Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet

Ancient Hebrew Language and Alphabet
Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................... 1
One - The Hebrews .......................................................................... 3
Who were the Hebrews?............................................................... 3
The Origin of the Hebrew Language and Alphabet ....................... 4
The evolution of the Hebrew alphabet ........................................ 10
Why study the Ancient Hebrew language and culture? ................ 17
How do we study the Ancient Hebrew language and culture? ...... 19
Two - Hebrew Thought .................................................................. 21
Abstract vs. concrete thought...................................................... 22
Appearance vs. Functional Description ....................................... 23
Passive vs. Active Nouns ........................................................... 25
Three - Reconstructing the Original Hebrew Alphabet .................... 26
Letter Characteristics ................................................................. 26
Reconstruction of the Alphabet .................................................. 27
Four - Hebrew Prefixes .................................................................. 32
Five - The Root System of Hebrew................................................. 34
Parent Roots .............................................................................. 35
Child Roots ................................................................................ 36
Adopted Roots ........................................................................... 37
Words ........................................................................................ 38
Benefit of studying words from a common root .......................... 38
Reconstructing the Parent Roots ................................................. 39
Methods for reconstructing the original Parent Root ................... 40
Six - Word Studies ......................................................................... 43
God ........................................................................................... 43
Creator....................................................................................... 44
Voice ......................................................................................... 45
Ancient Hebrew Words .............................................................. 46
Seven - Hebrew origins of English ................................................. 48
Conclusion .................................................................................... 52
Appendix A - Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Reconstruction ................ 53
Appendix B - Learn to Read Ancient Hebrew ................................. 70
Introduction ............................................................................... 70
Picture ....................................................................................... 71
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