Yoseph, I applaud your pursuit of linguistic purity. I think modern-day Hebrew needs a second revolution (the first being the language's revival as a spoken language) which would be characterized by a restoration of the original pronunciation. Unfortunately, I think the Ashkenazi establishment (I myself am Ashkenazi) looks down on the true pronunciation you are exhibiting as a "lowly" Mizrachi/Arab way of speaking.
I admire your effort to learn Hebrew, especially being that you're Muslim. So long as we are intellectually honest, we should not fear knowledge -- especially in the pursuit of clarity.
I was taught in Phoenician and Ugaritic and Biblical Hebrew classes that the Sin was pronounced more like the SH sound out of the two sides of the teeth (rather than the front)...sort of like Daffy Duck saying "Suffering Succotash." Everything else here seems to match perfectly to what I've been taught. I love your explaination of Alef!
You've helped SO much!! I just started learning Hebrew on my own yesterday. I have always wanted to learn so thank you for making the basic's easy! :-)
@omedyashar And it isn't just Biblical Hebrew that has these sounds, these sounds were still pronounced even into the 3rd century C.E., because the Talmud refers to these distinctions. The Talmud even FORBIDS an Israelite who does not distinguish between these sounds from being a prayer leader, or from publically reading from a Torah-scroll, or from saying the Aharonic blessing! And it's not just the Talmud, ALL of these distinctions have been preserved among Middle Eastern Jews.
That was awesome man masha'Allah. So would it be weird to read hebrew with these pronunciations today, like in terms of reading Tanakh, or would this be considered more correct? You should do a follow up video showing the actual Ancient Hebrew Alphabet, not the pronunciations but the letters themselves, and compare them to the modern Aramaic-derived script! :-)
@Menechem These scholars don't cast doubt on the entirety of Yemenite pronunciation as being authentic to ancient Hebrew. Regarding letter pronunciation, they only cast doubt on "jimal" as opposed to "gimal" and "gof" as opposed to "qof."
Hello, I'm a Christian trying to learn the Hebrew/Aramaic alphabet so that I can read the Tanakh and the Aramaic Peshitta in their languages. I'm fascinated by the Biblical languages. The only letter I can't figure out is ayin!
Shalom.....keep up the good work brother....Don't worry about what others think....i saw the respect you gave to detail on the PRONUNCIATION of the alef bet....but i have to admit that it was misleading on the title somewhat..nonetheless, keep up the good work...May Ha-Shem bless your most earnest efforts according to HIS will..Amein..Shalom
Hi Yosef.Thank you for this.שבת שלוםץ.I am learning modern hebrew and am really enjoying it.But love learning about history and different cultures and the true origin of everything.I am trying to figure the correct original sephardic hebrew alephbet pronunciation as I am Irish it is totally new!!God bless you
@ageage123 Because these destinctions also existed in enough European languages that most European Jews managed to continue knowing how to pronounce the difference between bet / vet; pe / fe; kaf / khaf. ...and the spearheads of modern spoken Hebrew were European Jews. This is the reason.
Brilliant Buddy Best phonetic teaching of original middle eastern Hebraic sounds! You would be the most likely person to "getNAMEright" (YodHehWawHeh) Very KoooL mate and a very cute Shalom to you!
@thatBirdiegirl Yemenite Jews distinguish between qamaS (kamatz) and pataH too, just as Ashkenazim do distinguish. I think the main difference is that Yemenites are typically more careful to also CLEARLY distinguish between qamaS and Holam as well... whereas, at least to my ears, many Ashkenazim pronounce qamaS and Holam nearly if not exactly the same - perhaps not in theory, but it seems that this is often the case in practice. Technically there are 2 types of qamaS.
was trying to find Modern Hebrew pronunciation, didn't notice the title of the video at first, and after four minutes seriously thought I had completely missed the boat on Modern Hebrew pronunciation lol
Salam. Thank you for your videos. I find them very informative and interesting as i don't hear yemenite Hebrew often.Question :) What is the difference between Sin and Samech? or are they interchangeable? e.g. the word for horse (SUS) Samech Waw Samech, can you get away with writing it as Sin Waw Sin? Or is it a matter of just learning how the word is spelled as it is? Thanx a million!
