The First Hebrew Primer

I know someone who I think does and I’ve asked her to weigh in as soon as she can. In the meantime, I thought I’d like to direct your attention to Tim Hegg’s site who uses this book in his webinar’s and has a bunch of free resources to use with it.

Rachel

I have used the First Hebrew Primer and I like it very much.  I will say though that when we first started it (DH and I) we didn’t know anything about Hebrew, so it moved too fast for us and we stayed in those first lessons a little while until we knew all the consonants and vowels.

Hegg does offer video lessons now that go along w/ the book.  They don’t start at lesson 1, I’ll have to ask a friend of mine who has taken classes from him before why it says ‘archived’ and where one may be able to access them.  Also, you could just email him yourself, he is a pretty friendly guy and personally answers his emails.

Also, I would definitely listen to his audio tracks, it really helps w/ the lessons (at least in the beginning), or you could just buy the CD.  We haven’t used the audio for the higher level lessons because we just aren’t there yet, so I don’t really know how useful it is for that.

Its a really good program.  I have friends that were self-taught w/ basically Hebrew and a Gesenius and were already translating for a couple of yrs and they recently bought the First Hebrew Primer and really liked it, wish they would have had something like that when they started, their learning curve would have been cut way down.

HTH!

I have the Little Bitty Baby Learns Hebrew board book by Hohannah Bluedorn.  It’s excellent for learning the alefbet. 

Jot & Tittle:  Introducing the Hebrew Alefbet Through the Weekly Torah Portions by Pat Feinberg is helpful.  It’s not a complete course, but I do think they’ve added levels since I purchased this one years ago.  It’s a level 1 for all ages book.  You start from what we consider “the back” since Hebrew is read from right to left.  Kinda cool way to get you going.  The verse on the inside cover is “…Until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or tittle will by any means pass from the Torah untill all is fulfilled.”  -Matthew 5:18

One other resource I use is Listening to the Language of the Bible:  Hearing It Through Jesus’ Ears, by Lois Tverberg with Bruce Okkema.  It’s a nice devotional that teaches the meanings of words.  It has eight sections.

1.  Hebraic Insights That Deepen Our Thinking

2.  Lessons for Our Lives

3.  Discovering the Bible’s Rich Imagery

4.  Words in Living Color

5.  The Importance of Family

6.  Insights That Enrich Our Prayer Life

7.  Ideas About the Messiah

8.  The Powerful Words of Jesus

Zola Levitt Ministries has a course that I’d like for our family at some point, too.

hth, Blessings,

Becca<><