HEBREW · PRACTICE
Hebrew word practice
Read a familiar word, recall its meaning, then decide whether to return to it.
Begin here after the cumulative workshop. Use the Hebrew quick reference after your first attempt.
Text aids use the lessons’ modern Israeli reading model. Capitals mark the stronger syllable; ch is like the sound in Bach, and ts stays together. Compare with the reading aid, then choose whether to see the word again.
Your choices stay on this page; they are not saved as a learning record.
Your six-word practice
A small mixed set
Start with six different words. Read again brings a word back after the other queued words. Next moves on.
Read the word, then recall a meaning from the lessons.
Reading and meaning
Your round
A new set may include words you have already seen.
Six words to revisit
Read each word and recall a meaning before opening its answer. Compare, close the answer and return to any word you want to read again.
Show reading: מֶלֶךְ
Reading aid: ME-lech
Meaning: king
ME-lech: stronger beat first, final kaf read ch, and no vowel from its final sheva.
Israel’s elders ask Samuel to appoint a king.
Show reading: שַׂק
Reading aid: sak
Meaning: sack; sackcloth in the Genesis passage
Sin’s upper-left dot gives s; patah gives a; qof ends with k. One syllable.
Jacob wears sackcloth because he believes Joseph has died; the wider story tells us Joseph is alive.
Show reading: אִם
Reading aid: im
Meaning: if
One dot below alef gives i as in machine. Do not replace it with em’s e.
Abraham’s request uses this word for if.
Show reading: כּוֹס
Reading aid: kos
Meaning: cup
Dotted kaf gives k; holam-vav gives o; samekh finishes with s. One syllable.
The psalm speaks of lifting a cup in thanks to Hashem.
Show reading: פֶּה
Reading aid: pe
Meaning: mouth
Dotted pe gives p. Final he supports e: pe is one syllable, not pe-he.
The psalm speaks about the mouths of human-made idols.
Show reading: תּוֹרָה
Reading aid: to-RA
Meaning: Torah, teaching or instruction
Two syllables: to-RA. Final he supports a without adding h or another syllable.
The verse speaks of the Torah Moshe commanded our people.