Thank you for your reply. It's understood that every consonant & vowel is different than any other. Thus we have 29 different consonant sounds & 10 full vowel sounds (in contrast to the schwas.) making 39 total. ( BTW Another Jewish thing that equals 39) The way I say a Sin fits what the Radaq's explanation Judges 12:6. I call it Zadi, because it's similar to the way some Italians pronounce the z in pizza. I've been told that some Germans also have it as a non combination sound.
Isn't Resh one of the 7 double letters? The seven doubles according to Sefer Yetzirah are: Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Taw. Sefer Yetzirah is attributed to Avraham Avinu. According to wikipedia: "In the Yemenite tradition, Resh is treated as most other consonants in that it can receive a dagesh hazak under certain circumstances. And in the most widely accepted version of the Hebrew Bible, there exist 17 cases where Resh is marked with a dagesh." Do Yemenites distinguish the two?
@Menechem I 2nd Juban, Who is the "we" you speak of? The uninformed. Yemenite Jews are unique from other Middle Eastern Jews almost exclusively only with regard to pronunciation of "gimel" as "jimal" and qof as "gof." All the other letters are found likewise among various other Middle Eastern communities, especially among Iraqi Jews. The most "Arabicising" sounds (the hhet and 'ayin) are essentially universal among non-European Jews.
I share that same thirst for God's word, The ancient Biblical languages are awesome, Koine Greek I take quite well too, Hebrew is going to be a challenge!!
@jonyadegari There are two forms of "shin" depending on where the dot over the letter appears. One is "sh" the other is a regular "s" sound. Sadi is a unique "S" sound. It is called an "implosive" or "emphatic" S. There are no living Jewish traditions for a unique pronunciation for the letter samekh, though I have seen in a book indication that there was a distinction. It also makes sense that there would have been. I do not know whether the suggested unique distinction for it is correct.
Yes you any one can convert. And being asian doesn't automatically mean you are not jewish, there are many ancient jewish communities from Indian, China, Afghanistan etc.
@SubZero7th I'm sorry I meant to call it the Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet. I'm not sure if it's the same as proto-Canaanite. It's probably very similar. It's the original hebrew alphabet. Today's modern hebrew alphabet is actually a modification of the Aramaic alphabet that the Jews switched to around the 5th century when Aramaic became dominant.
Hello, Yosef. How to pronounce שתים (shtayim), שנים (shnayim) and שוא (shewa) in Yemenite Hebrew? I think we should pronounce: shatáyim, shanáyim and shawó. Am I right?
Shalom Omedyashar. Thank you for all your effort in the pursuit and teaching of emeth. Does your pronounciation in this video align with Harav Benzion Hakohen's? I understand his sefer has the most accurate pronounciation.
The aleph sound is also made by American 't', at the end of a word after a vowel in informal reduced speech: for example, What? bite me. Also, beth and bheth are more like the Spanish b,v.
@BozRyan The focus of this video is the ancient PRONUNCIATION, not the ancient letter forms. If you're Karaite, please comment on the videos I've posted regarding Karaism. If you're a secular-relativist, why be so zealous for accuracy?
for the taw where exactly do you touch your tongue? in your other video you say it's at the bottom of your top upper teeth, but this one the top of your top upper teeth?
This is extremely difficult to learn. It's not simple by any means. I had no idea that Gimmel can sound like an "R". Do you have any videos on the Niqqud?
@Menechem The "W" sound is found both in Aramaic and Arabic. Of course, you biasly disregard Arabic. Being that Akkadian has been an unspoken language for more than a few hundred years (lol) ...no one can say with 100% certainty what the pronunciation of Akkadian was. ...but just a "by the way," Akkadian also had a "W," according to Wiki. Will you cast doubt on Wiki being that it doesn't line up with your comment?
Researching the Septuagint, εξέβαλε 'exevale' or 'ekballo', I beleive this is a hebrew word in the form of a greek word. Trying to form 'exe' is difficult, while I'm also not sure how to form 'ballo'. I have tried Yod-kaf-bet-lamed, which is all I could determine so far. Do you have any other suggestions?
