Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, A [Hardcover]

Terry A. Armstrong (Author), Douglas L. Busby (Author), Cyril F. Carr (Author)

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Publication Date: September 14, 1989 | ISBN-10: 0310369800 | ISBN-13: 978-0310369806 | Edition: First Edition

Few pastors continue to read their Hebrew Old Testament after seminary. One reason is that it is too time-consuming, since many words have to be looked up in the dictionary. The Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, now for the first time complete in one volume, enables the pastor and the student to read the Hebrew Old Testament with relative ease. Listed in sequence by chapter and verse are all words that occur fewer than fifty times in the Old Testament, complete with translation (based on Brown, Driver, and Briggs' Lexicon) and numbers indicating how often the word occurs in the particular book and in the Old Testament as a whole. At the end of each entry is the page number in Brown, Driver, and Briggs' Lexicon where a discussion of the word can be found. Appendixes list all Hebrew words occurring more than fifty times in the Old Testament and all Aramaic words occurring more than ten times.

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Few pastors continue to read their Hebrew Old Testament after seminary. One reason is that it is too time-consuming, since many words have to be looked up in the dictionary. The Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, now for the first time complete in one volume, enables the pastor and the student to read the Hebrew Old Testament with relative ease. Listed in sequence by chapter and verse are all words that occur fewer than fifty times in the Old Testament, complete with translation (based on Brown, Driver, and Briggs' Lexicon) and numbers indicating how often the word occurs in the particular book and in the Old Testament as a whole. At the end of each entry is the page number in Brown, Driver, and Briggs' Lexicon where a discussion of the word can be found. Appendixes list all Hebrew words occurring more than fifty times in the Old Testament and all Aramaic words occurring more than ten times.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; First Edition edition (September 14, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310369800
• ISBN-13: 978-0310369806
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Aramaic

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You too can read the Hebrew Bible -- in Hebrew!, July 2, 1999

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This review is from: Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, A (Hardcover)

With a minimum knowledge of Hebrew grammar, this book makes it possible to experience reading the Hebrew Bible (a.k.a. the Old Testatment) in its original language. It lists every word of the Hebrew Bible which appears less than 50 times in chapter and verse order with definition and page reference to the Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon for detail explanation of that word. In an Appendix is listed all words appearing more than 50 times -- and that list is only about 1000 words. So with a basic understanding of Hebrew grammar, and the acquisition of a vocabulary of 1000 words it becomes possible to read and enjoy the Bible in Hebrew. This book is for everyone--Christian, Jew or whatever--who enjoys reading the Bible, this books opens the way to a glorious experience.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book to Study Hebrew!, December 16, 2004

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This review is from: Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, A (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book in a convenient size, that enables a beginning Biblical Hebrew student to read the Scriptures. You can't entirely rely on this volume if you are serious about studying Hebrew, but it makes a much more accessible alternative to the Brown Driver Briggs Lexicon. As the other reviewers have pointed out, the helpful glossary in the back will give you all the most common (50 times or more) Hebrew words, ones that you should begin to memorize. the bulk of the book is goes through the Old Testament verse by verse and gives extra help on rare and difficult words. You obviously will need to know your grammar before you can use this book, but for those who have studied it but aren't completely solid, the book will make an excellent refresher as you use it to read the bible. This book is well worth the money to add to your library.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a word of caution...., June 11, 2004

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This review is from: Reader's Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, A (Hardcover)

This is a great tool for allowing the reader to "plough through" passages of the Hebrew OT quickly. What this book does is list every word in the Hebrew OT that occurs less than 50 times along with a simple definition. The book is arranged by verse order, just like the Hebrew OT, so finding verses is not a problem.

The only caveat I offer on this recommendation is that this book is utterly useless to individuals who have NOT kept up with their Hebrew vocabulary memorization. In other words, if you do not know all the words that occur MORE than 50 times, you'll wind up consulting a lexicon no matter what, so picking up a standard lexicon would probably be more cost-effective for you than buying a lexicon AND this book. If you are an intermediate to advanced reader of BH, who has kept up on vocabulary memorization, this is a valuable tool. By the way, one has to memorize the top 600+ frequently ocurring words in BH in order for this book to fill in the gaps.