A NEW PRACTICAL HEBREW G RAMMAR W ITH HEBREW-ENG L ISH AND ENG LISH-HEBREW EXERCISES AND A H EBREW CH RESTOMATHY L M N DE CH A M Ph SO O O UTS , . D . H E DI T I ON E L AR G E D B Y E W V O CAB U L AR I E S T IRD , N N / N E W Y O R K H E N R Y . H O L T C O. 1 8 7 6 . E ntered acc ordin to Act of Con ress in th e ear 1868 b g g , y , y R D . SOL OM ON DEU TSC H, ’ ‘ in the Cler ffi f D ict of Md s O ce ofthe Di ric h . or the i r . s Court oft e U . S st k t t , P RI D n m NTED Br nurcs a Go n nu u . O THE FI D PREFACE T RST E ITION. Alth ough many and valuable Hebrew Grammars h ave appeared in th is c ountr wh ich in com eteness and critica abi it h ave eft itt e to y , pl l l y l l l b e desired I et enture to offer th is wor to th e ub ic with th e ex , y v k p l , “ p ec tati on th at th i s result of my labors will still be found useful to th e H bre nt e w stude . It h as been m aim divestin th e Grammar of all extraneous detai y , g l, to resent it fu and c om ete in ever ne essar a r I h av e p ll pl y c y p rticula . es ecia h ad in i ew th e wants of th os e instructin th emse ves for p lly v g l , wh om as we as for sch oo s I h ave endeav ored to ma e thi s o ume a , ll l , k v l rac ti al introdu ti on to th e lan ua e of th e Old Te ta e t p c c g g s m n . I sh a briefl reca itu ate th e di stinctive features of th is manual ll y p l . t th ommi ssionof th e ru e to a 1. To faci i ate e c s memor th e h ve l l y , y been ex ressed ith all th e concis eness consi stant it er i t p w w h p sp cui y . 2 B e i evin th at exce ti ons are more ro er t b h t i n th . l g p p p ly o e soug e L exicon and Critica Commentar I h ave noted such irre u ariti es on l y , g l ly as b th eir fre uenc c an c aim to be h e d inte ra arts Ofth e an ua e , y q y , l l g l p l g g . Th e i ustration of th e abstract b th e concrete b ein ne 3 . ll y g c essary to th e c ear understandin of th e former the ru es h ave b een ex ained l g , l pl and on rmed b exam es and furth er e ucidated b exerc s e c s . fi y pl , l y i ~ i t - 4 . In e aboratin th ese exer c ses I h ave aken reat care to se ect l g , g l ' va uab e s entences contai nin eith er an interestin h istorical fact or a l l , g g h e interna ch aracter of th e assa e h as been con s ententi ous moral . T l p g l or — T e ntacti cal art i s sidered as well as its external grammati ca f m. h Sy p m e ith out exerci ses th e ru es bein i ustrated b ex a es onl . N v r W , l g ll y pl y e th el ess th e student will become fully fami liar with th em by th e constant reference made to th em in th e Et mo o ica art y l g l p . fami i ar 5 . In th e re ui siti on of a an ua e th e earner in order to q l g g , l , l i ze h imse f with th e rammatical forms sh ou d ma e fre uent transla l g , l k q t h i th r - ton e o th i n E n h -Hebrew ex er ti ons into i from s mo e gu . T s e d glis cises h ave been re ared articu ar i ustratin th e r u es wh ich th e p p , p l ly ll g l y immedi ate fol ow anti ci atin noth in but exact ee in ac e with ly l , p g g, ly k p g p ‘ ’ h e intentiona made th e c onstructi on o f th e th e student s p rogress. I av lly th en b e E ngli sh sentences conformable to e verbal arrangem t of th e He r w . Wh ere th e En i sh constructi on admits of no ch an e I h ave endea ored gl g , v o i t t e t h e of numera s irre a aced t a d h e s ud n s by lp l gul rly pl . Th e a r esu ts of continenta research h e ee i 6 . pp oved r l l av b n c onc s ely ‘ i s E e t n D emb odi ed in this olume . Gresen u wa d Fu rs Lexico S. v , l , ( ), IV Luzzatto Grammatica de a Lin ua Ebrai ca Nae elsbach bein fo ow ( ll g ), g g ll ’ ’ h as ed m imp ortant p oints ;th e l atter s arrangement of th e declensions been reser ed with s i h t a terati on p v l g l s . mmar th e 7 . In th e P aradi ms resented at th e end of th e Gra g , p , roundforms are distin ui sh ed b asteri s s g g y k . th x e re trans ated as th e 09 8. Alth ough th e words in e E ercis s a l y ’ cur Vocabu ari es are added first to sa e th e student s time an d ab or , l , v l in see in a for otten word second th at h e ma refer to th em sh ould k g g , ly , y , h e be in doubt as to th e form of th e word wh en uninfi ected . A h re tomath m os ed of arious s e ecti ons in rose and 9. C s y c o p v l p e r po t y from th e Old Testament i s given. ‘ Th e t b ari es contain about two th ousand different 10. wo voca ul b r w ar e a ro orti on th is i s one can easi He rew wo ds in general use. Ho l g p p , ly ercei e h en one c onsiders th at th e wh o e numb er of radi ca words in p v , w l l th e lan ua e doe not exceed 1867 It i s th erefore ex ected th at th e g g s . p di i ent student in a few mon h s will be enab ed b masterin th e Heb : l g t , l y g rew exercises and th e Chr estomathy to read understandingly th e less ifli ult o th estament d c p rtions of e Old T . B th is enumerati on it i l b e readi seen th at th e an in some re y w l ly , pl s ects ossesses th e ch aracter of nove t and it is h o ed th at this fruit of p p l y , p efu earnest and z ealous exerti on will be found acceptable and us l. altimore ul - B J 15 1868. , y , P REFACE TO THE SECONDEDITION. At th e request of many prominent and exp en enced P rofessors of Hebrew I h ave added t o com ete ocabul aries to all th e E xerci ses , w pl V and th e Chrestomath in m Grammar and re ent t e boo i n th is y y , p s h k im ro ed form to th e ub ic as a second edition p v p l . Th anking th e learned critics and th e press for th e courtesy extended ' to my book on its first appearance and h op ing th at in its present more con enient form it ma meet with contin ued fa or v y v , I subscribe myself Very resp ectfully THE AUTHOR.