Along the same lines the Greek Septuagint uses the Greek letter zeta for the tzadi and in that era the zeta is thought to represent the dz sound like in the English word adze which is a voiced equivalent of the modern tzadi sound, if tzadi had been pronounced as an emphatic S one would expect it to have simply been rendered by a Greek sigma.
@777jordan Wow. You're super observant. Truth is I don't know why I specified in either of these videos where on the back side of the upper front teeth one's tongue should touch. To my knowledge it doesn't matter whether it's more towards the bottom of the backs of the front upper teeth or towards the top... and I highly doubt that these two ways represent two sounds in the IPA. It shouldn't be too hard to check, but I don't have the time to do so at the moment. You can find a chart on Wiki.
Just in case Yosef doesn't answer; yes anyone who truly wishes to be Jewish can. For centuries people who wish to convert were often told that they should not bother and following the seven Noahide laws is sufficient. The process of conversion can range widely. Most Rabbis will require at a minimum the ability to read Hebrew, a general understanding of Halacha - the laws of judaism, and a sincere commitment to following those laws. There are several streams of Judaism
@twizzdeadangel85 I noticed that the movie Ajami is spelt "Agami" in the Hebrew release. I would suggest using a 'y' in place of 'j' would be better, however. Hopefully someone will give a better answer.
hey sorry for crowding your page like, which I know you don't like, but I'm finding the tsade hard to do. I am sounding a bit like the gopher from winnie the pooh, is this normal?
@SubZero7th Yeah i believe it was derived from Ancient Egyptian, or rather the Proto-Semetic or whatever they call it, from which Phoenician was derived.
@NuCreature8 DOn't think o "how to say in Hebrew" instead, think what does Amanda Mean in Hebrew. Just for example, Amin= (I believe also said as Amen) and Da (da-ah)= Knowledge So...Amenda or AmeenDaa= I believe in Knowledge. There's probably a closer enunciation using this more ancient version, but I will leave that for you to discover. Good luck! :-D
@jorgeandrade20 I do not claim that this video represents mainstream / popularized pronuncation of Hebrew. If you want to learn Hebrew just for communicating -- perhaps first learn standard Israeli pronuncation. If you want to pronounce the letters correctly when praying or reading the Hebrew Bible, use this pronuncation. It will be difficult for people to understand you if you speak to them using this pronunciation. I hope to make another video on this topic.
@ageage123 Biblical Hebrew in no way discards the correct pronuncation of Het, ghimal, dhalet, waw, thaw, etc... In fact, we know these distinctions from Biblical Hebrew! Your original question was "why isn't Biblical Hebrew TAUGHT with pronouncing gimel, etc..." I understood from this wording of your question - the use of the word "taught" - that you were asking about why thosew ho TEACH it do not make these distinctions. My reply was not with regard to Biblical Hebrew itself.
hello all and peace to you wherever you are in life......i am so in awe in this language. i actually learned spanish and this seems much more difficult for me. but it is also because i have also seen ancient hebrew also and these are different in appearance. it is just my thought on the matter. no offence to anyone. i have been wanting to pick it up and it just seems to expand..i mean the hebrew language. soon as i try to pin down the symbols i see the lttrs and i am right back at square one
You shouldn't have brought the Temani Jemal & Guf both errors. The proper Zadi is like the z sound found in some places in Central Europe where it is a non combination sound. Not ts or tz. Some people say pizza that way. The Sin is sharper than the Samach . Rabbi Yehoshua O. Bresler Author of Saphah V'rurah on Ancient Hebrew.
@777jordan Check out the Nusahh Teimon website: NosachTeiman dot co dot il backslash ? CategoryID and then an EQUAL sign and then "1168" and then an AND sign and then "ArticleID=573"
@qwnsknight Check out the Nusahh Teimon website: NosachTeiman dot co dot il backslash ? CategoryID and then an EQUAL sign and then "1168" and then an AND sign and then "ArticleID=573"
This gentleman's version of Hebrew is a hodge-podge of dialects, confused with actual errors of pronunciation. My Iraqi in-laws would have enjoyed this, as would my Moroccan brother-in-law, for its comedic value.
