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Author Jacobs, Jill Suzanne, author.

Title Hebrew for dummies / by Jill Suzanne Jacobs.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Wiley Publishing, Inc., [2003]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  492.4 JAC    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Welcome Center  492.4 JACOBS    DUE 04-17-24
Description 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Series --For dummies
--For dummies.
Note Accompanied by CD-ROM : Hebrew for dummies : software for the rest of us.
On cover: A reference for the rest of us!
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index.
Summary Outlines basic Hebrew grammar, and offers useful words and expressions and simplified dialogue.
Contents You Already Know Some Hebrew -- Taking Stock of What's Familiar -- Speaking Hebrew Like a Native -- Counting in Hebrew -- Recognizing Tips to Help You Read Hebrew -- The Nitty Gritty: Basic Hebrew Grammar -- Making Sense of Hebrew Syntax -- Recognizing Parts of Speech -- Understanding Gender and Number -- Shalom, Shalom! Meeting and Greeting -- Greeting and Saying Goodbye -- Making Grand Introductions -- Getting Better Acquainted -- Extending and Responding to Invitations -- Asking Questions: The Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How -- Hebrew in Action -- Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk -- Shootin' the Breeze -- Talking About Yourself and Your Family -- Chatting About the Weather -- Six Days You Shall Labor: Talking About Work -- Getting Addresses and Phone Numbers -- Eat! Eat! You're So Thin! -- Jewish Love Means Never Having to Say "I'm Hungry" -- Getting Down to Business: Food, Glorious Food! -- Matching Adjectives and Nouns -- Taking Your Grocery List to the Market -- Dining in a Restaurant -- Going Shopping -- Exploring Places to Shop -- Selecting the Perfect Outfit -- Styling Your Clothes Around the Seasons -- Color Me Beautiful -- Getting More Than (and Less Than) You Bargained For -- Having Fun Hebrew Style -- Counting the Hours and Minutes -- Discovering the Days in a Week -- Catching Some Culture -- The Animals Went on the Ark Two by Two: Visiting the Zoo! -- Spicing Up Your Sentences with Adverbs -- Enjoying Your Free Time: Hobbies, Sports, and Other Fun Activities -- Chatting About Your Hobbies -- Playing and Watching Sports -- Venturing Outdoors for Some Fun -- Boogieing 'til You Drop -- Talking on the Phone -- Dialing Up the Basics -- Asking for People and Getting the Message -- Making Arrangements Over the Phone -- Talking About the Past: How Was Your Shabbat? -- At the Office and Around the House -- Finding Your Way Around Your Job -- Hanging Out at Home -- Residing in an Apartment -- Commanding People: Do As I Say -- Hebrew on the Go -- Planning a Trip -- Choosing Your Final Destination (And When You Want to Go) -- Coming and Going: Knowing Where You Are -- Discussing the Future: Verb Forms and Popular Expressions -- Getting Around: Flying, Driving, and Riding -- Getting Through the Airport -- Renting a Vehicle--and a Phone to Go with It -- Navigating Public Transportation -- Being Early or Late -- Checking into a Hotel -- Finding the Hotel That's Right for You -- Checking In: Names, Addresses, and Room Numbers -- Checking Out and Paying the Bill -- Money, Money, Money -- Going to the Bank -- Changing Money -- Flowing with the Currency -- Using Credit Cards -- Directing Your Objects -- Where Is the Western Wall? Asking Directions -- Making Sure You Don't Get Lost -- Giving and Understanding Directions for Lost Souls -- Keeping North, South, East, and West Straight -- Handling Emergencies -- Tackling Your Uncooperative Car -- Doctor, Doctor: Give Me the News -- Getting Help After You've Been Robbed -- Sacred Hebrew -- Let's Get Biblical -- Figuring Out the Word Order in Biblical Hebrew -- Emphasizing When God Really Meant It -- Wishing, Intending, and Prohibiting -- Deciphering One-Word Wonders -- Counting Down the Greatest Biblical Hits -- Like a Prayer -- Blessing the Basics -- Spiritually Speaking: Figuring Your Way Around the Prayer Book -- Making Prayer Meaningful -- Sacred Time, Sacred Space -- Going to a Synagogue -- Checking Out Holy Words for Holy Days -- Ten Ways to Pick Up Hebrew Quickly -- Read Hebrew Food Labels -- Visit an Israeli Restaurant -- Read Hebrew Publications -- Check Out Israeli Videos, TV, Movies, and Music -- Sing Hebrew Songs and Prayers -- Listen to Hebrew Radio Programs -- Surf the Internet -- Join the Hebrew Lovers Society -- Hang a Few Hebrew Magnets and Posters -- Take a Hebrew Class -- Travel to Israel -- Ten Books on Hebrew You Just Gotta Have -- Hebrew: The Eternal Language -- The Tongue of the Prophets: The Life Story of Eliezer Ben Yehuda -- The Hebrew Alphabet: A Mystical Journey -- Aleph-Bet Yoga: Embodying the Hebrew Letters for Physical and Spiritual Well-Being -- The Word: The Dictionary that Reveals the Hebrew Source of English -- How the Hebrew Language Grew -- Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar -- Hebrew Verb Tables -- Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems -- Hebrew-English/English-Hebrew Dictionaries -- Ten Favorite Hebrew Expressions -- Mazal Tov -- B'Karov Etzlech -- Titchadesh -- B'Teavon -- B'Ezrat HaShem -- Yishar Koach -- Dash -- Nu -- Kol HaKavod -- L'Chaim -- Ten Great Israeli Phrases -- Mah Pitom -- Yesh G'vul L'Chol Ta'alul -- Pa'am Shlishit Glidah -- Im K'var, Az K'var -- B'Shum Panim VaOfen Lo -- Stam -- Betach -- Chaval Al HaZ'man -- Chazak V'Amatz -- Yehiyeh Tov -- The Ten Commandments in Hebrew -- Anochi Adonai Elohecha -- Lo Yehiyeh Lecha Elohim Acherim. Lo Ta'aseh Le'chah Pesel -- Lo Tisa Et Shem Adonai Elohecha La'Shav -- Z'chor Et Yom HaShabbat L'Kodsho -- Kabed Et Avicha V'Et Imecha -- Loh Tirtzach -- Lo Tin'af -- Lo Tignov -- Lo Ta'aneh Bere'acha Ed Shaker -- Lo Tachmod -- Verb Tables.
Subject Hebrew language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Hebrew language -- Self-instruction.
Enseignement des langues.
Formation.
Autoformation.
Hebrew language. (OCoLC)fst00954191
Genre/Form Self-instruction. (OCoLC)fst01423884
Textbooks -- for English speakers. (OCoLC)fst01423865
ISBN 9780764554896
0764554891
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