Self taught over the last ten years, I try to help others to understand the workings of the Hebrew language. I have been blogging my way through the Tanakh (Hebrew bible) since Genesis 1:1
27 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 37:19-24 source Last week the brothers saw Joseph coming far off after having tried to evade their younger brother. Now he has tracked them down and they are really upset. Now, he...
13 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 37:9-13 source Last week, the brothers complained about a dream Joseph had recounted about the sheaves bowing and now, there is another dream which includes the parents bowing. Thi...
6 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 37:4-8 source We started the new chapter last week with the story of Joseph. He had told their father what they were doing, like a spy or something. Then they saw that their fathe...
30 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:40 - 37:3 source We finish another chapter today and learn that the reason Esau is called "Edom" is because he was the father of Edom, the father of the Edomites, as they are ca...
23 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:31-39 source Last couple posts were all about who was born to whom. This week, we have a record of the kings who reigned over the different cities in the land of Edom. So it was...
16 Dec 2022 1 minute read 1 comment hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:20-30 source This seems to be the last post dedicated only to the names of the children of Esau (Edom). I chose a wilderness hot spring for this post because there is a per...
9 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:14-19 source This is the second of three posts where we read through the names of the wives and children of Esau (Edom). I read through all of the names and compared them to the...
2 Dec 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:8-13 source We learn that Esau is Edom, likely in another language, and his descendants will be referred to as Edomites. When we see that term in Hebrew it will be pronounced "E...
25 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 36:1-7 source Starting a new chapter with the generations of Esau and they begin to talk about the four wives from the women of the Canaanites. Then it says which of his kids was...
18 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 35:18-29 source Shabbat Shalom, we have finished another chapter, and we are burying two people today. We have Rachel who was buried on the way to Ephrath. Later in this passage, w...
