Read Genesis in Hebrew · Volume 1
Joseph
Learn to read and translate Biblical Hebrew through the story of Joseph, in the words of Genesis.
- 14
- chapters
- 752
- words in the glossary
- 188
- pages
A coat of many colors, a pit, a caravan to Egypt. A slave who reads Pharaoh's dreams and becomes ruler of the land. Brothers who come to buy bread and do not know who stands before them.
The whole story of Joseph, Genesis 37 to 50, in Hebrew. You start by sounding out every word with its pronunciation underneath, and you finish reading the text without vowels. Keep your usual Bible open beside it: the English mirror follows the Hebrew word by word, so that you see what each word is doing.
What you'll learn
- Read the Hebrew alphabet and vowels, taught with words from the first verses.
- Read Genesis 37 to 50 in Hebrew, every verse, in 14 chapters.
- Understand the forms you meet, through 12 short grammar points taken from the text.
- Finish with the text without vowels, as in a Hebrew scroll.
- Discover how Jewish tradition read these chapters, with a short reading from Rashi or the Midrash in each chapter.
Vocabulary you'll meet
- Family and brothers
- Dreams and their meaning
- Egypt and Pharaoh
- Famine, grain and bread
- Blessings and farewells
Level
No prior Hebrew needed. The book opens with the letters and the vowels, and the first two chapters give the sound of every word.