Archive for June, 2008

24 Jun

On Vacation

Just a note - I’m on vacation with limited online access.  I’m sure I’ll fall behind on posts and comments.  Back July 2.

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15 Jun

New Aramaic Videos

I’ve made four more short videos for learning Aramaic. They are:

Aramaic vowels (vowel “points”)
Other pointing marks and their meaning
Daghesh rules
Aramaic consonant notes

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14 Jun

More Aramaic PowerPoint Files

The PowerPoint files below are also posted in the PowerPoint archive. For the required font, see the first Aramaic PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

Aramaic vowels (vowel pointing)
Aramaic (other pointings)
Aramaic daghesh points
Aramaic other consonant extras

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14 Jun

More Hebrew PowerPoints

The PowerPoint files below correspond to the Hebrew videos recently uploaded.  They are also posted in the archive.  For the required font, see the first Hebrew PowerPoint post (alphabet) or the PowerPoint archive.

Hebrew vowels (vowel pointing)
Hebrew (other pointings)
Hebrew daghesh points
Hebrew other consonant extras

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09 Jun

More Hebrew Videos

I’ve made four more short videos for learning biblical Hebrew.  They are:

Hebrew vowels (vowel “points”)
Other pointing marks and their meaning
Daghesh rules
Hebrew consonant notes

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01 Jun

Aramaic, Egyptian, Ugaritic Alphabet Videos

You can click on the link to start the video–no fonts needed! Just use the pause, back, and play buttons to learn the alphabets. NO AUDIO.

Aramaic alphabet in order
Aramaic alphabet mixed
Ugaritic alphabet in order
Ugaritic alphabet mixed
Egyptian pseudo-alphabet in order
Egyptian pseudo-alphabet mixed

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