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Hello Gil,
I’m wondering if you think western sources have maybe been mispronouncing or misspelling Hebrew words due to a lack of proper instruction or if there is a lot of room for spelling and saying words how one may prefer(if not in Hebrew). For example I have seen Kabbalah spelled Qabalah or Bina spelled Binah. Some books even state different pronunciations for letters, or just say try your best to guess words such as ‘yod,heh,vau,heh’, I’m pretty sure Jehova is way off but maybe not.
No doubt 🙂
E.g the biblical name of the first patriarch is pronounced Av-ra-ham. In english it’s pronounced Abraham. The Hebrew pronunciation and writing is based on the law of root and branch. Taking the example you gave, the name Kabbalah which in hebrew is pronounced kah-baa-lah means to receive. There is no correct spelling in English since it’s a Hebrew word and it really doesn’t matter how it’s spelled as long as it’s pronounced correctly – which it is usually not. The emphasis is on the ending kah-baa-lah and not on the ‘baa’ like you might hear people say kah-baa-lah. The former is correct and latter is incorrect. Either way it’s not a big deal how it’s written or even pronounced, but mainly what one does with it.
Teacher Gil,
Thank you for your explanation. It became a motivation for starting “Learn to Read…”
I signed up for an annual membership. Does it include “Learn to Read…” please?
Thank you very much.
Sara
What causes Malchut to rise to Bina? Is it a form of a chemical reaction?
Is it more reception vs more bestowal?
Todah raba!
Dear Teacher,
I am in awe! I never imagined that by starting learning Hebrew so many door and portals would appear to be opened. And I love the course, though still beginning:). My question is about the letter Alef and the words starting with that. Aron, Avraham and Arnav all start with Alef (and the sound of A), but Ofanaim doesn’t. Whys is that please?
May the work you do bring countless merit and benefit many beings. Thank you so much.
Shalom !
Hi Sara,
I’m glad to hear you are enjoying the course. The sound of the letter “Alef” depends on its vowel (Nikkud). The letter Alef can make the following sounds: Ah, Eh, Oh (like in Oh-fa-naim),Uh, Ei.
If you are also signed up to the course “Learn to Read…” you will find there a more elaborate explanation re vowels and how they are used.
Hope this clarifies it 🙂
Hello Gil.
I am very excited about this course, thank you for providing it.
I have a question about the presentation “Forging of the Hebrew letters”.
In ZA”T you speak the name of and write 9 Hebrew letters, and that’s fine. But in Z”A you speak the name of and write 8 Hebrew letters, but you say that there are 9. I can’t get it to add up.
Is there something I am missing?
Thank you.
I see 9 letters there..
Only kidding, you are right, there were in fact 8. It was a mistake. I fixed it.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention 🙂
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