Savvy Involvement in a Social Context, with Ron Lindo Jr.: Esther 4:14

So f- for somebody who's studying Hebrew the very first time, what, what advice would you give them?

I think the advice I would give is, um, to really focus in on vocabulary, 'cause there are rules to Hebrew, but those are more, as we would call them, guidelines that you kinda learn as you pick up the flow and pace of reading through passages, and I think that's always gonna be the best way to learn Biblical Hebrew.

Mm-hmm.

And I would think about it in terms of like climbing up a mountain, is as you get closer and closer to the top, there are gonna be times where you feel like, "Is this ever gonna end?" [laughs] "When, when are we actually gonna get there?"

Yeah.

But when you finally get to the pinnacle, you're gonna look around and go like, "Okay, this is so beautiful.

I'm so glad I, I went through this journey." And I think learning Hebrew vocabulary kinda has the same effect where there's gonna be a moment where you feel like, "There's so many words.

Why do I have to keep learning these? I, I forgot the ones I learned yesterday [laughs]-"

Sure

... "and I've gotta learn them again." But eventually, once it clicks, I, I think for most people it's gonna click, and you're gonna go, "Okay, this, this language is really powerful and helpful.

Learning this is a skill that's gonna help me also really interpret-"

Yeah

... "the Old Testament well."

That's, that's great counsel, great advice.

Great advice.