Exploring Biblical Hebrew (7/25/2026)

Description

Beginner-friendly, immersive/interactive approach, and open for all ages and interest levels (from the curious to those who aspire to scholarly work), doing some work with greetings, alphabet, learning basic grammatical concepts with props/toys, singing, and learning a short passage or two, with handouts provided.

Tentative Schedule

9:00–10:25am Welcome, greetings, animal toys, singing, Deuteronomy 6:4

10:35–11:59am Review, alphabet, toys, singing, Genesis 1:1

12:00–12:40pm Lunch (and Hebrew vocabulary related to foods and containers)

12:40–1:00pm Review & wrap-up

Credit for all photos from the 7/25/2026 workshop: E. J. Smith

Preparing for a Workshop

Although there is no requirement to prepare or attain any level of Hebrew prior to a workshop, the more you are familiar with the language and its sounds, the more you can learn in a workshop!

Consider starting with videos from Aleph with Beth, especially the classroom videos, since that will be a bit of a taste of some of the activities in the workshop.

Learning the Alphabet

Say, Sing, Write

• Aleph with Beth Alphabet worksheet

• Learning Biblical Hebrew (Kutz/Josberger) Alphabet worksheet

Enjoy acrostics (e.g., Psalm 119; Proverbs 31:10–31, Lamentations 1, 2, 3, 4)

Explore pangrams, a.k.a. holoalphabet sentences (Hebrew example: Deuteronomy 4:34)

Deut. 4:34

א֣וֹ ׀ הֲנִסָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָ֠בוֹא לָקַ֨חַת ל֣וֹ גוֹי֮ מִקֶּ֣רֶב גּוֹי֒ בְּמַסֹּת֩ בְּאֹתֹ֨ת וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה וּבְיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