The Masoretic Accents Can Help with Reading Fluency for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Students

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[@felishiafreddy8346]

We are from Horeb biblical Hebrew school in India🎉

[@rarapope]

Thank you. It is a very interesting theme.

[@manassehmarcas3965]

Thank you

[@felishiafreddy8346]

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[@rimonarmaly1950]

Great video, Doug! Thanks for making this great video on the Hebrew accents.

[@studyingthebiblicallanguages]

Thanks for the feedback, Rimon! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@_SYDNA_]

As someone just starting it's helpful just to know that when I am looking at these word examples that are plastered with markings - well past the shva and vowel marks - that these aren't all about pronunciation. Some are about cadence or identifying how sentences break out.

[@dustinburlet7249]

Fantastic video - we require Futato's work in our Hebrew class and I am working on a series of articles on the accents - fantastic video - well done!

[@studyingthebiblicallanguages]

That is great! Your students are blessed!

[@MrMNadeau]

Thank you for freely sharing your resources for learning Biblical Hebrew. I am new to learning Hebrew, just getting started, and your presentation in this video made me feel learning Biblical Hebrew an attainable goal. Baruch Hashem.

[@1ugh1]

I am sorry but I just don't get it, are you saying that modern hebrew tanakh with nikud are not accurate? If that is NOT what you are saying then if it is an issue of reading fluency then why not just learn Hebrew naturally with modern nikud? You mentioned the singing, but that is not for reading fluency.

[@studyingthebiblicallanguages]

Thanks for watching! I'm not saying that the Tanakh with nikud are inaccurate at all. I find the whole masoretic system fascinating and am so glad that they preserved the reading tradition found with the vowels via the nikud. I have just found that the accents have a side benefit, just as many of our activities are multi-purpose (e.g., if I take a walk for fresh air I'm also getting a change of scenery for my mind and exercise for my heart and legs). As a musician, I find that there is much overlap between singing and reading, especially in how we group words into phrases. When we are able to read in larger chunks than words and group those words together appropriately into sense units -- as I believe the masoretic accents do and can thus give us a "head start" for -- we are reaping multiple benefits simultaneously (while still making use of the nikud as well).