Biblical Hebrew
This guide gives students and pastors an introduction to major works available for the study of the Bible in Hebrew in our reference, circulating, and electronic collections.
- Hebrew Old Testaments
- Hebrew Grammar & Aids
- OT Exegetical Works
- Hebrew Dictionaries / Lexicons
- Databases
Subject Headings
Follow these links for a more exhaustive list of resources on each subject:
Hebrew Primers / Grammars
- Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by H. F. W. GeseniusCall Number: PJ4564 .G5 1946ISBN: 9780198154068Publication Date: 1946Along with Joüon-Muraoka and Waltke-O’Conner, this is the standard for English language reference of Biblical Hebrew. Originally published in 1910 it occasionally differs from more recent works in issues such as terminology. An index of Scripture passages cited is included at the back of the work. The information is arranged and cited by section (number) and paragraph (lowercase letter), e.g., §21a is section 21, paragraph a.
- Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized by Francis I. Andersen; A. Dean ForbesCall Number: PJ4567.3 .A525 2012ISBN: 9781575062297Publication Date: 2012Pictorial representations of the clauses making up the biblical texts show the grammatical functions (subject, object, and so on) and semantic roles (surrogate, time interval, and so on) of clausal constituents, as well as the grammatical relations that bind the constituents into coherent structures. - Eisenbrauns
- Beginning Biblical Hebrew by John A. Cook; Robert D. HolmstedtCall Number: PJ4567.3 .C66 2013ISBN: 9780801048869Publication Date: 2013Beginning Biblical Hebrew includes fifty brief grammar lessons with accompanying workbook-style exercises, appendixes providing more detailed explanations, and a full-color reader--bound at the back of the book for right-to-left reading--that incorporates comics, line drawings, and numerous exercises, all in Hebrew. The work offers a realistic approach to beginning Hebrew, helping students comprehend texts without overloading them with too much information.
- Beginning Biblical Hebrew by Mark D. FutatoCall Number: PJ4567.3 .F88 2003ISBN: 1575060221Publication Date: 2003A concise, clear, and well-thought-out presentation of Biblical Hebrew. Because the teaching of biblical languages is in decline in many seminaries and universities, Futato takes pains to measure the amount of information presented in each chapter in a way that makes the quantity digestible, without sacrificing information that is important to retain. The book includes exercises that are drawn largely from the Hebrew Bible itself. - Eisenbrauns
- Biblical Hebrew by Page H. Kelley; Timothy G. Crawford (Revised by)Call Number: PJ4567.3 .K43 2018ISBN: 9780802874917Publication Date: 2018Comprehensive in scope, this carefully crafted introductory grammar of Biblical Hebrew offers easy-to-understand explanations, numerous biblical illustrations, and a wide range of imaginative, biblically based exercises. The book consists of thirty-one lessons, each presenting new grammatical concepts with biblical examples and reinforcing exercises judiciously selected from the biblical text. These lessons are accompanied by eleven complete verb charts, an extensive vocabulary list, a glossary of grammatical terms, and a subject index. - Eerdmans
- Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar [Third Edition] by Miles V. Van Pelt; Gary D. PraticoCall Number: PJ4567.3 .P73 2019ISBN: 9780310533498Publication Date: 2019Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar is the standard textbook for beginning Hebrew language students in colleges and seminaries. It offers a clear, understandable, and integrated approach to learning Biblical Hebrew. The third edition is significantly updated and revised to provide students with the best possible tool for learning Biblical Hebrew. - Zondervan
- A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew by Paul Joüon; T. MuraokaCall Number: PJ4567 .J7613 2006ISBN: 9788876536298Publication Date: 2006Already well known in its two-volume first edition, this is the most extensive revision yet of one of the most complete Hebrew Grammars available in English. This edition brings the work up to the present by taking account of developments in our understanding of the Hebrew language during the intervening years. The work is now presented in a paperback single volume. Professor Muraoka hopes that this helps to make the book more attractive and the content easier to use. As with the earlier edition students of the Old Testament, Hebrew and Semitics who have a basic knowledge of Biblical Hebrew will find much useful insight and information here.
- Biblical Hebrew Grammar Visualized by Francis I. Andersen; A. Dean ForbesISBN: 9781575062297Publication Date: 2012
- Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew by Gary A. LongISBN: 9780801048746Publication Date: 2013
Hebrew Syntax
- Old Testament Parsing Guide by Todd S. Beall; William A. Banks; Colin S. SmithCall Number: PJ4645 .B43 2000ISBN: 0805420320Publication Date: 2000Arranged by verse, this work lists every verb form in order of occurrence. Each entry gives the Hebrew form with a full parsing – including the page number in BDB to find the word and a brief English translation.
- A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bill T. Arnold; John H. ChoiCall Number: PJ4701 .A76 2018ISBN: 9781107078017Publication Date: 2018A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax introduces and abridges the syntactical features of the original language of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. An intermediate-level reference grammar for Biblical Hebrew, it assumes an understanding of elementary phonology and morphology, and it defines and illustrates the fundamental syntactical features of Biblical Hebrew that most intermediate-level readers struggle to master. - Cambridge University Press
- Williams' Hebrew Syntax, Third Edition by Ronald J. Williams and John C. BeckmanCall Number: PJ4701 .W5 2007ISBN: 9780802094292Publication Date: 2007This outline by Professor Williams re-emphasizes the significance of word order in Hebrew. It treats the syntax of the noun, the verb, particles and clauses, with a selection of illustrative examples. Its contents are based on classical Hebrew prose, but some account is also taken of the deviations in later prose and poetry. In this new edition English translations have been provided for all Hebrew phrases and sentences, and the bibliography has been expanded. - University of Toronto Press
- An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bruce K. Waltke; Michael Patrick O'ConnorCall Number: PJ4707 .W35 1990ISBN: 9780931464317Publication Date: 1990A large volume giving a very thorough treatment of Biblical Hebrew syntax. It also includes a glossary of grammatical terms. An index of Scripture passages cited is included at the back of the work. This work is cited by chapter (number), section (number), subsection (number), and paragraph (letter), e.g., 11.2.13f is chapter 11, section 2, subsection 13, paragraph f.
- A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bill T. Arnold; John H. ChoiISBN: 9780521826099Publication Date: 2003
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