Hi @Inge de Meijer. Thanks for your feedback. I have taken note of your comment. You're not the only one who said this, so a version with a toned down music or a change to lighter music should really be done.
Good lesson and visual! one comment: it might be good to see more pairs of the same verb on either side. For example, maybe include the words להיפתח (to be opened) and להיסגר (to be closed) since you used the words לפתוח and לסגור already. תודה רבה!
Thanks for your appreciation ! I've taken note of your suggestion. This video is just an introduction to the logic of Hebrew verbs. I have a Verbs lesson series that I'm working on and the lessons in that series will give more detailed examples on each verb type and verb tense. Happy learning !
It is so important to me that the Hebrew speaker is Male. Hebrew 101 is all female and I don’t want to grow up sounding like a woman. It was so focused on reading the words and listening that I didn’t notice the background music until my concentration broke after revealing the meaning. It was comforting to know it was there on loop and encouraging to gather my לבב נפש מאד to pay attention to this blessing from Adonai.
Hi Joseph. Thanks for your comment. This video does use a male voice to pronounce the Hebrew infinitive verbs. Bless you for learning the language of the Bible !
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@ceze_keten I totally agree with you. That's why I produced this binyanim video which is an improved lesson without the disturbing music. I hope this helps: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4EjoxTYP79Y.htmlsi=6whF2Ps8kvX42hSz
Hi! Thanks for your feedback. Although this video is about basic concepts, it is indeed more appropriate for advanced beginners. If you are an early beginner, I recommend this playlist on the alphabet and basic words and logic: ru-vid.com/group/PLRwmqgD2XXUTfFKd6uJ5p4mDIXfHA3mKQ Best regards!
I agree. It has been very difficult over the years. I gave up but now I am attempting these forms again. Even those who speak Hebrew have difficult understanding this. I will start again and try not to give up.
@thoth3g I personally believe that learning any language is best done by enrolling in a language school, learning the Grammar through books and study aids plus immersing in reading, videos, songs or movies. As far as Hebrew in particular, it's important to master each letter and learn the foundations such as Pronouns, prepositions and sentence construction. In parallel, understaning songs is a beginner's friends because you'll build a good vocabulary of more and more words with each song you learn. Once you have around 1,000 words, learning more grammar and expressions become easier. My advice is to learn with enjoyment. I like using songs to learn because it is a pleasure to sing or listen to beautiful Hebrew songs and truly feel and understand the words. Thanks for joining us in this community of Hebrew learners who learn naturally by enjoying songs and tips on the language. It's so nice to learn together.
@@ESsubmissions any Hebrew song recommendations? Also would you consider duolingo a good learning program from the perspective of long term usage? The applications claims by unit 5 you should be college level fluent in Hebrew, I had no verification of this claim.
Your graphics and your explanations helps a lot to understand and to memorize the lesson. Todah! I just don’t understand why do the massorets writes “Bin” instead of “Ban” for there is no ‘yod’ (י) in the first syllable. Likewise, the first ‘yod’ is transliterated as ‘ya’ whilst the last one as ‘i’… aren’t there any rules for the vogals? I would think it should be transliterated as ‘Baninim’
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. 🙂 Regarding rules for vowels, I recommend the lessons in the alphabet playlist which gives detailed explanation of the letters and the vowels signs. It begins with this introductory video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1mUoYSlazlE.html And the complete playlist on letters and vowel signs contains a total of 10 videos. Here's the link to the playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLRwmqgD2XXUTfFKd6uJ5p4mDIXfHA3mKQ Happy learning !
Can you discuss the Bereshiyt? The root is rosh or head and its masculine but the suffic yod taw makes it feminine 🤔 In concordance iyt or yod taw suffix means whom🤔
These lessons are great! I have a question which manifests my ignorance but I will shamelessly ask anyway: does this lesson, (and maybe all your lessons) deal with Biblical or Modern Hebrew?
Hello Rory, Thanks for your appreciation. 🙂 To answer your question, my approach is to present the Hebrew language's universal principles of grammar. Such principles apply to both Biblical and modern Hebrew. Please bear in mind that though Hebrew has indeed evolved a lot over the centuries, the foundation is still Biblical Hebrew. It is an amazingly well preserved language. That said, whenever there are particular differences in vocabulary or way of expressing things in Biblical versus modern Hebrew, I give examples and explanations. Here are some videos where you'll see the approach that I described: Example comparing Biblical and Modern Hebrew in prepositions: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZAQpfeEdeM0.html Example of songs using Biblical Hebrew ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tedjt_mIbhI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gsXLhWtdN-E.html Example of a song expressed in modern Hebrew ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hpHwRutkgtk.html Shalom!
@@hebrew4learners what a wonderful answer and what a wonderful approach! i love to see innovative, or simply clear helpful, and thus empowering to the learner, teaching, no matter the field of learning. Thanks, and extra thanks for the exemplifying links! just what i need. :)
@@hebrew4learners i thought i replied to your reply, but i do not see my reply, so i wanted to make sure i thanked you for the thoughtful response and valuable links, excellent sensitivity and skill.
Hello. This video focused on infinitive forms of the verbs. What this video is saying is that the infinitive form of Nifal verbs generally start with a lehi-... You can verify this in any Hebrew dictonary such as pealim.com where you can see the infinitive and all tenses including past, present, future and imperative tenses of verbs. Here's an example : www.pealim.com/search/?q=%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA
Niphal is most certainly not passive. It's for intransitive verbs, where there is no initiator and recipient of the action of the verb. It's a mystery to me why so many Hebrew grammars in English refer to niphal as passive 🤷♂️
Indeed, not all Nifal verbs are passive. There are active nifal verbs, as most Hebrew language teachers point out. And "intransitive" would be the more accurate term. However, I think that Hebrew Grammar Books use the Active-Passive presentation of oppositely located verbs in the menorah for the purpose of facilitating a general comprehension of the verb families. As one builds up knowledge of vocabulary, the understanding of the more intricate details of the verb functioning become clearer. It's so much simpler to give a "skeletal" foundation at the beginning. That's my theory on why Hebrew Grammar Books present the binyanim in such a way. 😉
@ruthiehenrickson6813 Thanks for your comment. It's a comment that I got a lot, and that's why I created a new video which is much better and has no irritating music. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4EjoxTYP79Y.htmlsi=AlaW3Tjl3Q7KnxFZ Happy learning!