Hebrew reading lessons, consisting of the first 4 chapters of the Book of Genesis, and the 8th chapter of the Proverbs, with a grammatical praxis and an interlineary tr. [by S.P. Tregelles].

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Samuel Prideaux Tregelles
1846
 

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Page 65 - In One compact Post Quarto Volume, cloth lettered. GESENIUS'S HEBREW GRAMMAR, BY PROFESSOR RODIGER, A NEW HEBREW-ENGLISH LEXICON, containing all the Hebrew and Chaldee words in the Old Testament Scriptures, with their meanings in English.
Page 66 - in the Old Testament Scriptures, with their meanings in English. This Lexicon is specially designed to put into the hands of the English Student, in a compressed and compendious form, the contributions of modern philology to the interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures. One vol. small 8vo. 6s. cloth. *** The Lexicon
Page 65 - THE BOOK OF PSALMS, HEBREW AND ENGLISH; IN PARALLEL COLUMNS. A handsome Pocket Volume, Price in cloth binding, 5s. This edition of the Hebrew Psalms has been printed from the
Page vi - of compensation; and the accented (..) following the M thus formed is likewise changed into that vowel. (The pause accent would suffice to lengthen the vowel, but the form would have been the same had the word not been in pause.) VERSE 2. * v'-ha-a'-retz. The conj. cop. prefixed to (£) chap. I. ver. i.
Page iii - (T:) , never can be the vowel of a syllable; they simply enable the guttural letter under which they stand to be more easily enunciated. 4. Furtive pathach also never forms a syllable; in accordance with the rule which requires that every syllable must commence with a consonant. 5. Simple sh'va where vocal is to be pronounced like
Page 52 - ze'-rdS), chap. I. ver. n.(*). « ah-kher', adj. ' ta'-khath, subst. used as prep. ' he'-vel, pr. name masc. ' kl, this word which is commonly a conj. is here used in its primary sense as a relative. " h&ra-go', verb Kal pret. sing. 3 pers. masc. with suff. 3 pers.
Page ii - having as a consonant no representative in English, is not noticed in the pronunciation; V is, however, always indicated, because, in the opinion of some, it possesses a guttural sound. In spelling it is impossible to attach too much importance to the division of the Hebrew syllables. The following memoranda will be found of some assistance to the student.
Page 3 - is regarded as doubled, and thus it closes the first syllable as well as commences the second.) This cardinal number is used in commencing a series (as in this case), or in naming the days of the month, as though it were an ordinal, first.
Page vi - because of its being followed by an accented syllable. (Hence we may find 1 for 1 before any monosyllable.) R. (unused in Heb.) prob. to be clean, pure, perhaps empty. ' v'kho'-shech, subst. masc. with cop. conj. prefixed. R. to be dark, obscure. f
Page i - has been added, as a specimen of one of the Poetical books. The Serviles added to the root, as well as all Prefixes and Suffixes of each word, are printed in hollow letters ; and all letters which have been dropped from the root, are placed above the line. Beneath each Hebrew word the corresponding English is given literally. Whatever in the Hebrew Text cannot be rendered into English, (such as the particle

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