2000 years ago Palestine ... Aramaic & Arabic spoken languages .... Hebrew prayer given by Semite Jew....Late 1800 for creation of new country on Palestine land, Hebrew developed as spoken in Israil today ... Prior to Hebrew spoken langauge , Ultra Orthodox Jews of early 1900 developed Yidish ... a langauge mainly of German words , with some Hebrew added ... same as national anthem of Israil stolen from Vltava music, Jewish herritage stolen by Zionists too...
Yoseph, I applaud your pursuit of linguistic purity. I think modern-day Hebrew needs a second revolution (the first being the language's revival as a spoken language) which would be characterized by a restoration of the original pronunciation. Unfortunately, I think the Ashkenazi establishment (I myself am Ashkenazi) looks down on the true pronunciation you are exhibiting as a "lowly" Mizrachi/Arab way of speaking.
I admire your effort to learn Hebrew, especially being that you're Muslim. So long as we are intellectually honest, we should not fear knowledge -- especially in the pursuit of clarity.
i counted about 16 to 18 letters pronounced the same way as arabic
I was taught in Phoenician and Ugaritic and Biblical Hebrew classes that the Sin was pronounced more like the SH sound out of the two sides of the teeth (rather than the front)...sort of like Daffy Duck saying "Suffering Succotash." Everything else here seems to match perfectly to what I've been taught. I love your explaination of Alef!
BLESS YOUR HEART - YOU HAVE HELPED ME A LOT
I will come back often to listen to the sounds.
THANK YOU !!!
You've helped SO much!! I just started learning Hebrew on my own yesterday. I have always wanted to learn so thank you for making the basic's easy! :-)
That's soo similar to arabic. As an arab learning hebrew, that's so easy for me to pronounce the actual letters.
(I'm muslim, so what?^^)
@omedyashar
And it isn't just Biblical Hebrew that has these sounds, these sounds were still pronounced even into the 3rd century C.E., because the Talmud refers to these distinctions. The Talmud even FORBIDS an Israelite who does not distinguish between these sounds from being a prayer leader, or from publically reading from a Torah-scroll, or from saying the Aharonic blessing! And it's not just the Talmud, ALL of these distinctions have been preserved among Middle Eastern Jews.
thanks so much for making this video!!! :)
That was awesome man masha'Allah. So would it be weird to read hebrew with these pronunciations today, like in terms of reading Tanakh, or would this be considered more correct?
You should do a follow up video showing the actual Ancient Hebrew Alphabet, not the pronunciations but the letters themselves, and compare them to the modern Aramaic-derived script! :-)
@Menechem These scholars don't cast doubt on the entirety of Yemenite pronunciation as being authentic to ancient Hebrew. Regarding letter pronunciation, they only cast doubt on "jimal" as opposed to "gimal" and "gof" as opposed to "qof."
Hello, I'm a Christian trying to learn the Hebrew/Aramaic alphabet so that I can read the Tanakh and the Aramaic Peshitta in their languages. I'm fascinated by the Biblical languages. The only letter I can't figure out is ayin!
Shalom.....keep up the good work brother....Don't worry about what others think....i saw the respect you gave to detail on the PRONUNCIATION of the alef bet....but i have to admit that it was misleading on the title somewhat..nonetheless, keep up the good work...May Ha-Shem bless your most earnest efforts according to HIS will..Amein..Shalom
This is AWESOME!
Bless you!
Hi Yosef.Thank you for this.שבת שלוםץ.I am learning modern hebrew and am really enjoying it.But love learning about history and different cultures and the true origin of everything.I am trying to figure the correct original sephardic hebrew alephbet pronunciation as I am Irish it is totally new!!God bless you
@ageage123
Because these destinctions also existed in enough European languages that most European Jews managed to continue knowing how to pronounce the difference between bet / vet; pe / fe; kaf / khaf. ...and the spearheads of modern spoken Hebrew were European Jews. This is the reason.
