First Thought

  • Use the “First Thought” as a brief meditation to remind us drawing closer to Him is why we are studying Hebrew
  • Listen to the verse in Hebrew
  • Practice speaking until you can pronounce just like Izzy
    • You can slow the audio down if needed

שֵׁם יְהוָה אֶקְרָא

For I proclaim the name of Adonai (Deuteronomy 32:3)

As you undertake this study, pray for this Grammar adventure to be fruitful. May God use your growing knowledge of Hebrew as an instrument to advance His Kingdom, and may you never cease to proclaim His Name!

Cove of the Sower - suggested location where Yeshua proclaimed the words of Adonai to the crowd in Mark 4:1. Courtesy of the [Pictorial Library of Bible Lands](https://www.bibleplaces.com)

Figure 1.1: Cove of the Sower - suggested location where Yeshua proclaimed the words of Adonai to the crowd in Mark 4:1. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands

Note: acoustic tests performed at this location have confirmed that a person in a boat in the middle of the cove can easily be heard without amplification by people sitting on these rocks several hundred feet up the embankment, and Yeshua didn’t have to deal with road noise!11

  1. A description of the acoustics study can be found in the following article: Crisler, B. “The Acoustics and Crowd Capacity of Natural Theaters in Palestine.” Biblical Archaeologist, vol. 39, no. 4 (1976):128–41.↩︎