William Henry Green
Published: 2017-12-05
Total Pages: 178
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Excerpt from Hebrew Chrestomathy: Or, Lessons in Reading and Writing Hebrew The thorough mastery of the Hebrew, as of any other tongue, implies a facility both in translation and in composition. These are so distinct that exclusive occupation with one will not beget the other, and yet so related that neither can be perfect unless both are possessed. While, therefore, the former is the end principally aimed at, the latter may serve an important purpose as subsidiary to it. Accordingly the first part of this Chrestom athy is devoted to the work of analysis and translation; the second part to that of composition. The first part begins with a series of exercises designed to accompany the original study of the Grammar. Those on page 1 are for the practice of the student in the orthographic rules con tained in the sections there designated. Those on pages 2 - 8 illustrate the verbal paradigms. These are to be translated, and each form should at the same time be analyzed or divided into its significant elements, the meaning of each separately stated, and the law of their combination given. Thus, 1313519? Ye (masc.) have killed consists of the ground form of the Kal pret. 82. 1 and E13 abridged from 2 m. Pl. Pron. 13131: the former losing its pretonic Kamets m the combination 85. 2. A And 151397 they (masc.) will kill consists of 3 from 3 m. Pron. Sin 85. 1. A which before a vowelless letter becomes a 85. 2. A and bhp const. Inf. 84. 2, the basis of the future 84. 3, which loses its vowel $85. 2. A (2) before a abridged from the plur. Ending 33 85. 1. A Before pro ceeding to any given exercise the corresponding paradigm and the verbs of that class in the vocabulary should be thoroughly committed to memory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.