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Finally a USER FRIENDLY method of learning Hebrew Dikduk. Everyone can agree on one thing Dikduk is hard and boring. Everyone can agree that to truly appreciate and understand Hebrew you need to have a working knowledge of Dikduk. How to teach Dikduk has been a challenge since the days of Adam. Did you know that Adam and Eve spoke Hebrew. Well they did - and soon with this really excellent Dikduk Book made specifically for people who speak English you'll be gliding along like an Olympic skier.

List of Subjects:

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 Beginner Level 

Chapter One – Letters
Shoresh: Source of the Hebrew Word – 7
Groaning G’ronios – 10
The Hyrax, the Gossip, and the Wardrobe – 13
What Goes Around – Gets Dizzy – 14

Chapter Two – Vowels
The Great Equalizers – 17
Buddies Lend a Helping Hand – 20
The Sh’va – Not for Naught – 21
Chatufim Grab Our Attention – 25

Chapter Three – Stress and Syllables
Mil’eil and Mil’ra – 27
Taamei Hamikra – 29
We Brake for Syllables – 32
Literally Stressed – 34

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 Intermediate Level 
Chapter Four – Letters II
Vowel Letters (Ehevi) – 41
Grimm’s Law – 48
Aramaic Oddities – 53
Four Types of Sound Shift – 55

Chapter Five – Vowels II
More on the Buddy System – 58
The Latest iStadiums and iSquirrels – 63
The “Y” Vowels and the “W” Vowels – 64
Pattach G’nuvah and the Aloha State – 72
Kamatz Gadol and Kamatz Katan – 74

Chapter Six – The Sh’va II
The Attenuation Span – 87
Sh’va M’racheif – 93

Chapter Seven – More Emphasis on the Dageish
The Soft Vowel Rule – 98
When You Is Stressed – 100
Entitled to Compensation – 102
The Prefix Mem – 106

Chapter Eight – The Letter Hei
Hei Hay’diah – 109
Hei Hash’eilah – 118
The Eponymous Mapik Hei – 120
Cohortative Hei and Directional Hei – 121
S’michus – Please Go to the End of the Line – 123

Chapter Nine – The Letter Vav
Hooked on Conjunctions – 132
Bumaph Letters - Soldered or Scotch-Taped? – 133

Chapter Ten – Assorted Topics
Conjugation – 138
Finally, Pronominal Suffixes – 148
It’s a Small Word – 155
A Little of This and That – 157
Adjectives – 158

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 Advanced Level 
Chapter Eleven – Chatufim II
Replace Sh’va or Vowel – 163
Chataf below a Non-G’ronis – 164
A “Bit” More about the Meseg – 170
Ga’ya – The Sound of Lowing Cattle – 172
The Four Types of Meseg – 173

Chapter Twelve – Stress and Syllables II
Nasog Achor – 180
Beinoni – The Hebrew Participle – 186
Dageish of D’chik and Asi Meirachik – 191

Chapter Thirteen – Stress and Syllables III
Forced-Open Syllable – 200
More on Stressed Syllables – 201
Nach Nistar and Nach Nireh – 205
Vav Hahippuch – 206

Chapter Fourteen – Taamei Hamikra II
All the King’s Men – 212
Taamei Emes – 224

Appendix: The Binyanim (Verb Tables) – 228
Bibliography – 249
Annotations – 255