Reading Scripture Like a Detective

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About the “studying with precision” series

To precisely divide the Word of God, we must learn the biblical languages. This is a long, hard road—but one with great reward. It is through a careful study of Hebrew and Greek that the gospel is guarded from false teaching. It is by the study of these ancient languages that the Church is adorned with the full counsel of God.

This course is composed of ten lessons, with each lesson ending in an assignment. A single lesson will take the average student five to eight hours to complete. Students are invited to progress at their own pace. Your coach will inquire as to your intended pace shortly after you begin and help keep you accountable to stay on schedule.

Path courses all end with an assessment to determine your grasp of the skills learned and material covered. Successfully passing an assessment requires a high degree of understanding and is meant to serve as a motivation to take your study seriously as well as a catalyst to improve the standard of Bible study in the Biblearc community.

Students who pass the assessment will have their Biblearc account marked with a proficiency badge indicating their accomplishment. They will also earn exciting rewards. 

If you do not pass an assessment, you may retry after one week’s time.

If you are accessing this course via a church or ministry website and not directly at Biblearc.com, then this course is restricted to members or regular attenders of the local church or organization associated with this site. If you are interested in taking this course outside of this capacity, you may enroll through Biblearc.

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This course is currently available in English only.

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This course takes a unique approach to learning Biblical Hebrew, utilizing worship songs in Hebrew as the basis for learning. By immersing ourselves in Hebrew songs, absorbing vocabulary and studying grammar becomes more of a joyful activity and less of a chore. This method also directs our study of Biblical Hebrew straight to its end goal from the start—to glorify the God who has given us his priceless word. Thus, the aim of this course is to take someone without any knowledge of Hebrew and to equip them to begin reading and understanding (and singing) the text.

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Lesson 3 | Verbs—imperfect

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If you have felt overwhelmed by the number of words in the last couple songs, this song will encourage you. It is very simple and very beautiful, built around a single verse (Psalm 42:2) that expresses soul-longing for God.

And, as you may expect, it contains an imperfect verb. See if you can spot and parse the verb the first time listening to the song, and then listen several more times until you know each and every word and its meaning.

There are only five new words to learn for this song.

Now that you know the words, you may enjoy worshipping together with the singers and musicians who recorded this song. However, please do not use the closed captions as the Hebrew words are transliterated there. This may be easier for you at this point, but will in the end prove to be a counter-productive crutch as you learn to read the Hebrew characters more fluidly.

The more you listen to the songs in this course, the more you will learn Hebrew verses which make up their lyrics. Thus we strongly encourage you to purchase the MP3 of this song or the entire album and to listen to it throughout the day. This particular album contains 7 songs taught in this course.

Lesson 3 | Verbs—imperfect

כְּאַיָּל

A song of meditation

The vocab

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