Hebrew Truth

האלופים האלה הגיעו להכין לנו קפה ברמה גבוהה!

I'm sure you have a Hebrew Bible.
But what kind of a Hebrew Bible do you have?
There are many different Editions of the Hebrew Bible.
Yesterday, I was asked by a student the question that led to the discussion concerning the different modern Editions of the Hebrew Bible.
In this discussion I cover the four main sources for modern editions of the Hebrew Bible.
In this video I mention common editions such as BHS, Koren, the Jerusalem Crown, Mikraot Gedolot and more.
You're more than welcome to forward it to your students and colleagues, I'm sure it will help them to better understand their own Bibles.
link in the first comment.

"King Solomon reigned in Jerusalem"
Leave a sentence in English in the comments and I will render it into Biblical Hebrew and post it on the page.

Bethlehem
The word "Bethlehem" is derived from the Hebrew words "bet," meaning "house (of)," and "lehem" meaning "bread." The name literally means "house of bread" in Hebrew. Bethlehem is a town located in the Judean Hills, It is considered to be the birthplace of Jesus according to the New Testament.
In the Hebrew Bible , Bethlehem is mentioned several times. It is first mentioned in the book of Genesis as the place where Rachel, the wife of Jacob, died and was buried.
Bethlehem is very important in The Book of Ruth which is set in the time of the judges. In the book, Ruth marries into a family from Bethlehem . After her husband's death, Ruth decides to leave her homeland of Moab and return to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law, Naomi. Once they arrive in Bethlehem, Ruth meets Boaz, who is a relative of Naomi's deceased husband. Boaz agrees to marry Ruth and she becomes his wife.
Ruth gives birth to Oved the father of Jesse, the father of King David, who is an important figure in Jewish and Christian traditions.
The town of Bethlehem is also mentioned in the book of Micah as the birthplace of a ruler who will come from the line of David.

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In a previous post we've discussed the shortest chapter of the Hebrew Bible.
As you remember, the shortest chapter of the Bible is Psalm 117.
You're probably guessing what comes now.
The Longest Chapter of the Bible!
You are definitely right!
And you don't even have to turn a page.
There is but one chapter separating the shortest chapter of the Bible and the longest chapter of the Bible, as the longest chapter of the Bible is Psalm 119.
Psalm 19 is organized according to an alphabetical order. Each of the 22 Alphabet letters gets 8 verses starting with that letter. It makes it easy to do the math of how many verses we have in this psalm.
22*8=176
Here in the picture you can see the beginning of this song with 8 consecutive verses starting with the letter ALEPH


אַשְׁרֵ֥י תְמִֽימֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֜הֹלְכִ֗ים בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃ 2 אַ֭שְׁרֵי נֹצְרֵ֥י עֵדֹתָ֗יו בְּכָל־לֵ֥ב יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּ׃ 3 אַ֭ף לֹֽא־פָעֲל֣וּ עַוְלָ֑ה בִּדְרָכָ֥יו הָלָֽכוּ׃ 4 אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃ 5 אַ֭חֲלַי יִכֹּ֥נוּ דְרָכָ֗י לִשְׁמֹ֥ר חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ 6 אָ֥ז לֹא־אֵב֑וֹשׁ בְּ֜הַבִּיטִ֗י אֶל־כָּל־מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ 7 א֭וֹדְךָ בְּיֹ֣שֶׁר לֵבָ֑ב בְּ֜לָמְדִ֗י מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ 8 אֶת־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
1 How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart. 3 They also do no unrighteousness; They walk in His ways. 4 Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, That we should keep them diligently. 5 Oh that my ways may be established To keep Thy statutes! 6 Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Thy commandments. 7 I shall give thanks to Thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn Thy righteous judgments. 8 I shall keep Thy statutes; Do not forsake me utterly!

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In the previous posts we've discussed the longest and shortest word of the Hebrew Bible, as well as the longest and the shortest verses in the Hebrew Bible. today we're moving on from the verse to the chapter - what is the shortest chapter of the Hebrew Bible?
The answer to this question is Psalms 117 which contains only two verses!
In comparison to the longest verse of the Bible (43 words) which we saw last week, the shortest chapter of the Bible has less than half of the words (only 16 words!)

Psalm 117:
1 הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גּוֹיִ֑ם
שַׁ֜בְּח֗וּהוּ כָּל־הָאֻמִּֽים׃
2 כִּ֥י גָ֨בַ֤ר עָלֵ֙ינוּ׀ חַסְדּ֗וֹ
וֶֽאֱמֶת־יְהוָ֥ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
Psalm 117
1 Praise the LORD, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples!
2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!

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In the previous posts we've discussed the shortest verses of the Hebrew Bible. today we have the longest one. So how long is the longest verse in the Hebrew Bible?
The answer is, 43 words!
And now, I give you Esther 8:9 :

וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ סֹפְרֵֽי־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בָּֽעֵת־הַ֠הִיא בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ סִיוָ֗ן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֘ בּוֹ֒ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכָל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה מָרְדֳּכַ֣י אֶל־הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים וְאֶ֣ל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ וְשָׂרֵ֙י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֗וּשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּמֵאָה֙ מְדִינָ֔ה מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ וְאֶ֙ל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃
8:9 So the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language, as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

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In the previous posts we've discussed the shortest and longest words of the Hebrew Bible. And now moving on, from the individual word, to the verse. So how short is the shortest verse in the Hebrew Bible?
The answer is, just 3 words!

Here are two of the verses in the Bible containing only three words, the first one is the shortest one, with only nine letters in total. The second one is almost the shortest one, coming in second with a total of 10 letters.

So the Bible has at least two verses that are shorter than the longest individual word in the Bible, Is the longest word has 11 letters and the shortest verses have only 9 or 10 letters.

1 Chronicles 1:1
אָדָ֥ם שֵׁ֖ת אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃
ʾād̲ām šēt̲ ʾĕnôš.
Ah-DAHM SHET eh-NOHSH.
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Genesis 46:23

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Last time we talked about the shortest word in the Hebrew Bible (Deuteronomy 32:6).
How About the longest word in the Hebrew Bible?
Here we have 3 contenders each of 11 letters
Here they are:
וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים (Est. 9:3 )
wəhāʾăḥašdarpənîm
veh-hah-ah-chahsh-dahr-peh-NEEM

וְכַעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם (Ezek. 20:44) wək̲aʿălîlôt̲êk̲em
Veh-chah-ah-lee-loh-tey-CHEHM

By the way, do you know why we have the letter Lamed on the right margin?
וּבְתוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵיהֶ֖ן (Ezek. 16:47) ûb̲t̲ôʿăb̲ôt̲êhen
Oov-toh-ah-voh-tey-HEHN