Thank You Dear Friend for sharing these teachings.
Brilliant Buddy Best phonetic teaching of original middle eastern Hebraic sounds! You would be
the most likely person to "getNAMEright" (YodHehWawHeh) Very KoooL mate and a very cute
Shalom to you!
@thatBirdiegirl
Yemenite Jews distinguish between qamaS (kamatz) and pataH too, just as Ashkenazim do distinguish. I think the main difference is that Yemenites are typically more careful to also CLEARLY distinguish between qamaS and Holam as well... whereas, at least to my ears, many Ashkenazim pronounce qamaS and Holam nearly if not exactly the same - perhaps not in theory, but it seems that this is often the case in practice.
Technically there are 2 types of qamaS.
can you please make another vid how to pronounce the aiyin? it's very difficult for my to pronounce it.
was trying to find Modern Hebrew pronunciation, didn't notice the title of the video at first, and after four minutes seriously thought I had completely missed the boat on Modern Hebrew pronunciation lol
Salam. Thank you for your videos. I find them very informative and interesting as i don't hear yemenite Hebrew often.Question :) What is the difference between Sin and Samech? or are they interchangeable? e.g. the word for horse (SUS) Samech Waw Samech, can you get away with writing it as Sin Waw Sin? Or is it a matter of just learning how the word is spelled as it is? Thanx a million!
Thank you for your reply.
It's understood that every consonant & vowel is different than any other. Thus we have 29 different consonant sounds & 10 full vowel sounds (in contrast to the schwas.) making 39 total. ( BTW Another Jewish thing that equals 39)
The way I say a Sin fits what the Radaq's explanation Judges 12:6.
I call it Zadi, because it's similar to the way some Italians pronounce the z in pizza. I've been told that some Germans also have it as a non combination sound.
ghimmel is just a little further back than khaf... just as g is a little further back than k.
I'm struggling the most with resh. Could you possibly give a few examples or more pointers? Thankyou!
Isn't Resh one of the 7 double letters? The seven doubles according to Sefer Yetzirah are: Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Taw. Sefer Yetzirah is attributed to Avraham Avinu. According to wikipedia: "In the Yemenite tradition, Resh is treated as most other consonants in that it can receive a dagesh hazak under certain circumstances. And in the most widely accepted version of the Hebrew Bible, there exist 17 cases where Resh is marked with a dagesh." Do Yemenites distinguish the two?
@Menechem
I 2nd Juban, Who is the "we" you speak of? The uninformed. Yemenite Jews are unique from other Middle Eastern Jews almost exclusively only with regard to pronunciation of "gimel" as "jimal" and qof as "gof." All the other letters are found likewise among various other Middle Eastern communities, especially among Iraqi Jews. The most "Arabicising" sounds (the hhet and 'ayin) are essentially universal among non-European Jews.
@PsychoFactory...Yes it is! He is saying the correct pronunciation of how biblical/Ancient Hebrew was spoken.
I share that same thirst for God's word, The ancient Biblical languages are awesome, Koine Greek I take quite well too, Hebrew is going to be a challenge!!
@jonyadegari There are two forms of "shin" depending on where the dot over the letter appears. One is "sh" the other is a regular "s" sound. Sadi is a unique "S" sound. It is called an "implosive" or "emphatic" S. There are no living Jewish traditions for a unique pronunciation for the letter samekh, though I have seen in a book indication that there was a distinction. It also makes sense that there would have been. I do not know whether the suggested unique distinction for it is correct.
Yes you any one can convert.
And being asian doesn't automatically mean you are not jewish, there are many ancient jewish communities from Indian, China, Afghanistan etc.
@noremote
also the yemenites, and they're also fairly complex.
@SubZero7th I'm sorry I meant to call it the Paleo-Hebrew Alphabet. I'm not sure if it's the same as proto-Canaanite. It's probably very similar. It's the original hebrew alphabet. Today's modern hebrew alphabet is actually a modification of the Aramaic alphabet that the Jews switched to around the 5th century when Aramaic became dominant.
