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How to use a Biblical Hebrew Dictionary: Verbs

Rabbi Dr. David Moster is the director of the Institute of Biblical Culture and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of two Biblical Hebrew cards (links above) and “Etrog: How a Chinese Fruit Became a Jewish Symbol.” David received his PhD in תנ״ך (Hebrew Bible) from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and holds degrees in Bible, Education, and Rabbinics from Yeshiva University and New York University.

Accordance Bible Software and The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew module available for purchase from the Accordance store are used throughout this video. 

Disclaimer: The posting of this video represents neither an endorsement nor a negation of the lexicography and theories employed by the concise dictionary of classical Hebrew. The purpose of posting this video is to show how a dictionary or lexicon of your choice (provided it is available on the Accordance store) could be use in Accordance Bible Software.

Greek Quote #9

Το αποδημείν εί αρίστη παιδεία

The greatest education is being aboard (the act of traveling). / Traveling/the journey is the perfect education.

Brief Parsing Information:

  • Το is the definite article
  • αποδημείν is a contrastive present active infinitive verb with the meaning being or going on journey
  • εί this looks like it the subjunctive meaning  ‘if’, but it is more likely a present indicative form of  εἶμι  (will go) or εἰμί (to be)
  • αρίστη is a feminine singular adjective (can be dative, vocative, and nominative) it means best or perfect
  • παιδεία is a feminine singular noun (it can be vocative or nominative) meaning education or raising children 

Today’s quote is a famous saying/proverb, and unfortunately, no one knows who first said it.

Greek Quote #8

Μέγιστον τόπος. Άπαντα γαρ χωρεί.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the philosophers, book 1, chapter 35

This quote is attributed to Thales of Miletus (Θαλής ο Μιλήσιος) who lived from 624/623  – c. 548/545 BC (640 ή 624 π.Χ. Μίλητος, Ιωνία – 546 π.Χ.)

Here is some brief glossary/Parsing info:

  • μέγιστον is a singular adjective neuter vocative form of μέγας meaning great
  • τόπος is a singular mainline noun with the meaning of location or place or space
  • ἀπάντα is a singular Present Active Imperative 2nd Person form of ἅπας meaning all together / everything
  • γάρ in a conjunction used alone or with other Particles meaning ‘for’, since’, ‘but’, ‘because’
  • χώρει  is a singular verb present indicative active transitive 2nd or 3rd person form of χωρεω meaning contain 

Reading Plan 2023

Over at Accordance Forums (link) I have created a new reading plan for reading ‘Greek in a year’ (link) or rather for the remaining months of the 2023. The book of choice is 3rd John, because it is so short I think it possible for anyone to leisurely read through it by the end of 2023.

The reading plan for The Third Epistle of John is as follows:

  • Week 1 (October 23rd to October 21st)           3rd John verse 1 (Link)
  • Week 2 (October 29th to November 4th)        3rd John verse 2 (link)
  • Week 3 (November 5th to November 11th)     3rd John verse 3 (Link)
  • Week 4 (November 12th to November 18th)   3rd John verse 4 (link)
  • Week 5 (November 19th to November 25th)   3rd John verse 5 (link)
  • Week 6 (November 26th to December 2nd)    3rd John verse 6 (link)
  • Week 7 (December 3rd to December 9th)       3rd John verses 7 & 8 (link)
  • Week 8 (December 10th to December 16th).  3rd John verses 9 & 10 (link)
  • Week 9 (December 17th to December 23rd).  3rd John verses 11 & 12
  • Week 10 (December 24th to December 31st) 3rd John verses 13 to 15

If, you are just beginning Greek, have completed few semesters of Greek, or are rusty at Greek please join…. 

Regards,

        Brian