The Masoretic Accents Can Help with Reading Fluency for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Students

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[rimonarmaly]

Great video, Doug! Thanks for making this great video on the Hebrew accents.

[TeshuvahBibleStudies]

P.S. I'm still learning and hope to continue growing. I'm taking courses online to expand my Hebrew knowledge in eTeacher, an online university that teaches Biblical Hebrew at college and university levels.

[brianphillips]

I just really appreciate the humility here ("hi, I'm Doug!") lol. Keep it real Prof, we appreciate the content,

[singgreekandhebrew]

Great video Doug, (I guess my previous comment was deleted, possibly because I shared a link). A few additional resources that weren’t mentioned are: tropetrainer (for learning to sing the accents) and biblearc’s phrasing module for being able to easily indent and subordinate the phrases according to accents. I like to combine these elements creating somewhat of an audio/visual commentary for a deep association/immersive experience.

[dustinburlet]

Fantastic video - we require Futato's work in our Hebrew class and I am working on a series of articles on the accents - fantastic video - well done!

[tsukareppi]

Thank you so much for spotlighting this. My intro to Biblical Hebrew course did not cover any of these, and I'm trying to pick them up. I also appreciate the resources you mentioned. I know this is for teaching the accents, but this is helpful to me as a student as well!

[rarapope]

Thank you. It is a very interesting theme.

[_SYDNA_]

As someone just starting it's helpful just to know that when I am looking at these word examples that are plastered with markings - well past the shva and vowel marks - that these aren't all about pronunciation. Some are about cadence or identifying how sentences break out.

[MrMNadeau]

Thank you for freely sharing your resources for learning Biblical Hebrew. I am new to learning Hebrew, just getting started, and your presentation in this video made me feel learning Biblical Hebrew an attainable goal. Baruch Hashem.

[estakass]

When I studied for my Bat Mitzvah in 1965, the cantor made a record of my Maftir and I was told to learn by imitation as well as by reading along with my text which included Nikkudot. I always thought we should have learned the cartílago marks for chanting.

Thirty years later when I was helping kids prepare for Bar and Bat Mitzvah, I borrowed a book from the canter in which the accent were explained. I found it interesting but basically not practical for Bat and Bar Mitzvah study. Imitation turned out to be a lot easier for the thirteen year olds. I imagine that your audience is biblical scholars and that changed everything.

[felishiafreddy]

We are from Horeb biblical Hebrew school in India🎉

[ugh]

I am sorry but I just don't get it, are you saying that modern hebrew tanakh with nikud are not accurate? If that is NOT what you are saying then if it is an issue of reading fluency then why not just learn Hebrew naturally with modern nikud? You mentioned the singing, but that is not for reading fluency.