These are not instructional materials about teaching Hebrew. They are topics with a lot of Hebrew language content that should be of value to anyone studying Hebrew, especially those whose native language is English.
All of the materials in the numbered items are free and you may distribute the links or files to anyone who would want to receive them. 1. Sound changes in (proto-) Hebrew consonants Knowing the sound changes that occurred in Western Semitic consonants helps a student recognize cognates of Hebrew words. https://www.dropbox.com/s/kw2yvwanac7jhhp/SoundChangeHandOut_2.docx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/kisl3s4dbmjv0qc/Sound_Changes_slides.pptx <https://www.dropbox.com/s/kisl3s4dbmjv0qc/Sound_Changes_slides.pptx?dl=0>c <https://www.dropbox.com/s/9cwsdqs3tv4uq27/Sound_Changes.docx?dl=0>?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/kisl3s4dbmjv0qc/Sound_Changes_slides.pptx?dl=0> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9cwsdqs3tv4uq27/Sound_Changes.dox?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/9cwsdqs3tv4uq27/Sound_Changes.docx?dl=0> It seems the aleph originally had a Mediterranean CHS and Northern GHT-sound. It lost that sound and moved from the end to the beginning of Hebrew nouns under the influence of Aramaic which used aleph as a suffix for the definite article. For example, the 2nd word in Tanakh, bet-resh-aleph, sounded like B-R-GHT, cognate with English "brought (forth)". My first linguistic discovery was the ancient W-sound of the Hebrew het. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0jhlbuwjoh1pb5l/het_W_parallels.docx?dl=0 *https://www.dropbox.com/s/fiqsxntf083txm7/Het_W_X_parallels.docx?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/fiqsxntf083txm7/Het_W_X_parallels.docx?dl=0>* It lost that sound, probably under the influence of Greek which had already lost the W-sound of its 6th letter (now called digamma). The het had a KS = X sound when the Greeks and Romans controlled the area. The previous KS-sound of the het + the ancient CHS-sound of the aleph explains why the Rashi-script aleph looks like a het + chupchik. 2 - Idioms formed via phono-semantic matching (PSM) These idioms usually represent disguised code-switching, so well disguised that neither the speaker / writer nor the listener / reader realize that a switch has occurred. https://www.dropbox.com/s/d247l8wejcdvw1c/Idioms_via_PSM.pptx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/sqbbsipjovkih26/idiom_Formation_pics.docx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bmhhljrhweftfg/SHeTZeF%20QeTZeF_2.docx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/6mltrna6hlq3htz/ForgetMeNot.docx?dl=0 3 - Words and idioms formed by reversal https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1mn920bficdk5k/Reversals2.pptx?dl=0 NaTZiV MeLakH "pillar of salt" is the reversal of a Phoenician euphemism kHaLaM BoTZeN "bastion of strength / health" for a stroke or thrombosis (< trauma + BoTZ = mud). The modern Hebrew term is SHaVaTZ = due to / caused by + mud. Lot's wife became "mudstruck", paralyzed, unable to move as if stuck in the mud. The words "looked backwards from behind (him)" are a not-so-subtle hint that we need to pronounce / read the Hebrew phrase backwards to understand it. 4 - Anthropomorphic maps Anthropomorphic maps were generated by configuring the gigantic virtual body of a god or goddess over the area to be mapped. The name of each part of that body became the name of the area under that part. This produced a mental image whose toponyms indicated the approximate location, direction, and size of each area in the map. This is an adults only item because the Phoenician maps of Hermes (whose navel was at Mt. Hermon) and Aphrodite (Afro-deity, who gave her name to Africa) are quite risque. They are literally connected at Sinai (with an intentionally missing aleph between the nun and yod and therefore cognate with the English noun "snatch") which contains the Desert of Zin (his "zaiyin" = weapon, a euphemism for the male member). https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxlvvgdcdadzep3/Anthropomorphic_Maps_3.pptx?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ksjxfos5myl6e1w/Anthropomorphic_Maps_3.docx?dl=0 On similar American Indian maps, the male and female bodies are always a discrete / discreet distance apart. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ravvjibss9llncl/BlackfootMaps.doc?dl=0 I learned this mapping concept from Dan Moonhawk Alford <https://www.hilgart.org/enformy/alford.htm> (deceased) and Stan Knowlton <http://albertalabourhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2008111403B04-Knowlton-Stanley-corrected-AF.pdf>. I was able to match the body parts and toponyms in West Asia and North Africa because Hebrew and Phoenician are both Western Semitic languages with a similar lexicon. For unbelievable but genuine folk etymologies for the same toponyms, see this file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/g578l4f5ec542cf/CarlMasthay_email_exch.docx?dl=0 Your students may want to buy *Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes* by Jeremy Benstein for about $25 new. https://jeremybenstein.com/ The author definitely has a sense of humor. He gave me a copy free and only charged me 90 shekel for signing it. Chapter 1 is free to read online at https://jeremybenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Jeremy-Benstein-Hebrew-Roots-Sample-Chapter-Chap-1.pdf Best regards, Izzy Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:03:47 -0500 > From: Amalia Warshenbrot <[email protected]> > To: Hasafran <[email protected]> > > I'm looking for FREE on-line teaching material or apps for > conversational Hebrew for adults. I mean not print (I have enough books). > Soemthing like StreetWise Hebrew. > Amalia Warshenbrot
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