Hello, Yosef. How to pronounce שתים (shtayim), שנים (shnayim) and שוא (shewa) in Yemenite Hebrew? I think we should pronounce: shatáyim, shanáyim and shawó. Am I right?
Shalom Omedyashar. Thank you for all your effort in the pursuit and teaching of emeth.
Does your pronounciation in this video align with Harav Benzion Hakohen's? I understand his sefer has the most accurate pronounciation.
thanks for this video. I'm really struggling with pronouncing chet. any additional tips?
I'm doing a series of videos about the Yemenite Hebrew for Brazilians. If you understand a little Portuguese, can you give me some suggestions.
Thank you - very helpful
Thanks you :)
The aleph sound is also made by American 't', at the end of a word after a vowel in informal reduced speech: for example, What? bite me. Also, beth and bheth are more like the Spanish b,v.
@BozRyan
The focus of this video is the ancient PRONUNCIATION, not the ancient letter forms.
If you're Karaite, please comment on the videos I've posted regarding Karaism.
If you're a secular-relativist, why be so zealous for accuracy?
@omedyashar lol, you said if you want to be super exacting, so I kept you to it ;) Great video though!
for the taw where exactly do you touch your tongue? in your other video you say it's at the bottom of your top upper teeth, but this one the top of your top upper teeth?
This is extremely difficult to learn. It's not simple by any means. I had no idea that Gimmel can sound like an "R". Do you have any videos on the Niqqud?
@Menechem The "W" sound is found both in Aramaic and Arabic. Of course, you biasly disregard Arabic. Being that Akkadian has been an unspoken language for more than a few hundred years (lol) ...no one can say with 100% certainty what the pronunciation of Akkadian was. ...but just a "by the way," Akkadian also had a "W," according to Wiki. Will you cast doubt on Wiki being that it doesn't line up with your comment?
Researching the Septuagint, εξέβαλε 'exevale' or 'ekballo', I beleive this is a hebrew word in the form of a greek word. Trying to form 'exe' is difficult, while I'm also not sure how to form 'ballo'. I have tried Yod-kaf-bet-lamed, which is all I could determine so far. Do you have any other suggestions?
Can you make a video telling the difference between צ, ס, ש
Are they different or just s sounds?
@tsirahxuan
Did it eventually load? hehe.
phe is also like the Greek phi, and Japanese s. It's like blowing out a candle.
Along the same lines the Greek Septuagint uses the Greek letter zeta for the tzadi and in that era the zeta is thought to represent the dz sound like in the English word adze which is a voiced equivalent of the modern tzadi sound, if tzadi had been pronounced as an emphatic S one would expect it to have simply been rendered by a Greek sigma.
So these pronunciations are more in the direction of Aramaic?
@777jordan
Wow. You're super observant. Truth is I don't know why I specified in either of these videos where on the back side of the upper front teeth one's tongue should touch. To my knowledge it doesn't matter whether it's more towards the bottom of the backs of the front upper teeth or towards the top... and I highly doubt that these two ways represent two sounds in the IPA. It shouldn't be too hard to check, but I don't have the time to do so at the moment. You can find a chart on Wiki.
Shkoyahch chahbeebee!!
Just in case Yosef doesn't answer; yes anyone who truly wishes to be Jewish can. For centuries people who wish to convert were often told that they should not bother and following the seven Noahide laws is sufficient. The process of conversion can range widely. Most Rabbis will require at a minimum the ability to read Hebrew, a general understanding of Halacha - the laws of judaism, and a sincere commitment to following those laws. There are several streams of Judaism
@twizzdeadangel85 I noticed that the movie Ajami is spelt "Agami" in the Hebrew release. I would suggest using a 'y' in place of 'j' would be better, however. Hopefully someone will give a better answer.
DIDNT U MAKE THIS VIDEO ALREADY??
is there a copy of the torah judaism siddur in hebrew
hey sorry for crowding your page like, which I know you don't like, but I'm finding the tsade hard to do. I am sounding a bit like the gopher from winnie the pooh, is this normal?
May I ask how you found out about these pronunciations? Did you consult various Mizrahi Jewish communities?
@SubZero7th Thanks a lot!
