Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.
Continuing with Genesis 6:15-17
Today we have a description of the measurements of the ark, the levels, and the declaration of what will come upon the earth.
I was able to highlight the markings needed for pronunciation and use them in the video today. I review the English interpretation, right to left before getting into the Hebrew.
You may notice that many of the words in this reading end with hey, which is normally silent at the end of a word. Notice how many of these occurrences have "her" in the English interpretation. The final hey can mean many things, but today we see it meaning "her" related to the ark (a feminine word) and, in one case, the final hey means "in the direction of" or "towards" - I said, "from the bottom up" when looking at how the ark should be finished.
I will be explaining more about genders for words in future lessons. For now, be advised that they exist. As a native English speaker, I had difficulty thinking of things like tables and cups being male of female. It seemed complex for no reason because I had grown up with the table and a cup until I learned my first Latin language. Hebrew may be a precursor to other languages, so it makes sense that things, living or not, would be a "he" or a "she"
What is your native language? Do you have genders for things in it?
Today's reading
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▶️ IPFS
Info on each letter starting at the beginning
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