Bought Accordance and feel lost? Only know how to find a scripture verse, copy and paste it into another program? Want to figure out how to tap into the power of the Accordance search? Now you don’t have to wait to go to a seminar or borrow someone’s training DVD. It’s all available online for [...]
For those of you struggling to retain some of your BH vocabulary, let me give you a little hint for how to remember compass directions and physical orientation. First, remember that the BH words for “east,” “west,” “north,” and “south” are also used for “before” (“in front of”), “behind” (“after”), “left,” and “right.” In other [...]
This collection was actually harder to compile than my digital tools list. I’ve decided to limit this short list to items that help keep me and my office stuff productive. RadTech ScreenSavrz This little piece of miracle cloth will keep everything that builds up on your laptop keyboard from getting on your display. Moisten the [...]
Want to know what my Mac computer and I can’t live without? Here’s the short list of my essential digital tools. Later I’ll give you a list of my essential non-digital tools. Mellel The absolute best Mac word processor for incorporating both left-to-right and right-to-left (i.e., Hebrew) writing systems into your documents. Very active and [...]
Here’s a quick way to find the missing root for a BH weak verb: NOTE: the term “prefix pronoun” is what I would call a preformative. The term “pronoun” may be confusing but he is using it because the verb form indicates the implicit subject pronoun for the verb. This doesn’t cover every situation, but [...]
At one time I taught an annual unit on Meteorology. We tracked hurricanes and snow storms. We learned to analyze satellite and real-time data. We identified cloud types and atmospheric stratum. My students could tell you how to categorize and rate tornadoes. The headmaster would come down to my classroom to ask the students if [...]
Do you ever wish that “grown-up” books still had pictures to make reading more fun? If so, you can practice your Hebrew reading with these comics! But don’t keep this fun to yourself. The young kids in your life will enjoy looking at the illustrations while you read to them in Hebrew. You can practice [...]
These PDF format charts are a distillation of the weak verb grammar that I teach, so there are some things that won’t make sense if you were not in my class. Eventually I will write a guide to using these pages. Still, if you have been through a first year Biblical Hebrew course, you should [...]
I admit it. I love to follow the Iditarod. We’re into Day 5 and Martin Buser‘s team has just left the Takotna checkpoint (that’s 419 miles out of the 1131 total miles completed). This great race across Alaska began with 67 mushers and around 1067 dogs. It takes a lot of training, planning, strategy, and [...]
You might be living under a rock if you are unaware of all the financial woes of the last year. It is hard to find someone who is not directly affected (or has a friend/family member affected) by unemployment, housing issues, or a loss in the stock market. But even if you are aware, do [...]
Working in a school/university/seminary puts you in contact with lots of people. Often, lots of sick people (for the sake of this post, let’s limit the definition of “sick” to a physical illness). Everyone has their own secret (or not so secret) strategy for keeping healthy. Here’s the simplest: wash your hands. Often. But getting [...]
Daniel & Tonya, over at Hebrew and Greek Reader came up with a terrific analogy. Read their take on why Christo van der Merwe (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) is The Bruce Lee of Biblical Hebrew. I concur. Note: Christo is my doctoral advisor.
I can get pretty creative (well, downright silly sometimes) in my BH classroom. I’ll do almost anything if I think it will help students remember a concept. If you are interested in understanding why some things “stick” in your mind, and why others fly out, you might like to read Made to Stick: Why Some [...]
It is not very often that people are without a calculator of some sort close at hand. I’ve seen people whip out various cell phones to calculate tip percentages when at a group dinner. We hardly have a need anymore for true mental arithmetic. But have we lost something in the process of gaining speedy, [...]
One of the greatest challenges after a few semesters of Biblical Hebrew is to maintain your skills. Even more critical is to improve your skills! The single most efficient way to maintain and increase your BH is to read! But too many folks never find a way to make that happen. While there are many [...]