How can we know that these are the ancient pronunciations - covering what era?
@livingfilmmaker
I've read your discription applied to samekh, but not to sin. Could be.
@SubZero7th What is the Welsh LL sound like?
@SubZero7th Yeah i believe it was derived from Ancient Egyptian, or rather the Proto-Semetic or whatever they call it, from which Phoenician was derived.
@shaharmos can you tell me how would this be in acient hebrew PLEASE! =)
@omedyashar the link didn't work :(
I heard that scholars used Quranic Arabic to restore the pronunciation of ancient Hebrew, is this true??
umm... yosef , i wanna ask .... can people that doesn't born jews became a jew ? can asian be a jew ?
@NuCreature8 DOn't think o "how to say in Hebrew" instead, think what does Amanda Mean in Hebrew. Just for example, Amin= (I believe also said as Amen) and Da (da-ah)= Knowledge So...Amenda or AmeenDaa= I believe in Knowledge. There's probably a closer enunciation using this more ancient version, but I will leave that for you to discover. Good luck! :-D
@jorgeandrade20
I do not claim that this video represents mainstream / popularized pronuncation of Hebrew. If you want to learn Hebrew just for communicating -- perhaps first learn standard Israeli pronuncation. If you want to pronounce the letters correctly when praying or reading the Hebrew Bible, use this pronuncation.
It will be difficult for people to understand you if you speak to them using this pronunciation. I hope to make another video on this topic.
Hebrew letters seem to have much more in common with Spanish than English.
@ageage123
Biblical Hebrew in no way discards the correct pronuncation of Het, ghimal, dhalet, waw, thaw, etc... In fact, we know these distinctions from Biblical Hebrew! Your original question was "why isn't Biblical Hebrew TAUGHT with pronouncing gimel, etc..." I understood from this wording of your question - the use of the word "taught" - that you were asking about why thosew ho TEACH it do not make these distinctions. My reply was not with regard to Biblical Hebrew itself.
how to differentiate ghimel and khaf ?
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF THIS IS IN ACIENT HEBREW גם זה יעבור
@rawfood777
To my knowledge, only in Hebrew.
hello all and peace to you wherever you are in life......i am so in awe in this language. i actually learned spanish and this seems much more difficult for me. but it is also because i have also seen ancient hebrew also and these are different in appearance. it is just my thought on the matter. no offence to anyone. i have been wanting to pick it up and it just seems to expand..i mean the hebrew language. soon as i try to pin down the symbols i see the lttrs and i am right back at square one
oh no I wanted to painted on one of my room walls
@qwnsknight I would love this too
You shouldn't have brought the Temani Jemal & Guf both errors. The proper Zadi is like the z sound found in some places in Central Europe where it is a non combination sound. Not ts or tz. Some people say pizza that way. The Sin is sharper than the Samach .
Rabbi Yehoshua O. Bresler Author of Saphah V'rurah on Ancient Hebrew.
@777jordan
Check out the Nusahh Teimon website:
NosachTeiman dot co dot il backslash ? CategoryID and then an EQUAL sign and then "1168" and then an AND sign and then "ArticleID=573"
@qwnsknight
Check out the Nusahh Teimon website:
NosachTeiman dot co dot il backslash ? CategoryID and then an EQUAL sign and then "1168" and then an AND sign and then "ArticleID=573"
This gentleman's version of Hebrew is a hodge-podge of dialects, confused with actual errors of pronunciation. My Iraqi in-laws would have enjoyed this, as would my Moroccan brother-in-law, for its comedic value.
@jjr505 j(y)hova :)
This is not the Ancient Hebrew pronunciation and not even Tiberian Hebrew.
2000 years ago Palestine ... Aramaic & Arabic spoken languages .... Hebrew prayer given by Semite Jew....Late 1800 for creation of new country on Palestine land, Hebrew developed as spoken in Israil today ... Prior to Hebrew spoken langauge , Ultra Orthodox Jews of early 1900 developed Yidish ... a langauge mainly of German words , with some Hebrew added ... same as national anthem of Israil stolen from Vltava music, Jewish herritage stolen by Zionists too...