Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Hebrew

I am currently having a love/hate relationship with Hebrew.
I'm taking two summer class, one of which is over, and I'm about halfway through with the second class; those classes being Hebrew I & II. At first it wasn't too bad, but we have a vocabulary quiz every day, with at least 14 or 15 new words to learn, all while keeping sharp on the old vocabulary words!!! Needless to say, I'm struggling to keep up.
Thats the hate part of the relationship.

And this is the love part:
יְהוָה נָתַן וַיהוָה לָקָח יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה מְבֹרָךְ
I really love that verse. It is Job 1:21, and this portion says
"The LORD gives and the LORD takes away let the name of the Lord be blessed"
I do love being able to read the original language, seeing the little nuances that the English translations miss (for some reason). Considering I just started learning this language about four and a half weeks ago, and I can read that, is pretty awesome.