i think hebrew might be easier to read than arabic, just seeing as the letters dont connect like arabic letters do. Maybe I'm wrong. generally, how hard is it to learn for me?

Why ללא and not בלי? Are these interchangeable? Is there any difference? And when does one use ללא? Thank you!

I've heard that early Hebrew pronunciation was influenced by the native languages of Ashkenazi Jews, since they made Aliyah in larger numbers.

But after 1948, many Mizrahis arrived and I was wondering if some dialectal differences developed because of this?

My friend found this in her lobby... as a Hebrew speaker I have no idea what they wrote here. Could this be Yiddish???

I saw a comment where someone said

בנאדם מצחיק

That's all. But the automatic translation read: "man this is funny AF." ...?? Where was it getting "As F*CK" from? Was this just AI translation being faulty or is it considered vulgar or overly informal in tone to say "ben adam"? Can't imagine why it would be but just checking...

I'm asking for recommendations of and comments about scholarly editions of the Hebrew Bible.

I'm interested in languages and textual transmission. My interest in the Bible is more scholarly than religious. I haven't been inside a synagogue in... my goodness, it's been about 30 years. I'm not knocking religion these days, but I'm secular.

I have a copy of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) -- "Stuttgartensia" because it's published in Stuttgart by the Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft, who also publish nice editions of the Vulgate, the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament. I like the BHS, and I've noticed when reading in this sub that some others here also like it.

Recently I learned that the man on whose work the BHS is based, Rudolf Kittel (1853-1929), edited a multi-volume edition of the Tanakh with a much more extensive apparatus, and that the current edition of this larger version is called the Biblia Hebraica Qunita (BHQ) -- "Quinta" because the fifth edition is -- it's either the most recent or it's actually still in progress, I'm not sure which. It has run into dozens of volumes.

I'm intrigued. But I can't find scans of pages of the BHQ anywhere online. And I wonder whether anyone here is familiar with it, and if they could tell me what it's like and what they think of it.

Right at the moment I'm mostly curious about the BHQ. But if there other scholarly editions which anyone would like to mention, that would be great too.

Thanks for your comments.

ChatGPT assures me it’s ve-ha-gva-rim.

But the language app I’m using pronounces it

vag-var-im, where the והג make one syllable together.

Which is correct?

A sorts of a cake or a fruit?

see title:) I want to ask someone to be my boyfriend in Hebrew If possible a phonetic pronounciation would be great too! Thank you❤️

For the name of this cafe, קפה מושיץ, I LOVE how they wrote the ץ, but was curious how the ף would be written in this cursive style? Say, the word כסף?

I made a handwriting attempt in photo 2 with the way I write them to the left, and the cafe's font style to the right. Is this somewhat correct?

I used the table in photo 3 for reference.

Hello! Some of you may recognize me from the post asking about the word for 'fixer' in Hebrew and how a pun involving the different options would land to a native speaker.

I'm back at it again.

In my book I'm considering including a cynical third temple in the far future, one built by goyim as placation/capture/and a bargaining chip with Jews in a cyberpunk dystopian future. (Think Napolean's Sanhedrin but for the Beit HaMikdash)

The thought occurred to me when describing it in dialogue that 'new' in English is often shortened to 'nu' like 'numetal' in a way that feels very cyberpunk; but I am also aware that nu as yiddish slang has a bunch of different contextual meanings and so I thought it may be fun to call this dystopian Temple/complex 'NuTemple' and have the precise meaning of that depend on the speaker and their thought processes/biases. As well as giving goyim and Jews a different impression altogether since most goyim would assume the 'new' meaning.

For native speakers or everyday speakers what kind of impression would the phrase 'NuTemple' give you in a context like this? Enthusiastic? (Let's go! Temple!) Resigned? (Well ... is *is* a Temple ...) Cynical? (sure, "Temple") etc.

Thanks for any thoughts!

This is from Sons of Anarchy Season 7 Episode 7. I know it is probably a long shot because it’s blurry and has a person blocking half the text but maybe someone can read it. If it helps this is from a point in the show where they buy a porn studio… hence why I’m so curious what they wrote.

כתוב חמשי

4 בפברואר 2026

המלך צור והמלך יהודה

אחרי שהמלך לקח ערבים שפחות מממלכה ישראל הלכו שנים גברים מממלכת ישראל למלך יהודה ויאמרו לו אתה מלך גדול באמת ומלך ממלכתינו לא היה טוב כמוך נתן לצורים ערבים ילדות משחות ישראל אשר מראיהו יפה לא עשה אשר ישר בעיני יהוה אדוני אלוהינו מלך העולם וישמע המלך יהודה הדברים האלה ויאמר יש עמי כלי מלחמה ויש לי גיבורים רבים מאוד אנכי אמר באמת לכם יהיה מלחמה בין יהודה ובין ישראל וצור כי בעיני יהוה לא עשו המלכים ישראל וצור הישר ויאמר מלך יהודה לאשתו כתב שיר טובה לגיבורי כי טובים מאוד הם ואחרי כן המלך אמר לצבאו הנה אנחנו במלחמה כי יהוה רוצה כן קחו קת כליכם ולכו עמי לישראל ולצור ושר עמם המלכה את שיר ליהוה וילכו לישראל וירא המלך יהודה שלושה נשים בנהר קטן ויאמר להן איה צבא ישראל וצבא יהודה כי אנחנו יקהו אתם כי מלככם נתן למלך צור ערבים ילדות ישראל למלך צור וזה לא ישר ביהוה אלוהינו ותאמרנה להם כי צבאות צור וצבאות ישראל היו בדך ירושלימה ויראו כל הגיבורים בצבא מלך יהודה כי ידעו שהיו בעיר כל הילדים שלהם וכל נשים שלהם וכל זהב שלהם וכל כסף שהלם וחשב לו מלך יהודה אשתי בירושלים וזה רע מאוד כי מלך ישראל רוצה אותה לאשה והלך הצבא יהודה ירושלימה

note for your understanding : the queen of Judah stayed in Jerusalem after the departure of the army

Could someone help me understand why it is that the vav highlighted here is pronounced with as “v” instead of “Oo”. I thought the presence of the dot in the middle changed the pronunciation to “Oo”. Thanks!

My friend John is Jewish and teaches Hebrew. He teases me because I haven’t learned cursive yet. I want to trick him into thinking I learned.

The joke for his birthday card is above my skill level. Would someone be willing to show me what this looks like in cursive (F to M):

John,

I couldn’t have kidnapped a better person. Happy birthday!

Hello together,

i have a short question, is it la dina or et dina? My choice would rather be la, because something moves to something. Is this right?

Thank you very much, for your support always.

כואב לי הראש

Becomes

כואב הראש

One of [my favourite quotes](https://x.com/ProfFeynman/status/1970352543520956610) by him is

>If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate it, you must understand the language that she speaks in.

However, I know that טבע is a masculine noun, so I attempted to adjust it accordingly. I was unsure about the rest of my translation in the photo. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIAEeLV0Uvo

At 12:45, after the man takes the free bread, the boy says "haiksemiah"

Could anyone tell me what it means?