may cause difficulties in spelling but not in reading.

The aim of this program is to teach you how the letters of the Hebrew script sound. That is to say, youll learn to read aloud mostly words that you dont understand. In the early lessons, youll be decoding letter combinations that have no actual meaning. From Lesson Five on, youll be reading real words.

The recorded portion of the reading materials for Modern Hebrew I, Second Edition will be found at the end of the program. You can do the readings as it is most convenient for you. They can be done individually with each unit or at a more appropriate time afterwards. Instructions on how to proceed with the readings are contained in the audio portion of the course.

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M mem .16M mem sofit (final mem) .17N nun .18N nun sofit (final nun) .19S samech .20

silent ayin .21P pey .22F fey .23F fey sofit

(final fey) .24TS (as in hats) tsadee .25

TS tsadee sofit (final tsadee) .26

K (same as #12) kuf (spoken)kof (written) .27R reysh .28

SH shin .29S (same as #20) sin .30T (same as #10) tav .31

The Hebrew Alphabet (continued)

Sound Name of Letter Block Letter

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silent alef .1

B bet .2V vet .3

G (as in girl) gimel .4D dalet .5

H (but silent at end of word) hey .6

V vav .7Z zain .8

HCH (similar to the noise made in clearing your

throat)chet

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T tet .10Y yud (spoken) yod (written) .11K kaf .12

HCH (same as #9) chaf .13HCH chaf sofit

(final chaf) .14L lamed .15

The Hebrew Alphabet

Sound Name of Letter Block Letter

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Equivalent English Sound

Major Vowel Sounds

Combined with Hebrew Vowels

with

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)

Vowel Chart

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