Hebrew Lesson Handouts

Below I provide handouts that are used in my Elem Hebrew courses.  These have been revised during the Fall 2025 semester.

These handouts are based on Allen Ross’ introductory grammar, Introducing Biblical Hebrew (IBH).  However, sometimes I depart from Ross–caveat emptor!

Ross Lesson 1, Alphabet and Transliteration LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 1: Alphabet and Transliteration Practice Sheet

Ross Lesson 2, Vowels and Syllables LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 2: Simplified Hebrew Vowel Chart Practice Sheet (Rev. 1-25-24)

Ross Lesson 3. Shewas, Syllables, Prepositions LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 4, Tone, Meteg, Maqqep, Q-QH LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 5, Dagesh, Mappiq, Article LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 6, Quiescent Letters, The Gutts, More on Articles LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 7, Noun Endings, Sentences, Conjunction WAW LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 8, Vowel Reductions, Special Nouns, Prep MIN LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 9, Adjectives, Comparisons, Historical Vowel Chart LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 9, Historical Hebrew Vowel Chart DRILL SHEET

Ross Lesson 10, Perfect Conjugation, Accusatives, Verbal Sentences LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 11, Indep Pers Pros, Demonstrative Pros and Adjs LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 11, Pronouns Memory Song

Ross Lesson 12, Construct Relationships-Chains LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 13, Pron Sfx on Prep Lamed, Existentials, III-Aleph Vbs, Relative Clauses LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 13, Pronominal Suffixes on Preposition Lamed Practice Sheet

Ross Lesson 14, Pron Sfx on Nouns, Definiteness LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 14, Pronominal Suffixes on Nouns PRACTICE SHEET

Ross Lesson 15, Pron Sfx on Irregular Nouns and Preps LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 16, Qal Act Ptc, Pron Sfxs with Accusative ʾET LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 17, Imperfect Conjug, Directive HE, Relative Clauses LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 17ff: Inflectional Prefixes and Suffixes of Hebrew Verb HANDOUT (inflectional prefixes/suffixes boxes handout)

Ross Lesson 17ff: Inflectional Prefixes and Suffixes of Hebrew Verb PRACTICE SHEET_9-16-25 (use this practice sheet–it is more up-to-date than the one above)

Ross Lesson 18, Past and Non-Past Sequences LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 19, Stative Verbs, Interrogative Clauses LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 20, Volitional Verbs, Negation, Indirect Volitives LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 21, Disjunctive WAW, Passive Ptc, More on Pron Sfxs LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 22, Qal INFC Forms LECTURE NOTES

Ross Lesson 23, Qal INFA Forms, More on Pron Sfxs LECTURE NOTES

Qal Strong Verb Paradigm HANDOUT (Lesson 23 wraps up the whole Qal stem, so this handout provides the whole paradigm of all conjugation patterns in the Qal verbal stem.)

Qal Strong Verb Paradigm PRACTICE SHEET VERSION 1 (This is a “tree-saver” sheet that allows you to drill the entire paradigm six times on one handout; the forms are arranged in a *single* column according to the verb paradigms in the back of Ross.)

Qal Strong Verb Paradigm PRACTICE SHEET VERSION 2 (This is arranged in the typical order that Dr. Marshall’s other verb handouts follow:  singular forms in column one, plural forms in column two.  It allows you to drill the entire Qal paradigm one time on one handout, but the arrangement is familiar since it corresponds to the “boxes” handout. Use either one for drilling.)