This plan is for students who are preparing to enter my second-year Hebrew course and who need to keep up Hebrew skills over a length of time. If you have not taken a Hebrew course and would like more information, please see the course resource page.
The readings do not necessarily reflect increasing difficulty. All students who have completed a first-year course in Hebrew should be capable of these passages. If you encounter words you don’t know, please refer to one of the recommended lexica below. I also recommend increasing your vocabulary by memorizing from Landes’ text.
Readings
- Jer. 31:31-34
- Lev. 19:1-4
- Joel 3
- Josh. 24:14-18
- Gen. 1:1-5
- Gen. 35:9-15
- 1 Sam 7
- Prov. 3:1-7
- Gen 43:1-8
- Deut. 7:1-10
- Ps. 121
- Gen. 37:1-10
- Gen. 26:1-12
- Gen. 3:1-14
- 2 Kg. 17:24-40
- 1 Sam 15:10-24
- Gen. 22
- Gen. 11:28-12:29
- Gen. 29:1-31
Recommended Resources
I recommend having at least one reference work in your library to enable you to look up unfamiliar words. One or both of the two bwlow will do:
Concise HALOT is more understandable. BDB gives a greater amount of background information, including comparative information about the Hebrew word and its cognates and similar words in other Semitic languages. If you have a chance to see sample entries from both, I recommend doing so before you buy. On the other hand, if your budget is not terribly limited, pick them both up.