Beginning Hebrew

Welcome to the Beginning Hebrew online resources.

These links are to video files of the weekly lectures in Beginning Hebrew: Ruth. Files will be posted here no later than the Friday following the lecture, and will remain available for at least one week. These files are formatted for Quicktime, but can also be played with VLC.

Save the files by right-clicking the link and choosing "Save target as ..." or "Save link as ..." or something like that. If the file you download is a .zip archive, you will need to extract the contents after downloading.

The textbook for this course is Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar, second edition. You will also want to get the companion workbook if you do not yet have it.

Jump to a week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Week 1

Monday, February 4, 2008 (193 MB, .mov)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Session 1 (204 MB, .mov)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Session 2 (199 MB, .mov)

Week 2

Monday, February 11, 2008 (152 MB, .zip)
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Session 1 (183 MB, .zip)
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Session 2 (182 MB, .zip)

Week 3

Monday, February 18, 2008 (138 MB, .zip)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Session 1 (133 MB, .zip)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Session 2 (124 MB, .zip)

Week 4

Monday, February 25, 2008 Session 1 - Verbal System
   [video (87 MB, .zip)] ... [audio only (26 MB, .mp3)]
Monday, February 25, 2008 Session 2 - BHS, LXX and DSS
   [video (54 MB, .zip)] ... [audio only (16 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Session 1 - Qal Perfect
   [video (129 MB, .zip)] ... [audio only (38 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Session 2a - Qal Perfect and BHS Genesis
   [video (62 MB, .zip)] ... [audio only (18 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Session 2b - Ruth 1:1-7
   [video (73 MB, .zip)] ... [audio only (21 MB, .mp3)]

Week 5

Monday, March 03, 2008 - Qal Perfect, NTN, HYH
   [video (188 MB, .zip] ... [audio only (38 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Session 1a - Qal Imperfect
   [video (153 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (30 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Session 1b - Qal Imperfect Workbook Exercises
   [video (47 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (9 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Session 2a - Qal Imperfect Workbook Translations
   [video (75 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (15 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Session 2b - Ruth 1:8-16
   [video (119 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (24 MB, .mp3)]

Week 6

Monday, March 10, 2008 Session 1a- Qal Imperfect Weak
   [video (160 MB, .zip] ... [audio only (32 MB, .mp3)]
Monday, March 10, 2008 Session 1b - Qal Imperfect Weak Workbook Exercises
   [video (45 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (9 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Session 1a - Waw Conversive
   [video (110 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (22 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Session 1b - Waw Conversive Exercises
   [video (89 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (17 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Session 2a - Qal Imperative, Cohortative, Jussive
   [video (139 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (27 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Session 2b - Qal Impv., Coh., Juss. Workbook Exercises
   [video (60 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (12 MB, .mp3)]

Week 7

Monday, March 17, 2008 Session 1a
   [video (135 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (48 MB, .mp3)]
Monday, March 17, 2008 Session 1b
   [video (67 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (24 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Session 1a - Qal Infinitive Construct
   [video (161 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (58 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Session 1b - Qal Infinitive Absolute
   [video (48 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (17 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Session 2a - Qal Infinitive Workbook Exercises
   [video (115 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (22 MB, .mp3)]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Session 2b - Ruth Reading
   [video (62 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (41 MB, .mp3)]

Week 8

Monday, March 31, 2008 Session 1a - Qal Participle
   [video (99 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (35 MB, .mp3)]
Monday, March 31, 2008 Session 1b - Qal Participle Workbook Exercises
   [video (14 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (5 MB, .mp3)]
Monday, March 31, 2008 Session 1c - Midterm Preview
   [video (78 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (28 MB, .mp3)]

Week 9

Monday, April 14, 2008 - Introduction to Lexicons
   [video (169 MB, .zip)] ... [audio (62 MB, .mp3)]

Week 10

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Session 1

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Session 2

Monday, April 21, 2008 - Niphal Review and Ruth 2:1-10

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Session 1 - Piel (Strong Verbs) and Other Things

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Session 2 - Piel Weak, Polel, and Workbook Exercises

Week 12

Monday, April 28, 2008 - Hiphil

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Session 1 - Hiphil Workbook Exercises

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Session 2 - Hiphil Workbook Exercises and Ruth 3:1-10

Week 13

Monday, May 5, 2008 - Pual, Hophal, Polel, Polal

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Session 1 - Ruth 4:1-10

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Session 2 - Ruth 4:11-22

Week 14

Monday, May 12, 2008 - Hithpael, Hithpolel, Hishtaphel

Week 15

Monday, May 19, 2008 - Review: Parsing and Other Questions