Lesson 15 · 40 min

Biblical Hebrew Intro

Biblical Hebrew is the same language with older habits: verb-first word order, the famous 'vav-consecutive', and vocabulary that modern Hebrew still echoes.

Verb Comes First

Biblical narrative usually opens with the verb.

The Vav-Consecutive

A וַ prefix flips the tense and chains story events: 'and then he…'.

Quick check

What does וַיֹּאמֶר mean?

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