Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide, 2nd ed.
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Overview
Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide, Updated Edition by Miles V. Van Pelt is a handy, at-a-glance reference with summaries of Hebrew grammar, paradigms, and lexicon, and more. This book is ideal for consulting during translation and exegesis work and aids Hebrew students at all levels by providing key language forms, word usage, and word meanings. This compact guide summarizes the most important information on biblical Hebrew grammar and has been updated to correspond to the third edition of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar.
- Includes summaries of Hebrew grammar, paradigms, and lexicon, and more.
- Provides key language forms, word usage, and word meanings.
- Summarizes the most important information on biblical Hebrew grammar.
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1. Basic Phonology
- Hebrew Alphabet
- Hebrew Vowels
- Syllabification
- 2. Nominal System
- Nouns
- Definite Article
- Conjunction וְ
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Independent Personal Pronouns
- Demonstratives
- Relative Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Pronominal Suffixes
- Construct Chain
- Numbers
- Particles
- Verbless Clauses
- 3. Verbal System
- Qal Perfect
- Qal Imperfect
- Qal Imperative
- Qal Infinitive Construct
- Qal Infinitive Absolute
- Qal Active Participle
- Qal Passive Participle
- Niphal Stem Verbs
- Hiphil Stem Verbs
- Hophal Stem Verbs
- Piel Stem Verbs
- Pual Stem Verbs
- Hithpael Stem Verbs
- Other Derived Stems
- 4. Appendices
- Verb Paradigms and Charts
- Hebrew-English Lexicon