Beginner-Intermediate Biblical Hebrew

Ready to Start Learning Verb Forms and Increase Your Vocabulary?

This Is What You Will Be Able to Do By The End Of This Course!!

This course covers the basic verb form (Qal Binyan) for the past tense (=perfect form), future tense (=imperfect form) and infinitives. Both the strong root and weak roots are included in this course.

You will also learn pronouns, possessive suffixes, semichut (=construct form) and about 120 new vocabulary words.

By the end of this course you will be able to translate the following:


Your Instructor


Tamar Kamionkowski
Tamar Kamionkowski

Tamar Kamionkowski is professor of Bible at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she has been training rabbinical students for over 20 years. She holds a B.A from Oberlin College, an M.T.S from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D in Near Eastern and Judaic studies from Brandeis University.

Tamar is the author of Leviticus: A Wisdom Commentary (Liturgical Press, 2018), Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: Studies in the Book of Ezekiel (Sheffield Academic Press, 2003) and co-editor of Bodies, Embodiment and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures (T&T Clark, 2010

Tamar loves scifi, DIY projects, both Marvel and DC, and most of all, Tamar loves her partner, her two daughters and her dogs!

For over 25 years, Tamar has been committed to making Jewish literacy accessible to all kinds of learners.


Course Curriculum


  What You'll Know By the End of this Course
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  Reviewing the Basics
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  UNIT 1: Introducing the Past Tense (Not Really - There is No Real Tense in the Bible!)
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  UNIT 2: To Be or Not to Be: Introducing "to be", III-Hey verbs, and demonstrative pronouns
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  UNIT 3: "King of the Universe," also known as semichut!
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  UNIT 4: Hollow Verbs (yes, that's really a thing!) and "Mine, mine mine!"
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  UNIT 5: Introducing the Future Tense (Again, Its Not Really Future!)
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  Unit 6: First Ventures into the Elusive Vav and more Imperfects
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  And on the Seventh, We Rest!!
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  UNIT 8: Verbs That Begin with the Shy Nun in Imperfect
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  UNIT 9: Presenting the Basic Paradigm for the Disappearing Yod Imperfect
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  UNIT 10: The Infinitive Construct - Unique to Biblical Hebrew!
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  UNIT 11: The Infinitive Absolute: Absolutely Easier than the Construct!
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  UNIT 12: Final Review and Next Steps
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course begins as soon as you enroll and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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