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Hebrew for Dummies

Hebrew for Dummies
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Baruch HaBa! Welcome to Hebrew! In studying Hebrew, you're joining millions of other Hebrew speakers around the world. Its two centers are Israel (of course), and North America, which is home to many Hebrew newspapers, Hebrew-speaking camps and schools, and institutions. You're also speaking the Bible's original language and one of the most ancient languages still spoken today.

This book is a great place to start regardless of your motivation for picking up or dusting off your Hebrew skills. It won't make you fluent overnight (though wouldn't that be nice?) or turn you into a Biblical scholar, but Hebrew For Dummies can give you a solid Hebrew foundation – in both conversational Hebrew and the Hebrew of prayer, sacred texts, and holidays. Following this down-to-earth guide is a great way to

  • Communicate with your Israeli cousins
  • Better understand prayers and other sacred Jewish literature
  • Impress your Jewish in-laws

    With Hebrew For Dummies, you'll begin with the basics of the Hebrew language and then start building your everyday vocabulary. This easy-to-use book covers the following topics and more:

  • Tips to help you read Hebrew
  • Making sense of Hebrew syntax
  • Expressions for meeting and greeting
  • Making small talk
  • Vocabulary for cooking at home and dining out
  • Planning a trip to Israel
  • Figuring out Biblical Hebrew
  • Getting to know the Prayer Book
  • Going to a synagogue

    Remember that this book is only the beginning. You can pick up a language only through constant exposure and repetition. So listen to the CD that accompanies the book again and again. Be sure to practice, practice, and (you knew it was coming) practice. Go to places where you hear Hebrew, and speak Hebrew in your home and workplace – teach everyone you know your favorite Hebrew expressions. Before you know it, Hebrew will creep into your mind, soul, and heart. And you'll be speaking it night and day!

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    What Customers Say About Hebrew for Dummies:

    Nevertheless, after struggling with this book's relentlessly silly approach I ended up selling it to a secondhand bookshop and acquiring a couple of books on Biblical Hebrew (by J. I don't think that that's worth the money.I am still keen to learn Modern Hebrew, but the only people I can recommend this book to are those who have never been exposed to any language other than American English. I am perhaps unusual in that I'm interested in learning Hebrew although I'm not studying the Bible, nor am I planning to travel to Israel, nor am I Jewish, nor am I marrying into a Jewish family. In this respect, "Hebrew for Dummies" sucks. This book may teach you how to order a coffee in Jerusalem, but you will probably not learn how to read the menu in the coffee shop. Jewish (or at least closely related to someone Jewish) and c). I suppose the last one is kind of the point of the "For Dummies" series, which as a series I've never found very helpful.

    The student of Hebrew who is not put to work straight away at deciphering the alphabet is, to put it bluntly, screwed. Perhaps this has been fixed in subsequent editions.The final problem is that Jacobs does not solve the huge problem of teaching the student to read the Hebrew alphabet.

    American, b). I noticed, too, that the conversations on the accompanying CD of my edition did not always correspond to the transcripts in the book; I am enough of a linguist to be able to tell when what I'm hearing is not what I'm reading.

    I am interested in learning Hebrew for the sake of learning a rich and difficult language which will open up a huge amount of literature to me. Weingreen and John Dobson), both of which were far more packed with information than this gee-whiz compendium of empty chit-chat.

    Even then, I think they would be better off taking lessons. It assumes that the reader is a).

    learning-impaired.

    Just with english transliteration.I think it was a loss of money. I really like the "for Dummies" series, however, this volume does not fulfill my expectations. The chapters focus on practical sentences in Hebrew, however they are not so practical that you can use as a traveller guide and not so good that you can learn some hebrew.Also, but for the first chapter, it does not deal with hebrew characters.

    Then check with your local community college or university.Not using the Hebrew alphabet is the worst way to learn Hebrew. If there is a synagogue in your town, call them up and see if they offer Hebrew classes. You WILL say some words wrong and anyone who knows Hebrew will have to correct you so much that you soon realize that you've been ripped off by buying this book. I got this since I know the basics of Hebrew but this book doesn't use a single Hebrew letter. Everything is Latinized and that is a terrible way to learn Hebrew and it is forbidden in an actual classroom.Do yourself a favor.

    These are easy to identify, but annoying nonetheless. Don't expect to learn anything about the written language. There are also inconsistencies in the romanized spelling of certain terms.

    This book is completely based on phonetic spelling of Hebrew. One re-enforces the other. Absolutely useless. When i learn a language, i want to learn to write it at the same time i learn to speak it. It makes little sense to just learn to talk and not to read or write.

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