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
29 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 33:6:11 source So Esau finally gets to see his long lost brother. The topic for this reading is presents. You know, when you try to give someone something and they refuse. Then you argue a...
19 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 33:1-5 source We saw Jacob's fear of his brother last week as he had sent droves of presents ahead of him to meet his brother. Then we saw how he wrestled with God and prevailed. Now the m...
12 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 32:26-33 source More than a quarter of a century has passed from Abraham to Jacob, all leading up to the birth of Israel. He spent more than twenty years obtaining wives and havin...
5 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 32:20-25 Movie source at 11:13:39 There was only this line animals and servants moving ahead to meet Esau in the movie portrayal of this story. In the Tanakh, however, there were drov...
29 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 32:14-19 source We saw Jacob praying last week because he was afraid of what will happen when he meets his burly sibling again. There is so much more to lose now than when he had left. B...
22 Jul 2022 1 minute read 1 comment hebrew
Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series. Genesis 32:10-14 Movie capture source at 1:16 Jacob is at a very tense time in his life. He is returning near the place of his upbringing and is very worried about his brother taking reve...
