Start learning Hebrew? Enjoy it.
Learning Hebrew alphabet is entering into a world where the ancient and modern worlds are together as one. The best way to demonstrate the mystery of that era is by learning the Hebrew alphabet.
Learn Hebrew Alphabet - where it all started
Let`s return 2500 years back, when the Jewish people went back to their homeland Israel , which is known as the “Bait Sheni” period, when the Persian king gave the "Koresh declaration” to the Jewish nation, it had been 536 years before Jesus was born. This time was one of the most important times for the Jewish nation: the Bible was sealed and the foundation for the “Mishna” and the “Talmud” was crystallized. This is the time that the “modern” alphabet was used, and it has been known until today containing 22 letters and 5 final letters.
Learn Hebrew Alphabet-back to our time
The modern alphabet has only consonants, but no letters standing for vowels, which makes it different from the Latin alphabet, which has both consonant and vowel letters. The fact is that writing without the vowel points (nikkud), which are functioning as vowels, is like providing missing information to the readers. Reading Hebrew today means you have been given lacking information for correct reading.
so how to Learn Hebrew alphabet:
In fact, you must know Hebrew for being able to read it correctly. to learn Hebrew as a second language means constantly thinking about the meanings.
These are the obstacles for the learners:
- Lack of vowel points (nikkud) – the reader needs first to hear the sound of a word in order to read it correctly.
- No capitals letters – the reader can`t tell the difference between a proper name and a regular noun.
- Lack of vowels - the reader can face ambiguity in the same word.
- The pronunciation is not clear - how to read when you have two words which are written differently and could be pronounced the same.
- Writing from right to left – it means changing the direction each time you start reading or writing Hebrew.
- The cursive letters` direction - requires keeping the unique direction in order to be clear for the readers.
It is difficult and no one can change it now. The call for revolution was heard in the beginning of the twentieth century but it eventually failed.
