Learning Tools

This component allows users to practice pronouncing (1) the Hebrew alphabet; (2) the most frequent 1,000 Hebrew words; and (3) 27 selected literary units (about 500 verses) from the Hebrew Bible. Users see the letter, word, or phrase as they listen to a female or male voice (modern Israeli pronunciation) enunciate the alphabet and words.

This component presents the 1,000 most frequent words in the Hebrew Bible, listed and grouped according to their frequency. Users can select and study vocabulary words, shuffle the list, listen to the pronunciation (either a male or female voice), and show the translation.

This component comprises approximately 3,000 verbs, selected directly from the Hebrew Bible, for users to parse. Users may select any or all of the following forms—Qal, Niphal, Piel, Pual, Hiphil, Hophal, and Hithpael, as well as any or all of the following tenses—perfect, imperfect, participle, infinitive, and imperative. The “Explanation” button provides verb parsing indicators, so that users can improve their parsing skills.

This component contains over 2,000 phrases derived from the Hebrew Bible, grouped by both grammatical concept and vocabulary word frequency. Users can type their translation into a textbox and compare their response to the correct translation using the "Translate" button.

This component provides translation exercises from 28 different literary units (about 500 biblical verses), including examples from historical narrative, poetry, or legal text phrases and verses from the Hebrew Bible. Users can type their translation into a textbox and compare their response to the correct translation, derived from either the New International or King James versions of the Bible.