A workbook for intermediate Hebrew : grammar, exegesis, and commentary on Jonah and Ruth /
Robert B. Chisholm, Jr.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Kregel Publications, (c)2006.
- 306 pages ; 28 cm
Includes the texts of the books of Jonah and Ruth.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I: Analysis of the Book of Jonah -- Act 1: Jonah 1-2 -- Scene 1: Jonah 1:1-3: Jonah runs from God -- Scene 2: Jonah 1:4-6: God gets Jonah's attention -- Scene 3: Jonah 1:7-16: Prophet overboard! -- Scene 4: Jonah 2:1-11: Praising God in odd places -- Act 2: Jonah 3-4 -- Scene 1: Jonah 3:1-4: On to Nineveh! -- Scene 2: Jonah 3:5-10: Mass repentance! -- Scene 3: Jonah 4:1-5: A pouting prophet -- Scene 4: Jonah 4:6-11: A prophet gets an object lesson -- Vocabulary for the Book of Jonah -- Part 2: Analysis of the Book of Ruth -- Act 1: Ruth 1 -- Scene 1: Ruth 1:1-6: Famine and death -- Scene 2: Ruth 1:7-19a: Ruth returns with Naomi -- Scene 3: Ruth 1:19b-22: Naomi laments her bitter condition -- Act 2: Ruth 2 -- Scene 1: Ruth 2:1-3: Ruth seeks food -- Scene 2: Ruth 2:4-17a: Boaz extends kindness to Ruth -- Scene 3: Ruth 2:17b-23: Ruth returns with good news -- Act 3: Ruth 3 -- Scene 1: Ruth 3:1-5: Naomi plays the role of matchmaker -- Scene 2: Ruth 3:6-15: Encounter at the threshing floor -- Scene 3: Ruth 3:16-18: Waiting for resolution -- Act 4: Ruth 4 -- Scene 1: Ruth 4:1-12: Events at the town gate -- Scene 2: Ruth 4:13-17: A child is born -- Epilogue: Ruth 4:18-22: From this union comes David -- Vocabulary for the Book of Ruth. Part 3: Parsing Hebrew verbs -- Second or first person ending of perfect -- Verbal form with ___ ending -- Verbal form with ___ ending -- Verbal form with __ ending: Second person feminine plural imperative -- Verbal form with ___ ending: Third person common plural perfect or second person masculine imperative -- Verbal form with ___ ending: Second person feminine singular imperative -- Verbal form with ___ or ___ ending: Feminine singular participle or infinitive construct -- Verbal form with ___ or ___ ending: Plural participle or III-He infinitive construct -- Verbal form with no ending -- Verbal form with prefix of the imperfect: Includes Wayyiqtol forms, jussives, and cohortatives -- Characteristic stems and roots of the imperfect verbal forms -- Appendix: Hebrew independent clauses.
Designed to engage the Hebrew text and reinforce patterns and principles of Hebrew grammar and syntax, this new resource will be especially welcomed by students nearing the end of first-year Hebrew and intermediate students. The student is expertly guided by well-crafted questions related to morphology and syntax and asked to provide a rough translation and to outline the structure of each passage. Answers to all questions are provided, which gives students instant feedback. A Workbook for Intermediate Hebrew can be easily used in conjunction with most Hebrew grammars. References to Pratico and Van Pelt are included in the text itself; additional grammars, commentaries, lexicons, and other reference works are mentioned in the footnotes. Both a useful parsing guide and glossary are also included.