This approach is one we valued in developing דָּבָר Biblical Hebrew Vocabularies project. Along with the other contextual material: sound, picture, other forms, semantic field... we included a phrase from the Bible that uses the word to be learned. In our version the student can also hear n0t only the lemma, but also the example phrase.Allan has prepared lists for about 1200 words. We only have about half that "done" so far. But if you notice that "vocabularies" is plural in the name we chose you may also spot that with our system you can produce the vocabulary you need for whichever grammar book or course you are using. If you need a word we have not yet done you can become a "contributor" and get a login to add data to the collection to fill in the gap.
Here is what one word would look like to the student.
BTW if you want Greek flashcards Danny has a system to offer. Which allows me to mention that דָּבָר Biblical Hebrew Vocabularies project also allows you to output your vocabularies for printing to use as flashcards. (Actually flash two sheets of paper that slide but that will save trees too!)
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Your davar project web page is very nice. I wish I could create something similar.
As for what I'm doing: If you click on the scripture reference you can hear me pronounce the whole scriptural phrase. Also, you didn't mention that I give a translation of the phrase without translating the Hebrew vocab word. The real motor is to see the word in a familiar context and intuitively know its meaning. For example, "In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth." It's very easy for someone with basic Bible knowledge to see that "elohim" means "god". Finding this kind of context isn't always possible. But the idea is to strive for a context that will help one gather the word's semantic value, whether due to familiarity or the phrase itself.
The project was going to be turned into an electronic database that would be compatible with all available grammars via a sorting mechanism. But things didn't pan out.
Apparently the project wasn't commercially viable enough to justify the programming investment.
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Alan Lenzi, at
August 31, 2008 11:50 AM
Alan, the PDF I downloaded from your link does not seem to be clickable, but if you don't mind making your work available freely, we could look at either you using the engine that runs Davar to create your own resource, or using your data to make the existing resource better.
To use the engine would require asking the developers at the U of A but I would expect they would be willing.
To change our data would require discussion with the others who have developed it to this point...
By Tim, at
September 1, 2008 6:13 AM
