Hebrew, one of the oldest languages on the planet, was revived in the twentieth century. Today, a person who wants to learn Hebrew can learn to read it without even having a Hebrew-speaking environment or funds for an individual tutor. Enough perseverance to pick up textbooks, programs on the Internet and find a friendly native speaker in online communities.
Instructions
Step 1
Learn the basic features. Hebrew is written from right to left. Printed letters are needed only for reading, they are not used in writing. There are no capital letters either, which is usual for a Russian speaker. The letters are not connected to each other. This is a so-called unrelated letter. There are special textbooks adapted for beginners. One of them "Reading in Hebrew is easy" is freely available on the Internet
Step 2
Understand phonetics. The Hebrew alphabet consists entirely of consonants. They are not classified as soft or hard. [sh] Shin and [c] Tsadi are pronounced softer than in Russian. The sound [l] Lamed is similar to the soft Russian [l '], as in the word sorrow. Aleph and Ainu, which in ancient times were guttural sounds, in modern Hebrew soundless.
Step 3
Understand the two types of writing. The first type is with the so-called vocalizations. The second is without. There are no letters for vowel sounds, instead there are special icons. However, in modern Hebrew, vocalizations are not used. They are found mainly in texts from the Tanakh, poetic works of art and children's literature. Adults read Hebrew without vowels.
Step 4
Understand the peculiarities of stress. The stress most often falls on the last syllable. However, there is a group of words where the penultimate syllable is stressed: `eretz (country), bait (house), s`efer (book), yaar (forest), sham`aim (sky), mishm`eret (change). You can read more about this in one of the oldest online Hebrew self-study guides: https://ulpanet.netzah.org/. There are also mnemonic rules that will make it easier to memorize the alphabet, and therefore speed up the learning process.
