I want to learn hebrew fast, but i dont know much about it.\nplease HELP!
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Hi,\nHebrew as a second language...interesting.  I am multi-lingual and have noticed things about learning new languages.\n\nYou have already been supplied answers like:\n\n1) study\n2) immersion!!\n3) CD's, books, teachers\n4) speak to survive!\n5) stoned?\n\nThese suggestions are rated here:\n\n5 is useless...it just makes you think you're learning something when you're just wasting time.\n\n1 & 3 have been know to work but not rapidly.\n\n2 & 4 both work and work rapidly.  \n\nNow how to get there.  The language you intend to learn is of no consequence;  that is these concepts work with any language.\n\nLearning through chat rooms will gain you nearly nothing.  \n\nBeing younger is a distinct advantage.  If you are between 5 and 8 you will probably learn faster than those of other ages. \n\nYou need to live daily with those that exclusively speak your intended (new) language.  Having a person that speaks your native language fluently around is as much a hinderance as it is a benefit.  Optimally you'll have limited access to this person but have constant access to those who are only familiar but not fluent in your native language.  This forces you to do some of the language thinking.  Thinking in the new language helps you learn.  If you think you can learn without speaking out loud you are missing a large portion of the language learning process as well.  You need to say things out loud to people who will be attempting to understand you.  If they do, then you have positive reenforcement that will reward your efforts...and negative reenforcement for confusing or unclear communication.  When you mangle a sentence in your new language (which you will) you may see the listener wince telling you that you made a mistake.  This immediate feedback is most valuable in your learning.  Acceptance of your sentence and understanding from the listener is both rewarding and immediate and helps you learn that much faster.\n\nAfter you find yourself thinking in your new language, you are on your way.  Speak out loud, practice saying things that you hear, these are the two things that children constantly do that adults find annoying but are necessary for rapid learning.\n\nOops...I didn't mean to write another book.\n\nGood luck in your Hebrew endeavor.  I hope you're not just entering this lightly (e.g. because this cute guy is taking Hebrew too xP ) but ready for a lifelong commitment to knowing and understanding a new language and culture.
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It is Hebrew.  I work with a man that was born in Israel.
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get a Franklin translator. i got one that was english to spanish and what was cool is that you can make it say the word.
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Try it with French. Or Arabic. Or Hebrew.
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Hmmm... What do you mean by fast? Is 4 years fast? This is how much it got me to actually say I can use my Japanese... I think all the languages you would like to learn take at least 2 or 3 years. For Japanese, there are plenty of good sites on the internet. You could use them. I dont know any courses, though. Don't worry for your spelling. It's perfectly understandable. Good luck with the others!
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HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! HEBREW! I DONT KNOW WHY... JUST DO IT, I HAVE A REAL GOOD FEELING ABOUT IT
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Learn from your friends...\n\nOr,\nCheck with your local library system, some offer free use of the Rosetta Stone and other language materials either on their computers or online on their website...
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I'm sure that with some determination and a lot of hard work, you can teach yourself just about anything, including basic conversational Italian.\n\nIf you can afford it, I've heard great things about the Rosetta Stone software and they are able to apparently teach you very quickly.\n\nLove as always,\n\nSebastian
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in hebrew website is אתר אינטרנט .\non the bottom r some websites with videos(its in hebrew)
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You might want to try this website.  I'm trying to learn a little more Spanish so that I can use it.  It looks like a really good site.\n\nhttp://mylanguageexchange.com/Default.asp
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Was the Old Testament originally written in Hebrew?\n----YES\n\nWas the New Testament originally written in Greek?\n--------YES, although Christians claim there was, originally, a Hebrew version. The fact that it did not survive shows that the Greek version was more important to the early Christians than the Hebrew, indicating the degree to which they were assimilated into Greek religion and Culture.\n\nHow difficult are these languages to learn?\n-------Hebrew is easy, i cannot speak for Greek. I teach people to read (vocalize) the Hebrew text, not to translate, just to pronounce, in just 3 hours.\n\nHow beneficial would it be for me to learn them?\n------if you dont want to rely on someone else's translations, it is vital that you learn them!\n\nAnd where would I get a copy of the Bible in both English and Greek/Hebrew\n--------I recommend the Koren Publishing Company's translation. The Koren Publishing Company is in Jerusalem, so, unfortunately, they called their translation The Jerusalem Bible, which, in the U.S., is the name of a Catholic translation, and they are not the same thing. Most Barnes and Nobles have the Koren translation, which has the Hebrew on the left and the English on the right. Unfortunately the English still sounds like something from King James, but at least the translation tried to be literal. Of course, this is only the Hebrew Scriptures, and a Greek/English, i know nothing about.\n\nI would urge you NOT to get what is called an Interlinnear translation. All they do is take their copyrighted translation and match those individual words to the Hebrew that they want translated that way, regardless of whether or not it means what their copyrighted translation says.
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The original was written in Hebrew & Greek but now in English written bibles I have found that the King James Version is the closest. Don't take my word for that but it is the bible that I study from. What you need to do is pray about it and ask God to show you where He wants you to read His Word from.
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My public library has a set of CD's for learning Gaelic with the Pimsleur method.  This is an all-audio method, and it is pretty good for a beginner.  I think you can download it from Itunes actually.  Or perhaps your public library has it.
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www.freedownloads.com/hebrew
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hello, i can read hebrew, how can i help?
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cantors do not just sing in Hebrew at the Synagogue. They are also found singing in the Catholic church although the cantorial repertoire is quite different.\n\nI was a cantor for 20 years and I loved it. I went through so many styles as I worked in numerous parishes in my hometown. When I went to music school and started studying early music and ornamentation in vocal music my cantoring became richer. You should bring your music experiences to inform your cantoring although your music director will probably have some ideas about the style and you should of course implement those. But there is a lot of gray area about ornamentation in, say, the singing of psalms for example. Or the Litany of the Saints at Easter. These are times (highly repetitive music) where you may be able to employ more embellishments.\n\nAs a new Catholic taking on this duty, your main focus should be enjoyment of the lines and turning them from arbitrary-feeling written stuff into felt stuff so the decisions of notes to text feel natural so they will sound so. People can be as dumb as sheep but they can smell (in-)sincerity a mile away so if you allow yourself to get into it it will reflect in your singing and the people will feel and be grateful for it. You can expand your music education after.
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I have not heard of it.  My opinion is that the best English translation of the Bible is the New Revised Standard Version.  Better than this is to understand the original languages of course, but since that is a big task, one ought to have an interlinear version available.  This has each word in Hebrew or Greek with the meaning of that word below it, together with a translation.  You can make use of Strong's Concordance, and a Hebrew Lexicon or dictionary (or Greek as the case may be) and get a pretty good idea of what the verses are really saying.