If you decide to become a student of the Scriptures, having at least a basic knowledge of the Hebrew language, would be very beneficial. With this knowledge you will be able to properly use a concordance and lexicon to unlock deeper meanings of certain words and phrases. Every translator of a Bible has to choose words in another language that seldom fully reflects the meaning in the original language.

- The Hebrew Alphabet (Alefbet) is made up of 22 consonants.
- Hebrew is written and pronounced from right to left, top to bottom.
- Hebrew is a phonetic language – it is spoken how it is written.
- Essentially, Hebrew is a language of consonants, with vowels placed between them to aid pronunciation.

- The consonants are:

- The vowel symbols below were invented around the 8th Century CE by a group called the Massoretes, as an aid to correct pronunciation.

The vowels are:

Click here to listen to how each consonant and vowel sounds

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Listen to the Alef-Bet song as sung by Debbie Friedman

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Websites that you can study the Hebrew language for free:
(Hebrew language study resources)

Ancient Hebrew Research Centre	Encounters in Modern Hebrew
FoundationStone	My Hebrew Dictionary
Learn Hebrew Verbs	Hebrew for ME
Interactive Hebrew Letters	CartoonHebrew.com
Introducing Biblical Hebrew	Milingua Hebrew Beginners Course
Hebrew at Milah	Learn Modern Hebrew
Selected Hebrew texts Audio	Learn Hebrew Pod

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Learn Biblical and Modern Hebrew over the internet:

HebrewOnline.com - Click play to watch the video
or - Sign up for a trial lesson

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Read ISBE articles on:

- Languages of the Old Testament

- Alphabet