Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew: Based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
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Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew: Based on the Commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
This dictionary, based on the commentaries of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, is a monumental work and guide to understanding the Biblical commentary of Rabbi Hirsch. This work analyzes the deep concepts inherent in Hebrew, the Divine language, revealing how every word's root contains connotations essential to a greater understanding of Torah.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
like the French Revolution: seminal, but overdone:
Rabbi Shimshon Repahel Hirsch is a giant of Hebrew Bible commentary, and a crucial revolutionary in seeing how Hebrew is uniquely structured along the energy of sound -- not merely similar spelling. He inspired Edenics ([...]), yet Edenics is far more conservative in selecting which words are engineered sound-alike synonyms and antonyms. While SRH has way too many illogical, unconnected synonyms (which are beyond Grimms Laws/Rashi's Laws), he does not suggest enough profound, scientific antonyms.more info
Good dictionary to use side by side with a lexicon:
I have found this book to be a very good supplement to use side by side with my Hebrew Lexicon. Where my lexicon points me to a a shoresh I reference this dictionary for further study. This book is perfect for someone who knows Hebrew (for the most part) and is simply trying to supplement their understanding. It is a dictionary that I can actually have fun sitting down and reading through the various shoreshim. It may be a bit rough around the edges in terms of grammar, and the novice in Hebrew may find... more info
Extremely interesting--really 4 and a half stars:
It's no Brown-Driver-Briggs, but it does its job. This dictionary treats the Hebrew language as the Holy Tongue, and therefore etymologically treats it in and of itself, and how the precise meaning of every one of these Holy words must be determined in order to truly understand the Bible. It talks about how words that sound similar can have similar meanings, how they are connected to one another, and how substituting and/or rearranging letters gives rise to new roots. The dictionary is arranged by... more info
