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
11 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 35:12-17 source The promised land is now promised again to Jacob in the conversation we started last week. Then God leaves, it says "and God went up from him", so they made a place...
4 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 35:6-11 source It seems that Jacob has no problem remembering where he had met God in the past. They arrived to Bethel (Beyt-El) and everyone build an alter there. They also needed...
28 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 35:1-5 source Jacob was upset last week. He did not know what he would do after his sons massacred all the men of Shechem. But this week starts with God telling him to take his fam...
21 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:27-31 source We are finishing another chapter today. Chapter thirty four is history! The topic of today's reading is the wholesale butchering of the people of Shechem. After making a deal...
14 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:27-31 source We are finishing another chapter today. Chapter thirty four is history! The topic of today's reading is the wholesale butchering of the people of Shechem. After making a deal...
7 Oct 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:18-24 source Today is the day that an entire city goes under the knife. What a wretched request. What a painful proposal we saw last week. So now, Shechem is giving the hard se...
30 Sep 2022 1 minute read 1 comment hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:13-17 source What is your word worth? I ask that because I saw the context of the conversation, Jacob's boys to Shechem, where it says they dealt with Shechem deceitfully. If I...
23 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:7-12 One line stands out in the next passage we are reading. "For such a thing must not be done." We left off with the rape of Dinah, Jacob's daughter. We pick back up with the s...
16 Sep 2022 2 minute read 4 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 34:1-6 Most love stories start out with a couple meeting, falling in love, and then getting intimate, which leads to having a family. Apparently, the sons of Hamor were a backwards...
9 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 33:16-20 Present day Shechem source We are finishing another chapter today. Congrats if you are still with me.! We saw Jacob reunited with his brother last week. He chose to stay b...
