Index To Brown Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon [Paperback]

Bruce Einspahr (Compiler)

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Publication Date: June 1, 1982

A sequential listing of every significant Hebrew word throughout the Old Testament.

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BRUCE EINSPAHR (B.S., Washington State University; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary) is the pastor of Columbia Bible Church in Pasco, Washington. He is the author of Index to Brown, Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Pastor Einspahr resides in Burbank, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (June 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802440827
• ISBN-13: 978-0802440822
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars soooo helpful for using BDB, December 27, 1999

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Glenda S. McKinney (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Index To Brown Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (Paperback)

This index is so very helpful that it verges on cheating. Anyone who has translated Torah knows how very difficult it can be to strip out the grammatical parts of the word to get to the right root. BDB is useful and interesting, but my havurah still sometimes had difficulty getting to the right entry. I found this Index to BDB at a used book store, and it has really speeded up our translation! It lists each BDB reference in chapter-verse order. You can instantly see which words in the passage you are translating are defined in BDB, including page number and definition number. There are still difficult words that are not indexed (because they are not referred to in BDB), so we still get some practice in figuring out the roots! But the Index to BDB (along with the BDB, of course) is very useful in getting the surface translation so that we can start looking at the meaning of the text.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 14, 2004

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Giles Becket (CINCINNATI, OHIO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Index To Brown Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (Paperback)

Ancient Hebrew is not an easy language to master, and so it is often useful to have a BDB Hebrew Lexicon at hand. But that too can be difficult to use (especially if you are relatively new to Hebrew). This Index is the link between the text you are working on, and the detailed knowledge "hidden" in the Lexicon. The trouble is, the Index is so helpful I feel almost guilty using it. (Hebrew shouldn't be easy!) Just one provision, if you are over 45 you will probably want to go out and buy a magnifying glass, the print is extremely small, and can be difficult to see.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A big help, January 6, 2006

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Philip J. Bohlken (Caldwell, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Index To Brown Driver and Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (Paperback)

Brown Driver & Briggs (BDB) contains a lot of information, but its arrangement can cause a person to tear one's hair out in clumps, especially for those of us who do not use our Hebrew every day. Einspahr helps you find the listing and discussion on a particular vocable quickly and easily. Unfortunately, this volume list only words used ten times or more. I found myself making notes for words used less often. There are errors in the volume and I also found myself writing to the publisher to make them aware of the mistakes I found. On balance, this volume makes Hebrew less frustrating. I wish it had been available when I took my first year Hebrew course.