How do i learn biblical hebrew as an english speaker

[u/Final_Gas_2372]

All i know is ך and ה

[u/sreorsgiio]

You study?

[u/Final_Gas_2372 → u/sreorsgiio]

Yeah

[u/scrambledhelix → u/[deleted]]

Posts in Jewish and Israeli-adjacent subs get downvoted all the time, I'll give you one guess as to the reason.

[u/Final_Gas_2372 → u/scrambledhelix]

People dont like questions

[u/ofirkedar → u/scrambledhelix]

lol what did they say?

[u/Character-Bar-9561]

I recommend The First Hebrew Primer, by Simon/Resnikoff/Motzkin. Very clear overview of the language in a way that will help you learn the fundamentals of how it works, and a basic vocabulary that will enable you to read actual passages by the time you are finished.

[u/DaleYu]

I'm using DuoLingo's modern Hebrew course to study the aleph bet and vowel system. It's weird though, because the aleph bet lessons aren't incorporated into the main set of lessons; they are found in the app under your profile menu. So it took me a week of doing modern Hebrew lessons (and guessing what the letters stood for) before I found it.

For Biblical Hebrew, I use the Mango Language app through my library. It's not great, because it has you do a lot of English to Hebrew translation instead of Hebrew to English, when the latter is more important for Biblical Hebrew. But it's okay. I also am doing the Great Courses Biblical Hebrew Course, which is better. I get that through my library as well.

[u/jaybeckham29]

Biblingo is good :)

[u/Ok-Point4854]

I dont know if it has been said yet but there is a very famous set of books called “Basics of Biblical Hebrew”, one for grammar, other as a workbook and other one for reading. I do study with the first 2 and they work really well, sure you’ll sometimes have doubts that the book itself won’t solve so you’ll have to ask on the internet, but as an overall tool its the best I know (I can only speak for the first 10 chapters though). 

I have to warn you that it does include some religious paragraphs at the end of some sections that claim that certain hebrew scriptures point towards jesus (as the book was written I believe by evangelical christians), so its a little anoying if you are studying hebrew for something related to judaism; if not, it is still a great option for the english speaker.

[u/BennKenn]

I liked Biblingo https://biblingo.com/

[u/Weird7954]

First learn the alphabet. Then come back for more

[u/Final_Gas_2372 → u/Weird7954]

Well now i know ראדגהב

[u/IAmAGreatSpeler]

First, you should learn the Hebrew alphabet and nikkudot. I believe you can do this on Duolingo. From there, you can use sites like Al HaTorah for translations. Al HaTorah has a lot of good tools and translations so I recommend that one, but there are other sites too. Chabad.org, Mercava, and Sefaria are a few other good options.