Welcome to Hebrew Scripture

This tool is designed to help you read, listen to, and memorize the Hebrew Old Testament. Use the dropdown above to navigate topics.

Quick Start

• Read Mode: The default view. Click any Hebrew word to hear it pronounced.
• Audio: Click the Play button at the bottom to listen to the chapter.
• Navigation: Use the top arrows to change chapters, or click the Book Name to jump to a specific book.

Read Mode

Read Mode focuses on immersion and listening.

Key Features

• Word Audio: Click any word to hear it spoken instantly.
• Word Tooltip: Hover over (or tap) a word to see its definition, morphology (grammar), and lemma (root form).
• Highlights: As audio plays, the current word and line are highlighted. You can toggle these in Display Options.

Study Tools

Switch modes using the icon on the top-left of the header.

• Blocks: Build the verse by selecting the correct Hebrew word from a multiple-choice list.
• Letter: Type the first letter of each word to reveal it. Ideal for rapid memorization.
• Word: Type the full word using the on-screen Hebrew keyboard.

Step System: Each game has 5 difficulty “Steps”. Adjust the number of steps in Memorize Options.

Audio Options

• Continuous Reading: Automatically move to the next chapter when the current one finishes.
• Verse Range: Loop a specific section (e.g., Verse 1 to 5). Useful for drilling passages.
• Loop Count: Set how many times the audio should repeat.
• Speed: Adjust playback speed from 0.5x to 1.5x (Pitch is preserved).

Display Options

Customize the overall text appearance and layout.

• Paragraph View: Switch between “Verse-by-Verse” (list) and “Paragraph” (flowing text) modes.
• Font Size & Line Height: Increase or decrease text size and spacing for better readability.
• Highlights: Toggle the visual guides (Word highlight, Line marker) that appear during audio playback.

Interlinear Options

Control what information is shown beneath each Hebrew word.

• Interlinear Data: Toggle English, Transliteration, Morphology, or Lemma (Root) on or off.
• Word Tip Box: Enable or disable the floating tooltip that appears when you hover or tap a word.

Memorize Tools

Special visual tools for Read Mode:

• Initials Only: Hides the full word, showing only the first letter. Hover to peek at the full word.
• Blur Words: Blurs the text until you hover over it.

Morphology Decoder Ring

Compound Words: Prepositions, conjunctions, and articles physically attached to a word are separated by a small diamond (e.g., C⬩P⬩A⬩N-SM).

1. Part of Speech (POS)

• N – Noun (Common)
• NP – Noun (Proper)
• V – Verb
• J – Adjective
• R – Pronoun / Suffix
• A – Article
• B – Adverb
• P – Preposition
• C – Conjunction
• I – Interjection
• T – Particle
• M – Numeral
• X – Indeclinable

Hebrew Verb Formats

• V-[Stem][Conj]-[Per][Num][Gen] (Finite)
• V-[Stem][Conj][Voice]-[Num][Gen] (Participle)
• V-[Stem][Conj][State] (Infinitive)

Noun & Adjective Formats

• N/J-[Num][Gen] (e.g., N-SM)

Pronoun & Suffix Format

• R-[Num][Gen]-[Type] (e.g., R-SM-P)

2. Gender & 3. Number & 4. Person

• M – Masculine
• F – Feminine
• C – Common
• S – Singular
• P – Plural
• D – Dual
• 1, 2, 3 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd Person

5. Pronoun & Suffix Type

• P – Personal
• R – Relative
• D – Demonstrative
• I – Interrogative
• S – Possessive / Suffixed

6. Verb Stem (Binyanim)

• Q – Qal / Pe’al
• N – Niphal
• P – Piel
• U – Pual / Pe’il
• H – Hiphil / Aphel
• O – Hophal
• T – Hithpael

7. Conjugation (Aspect)

• P – Perfect (Qatal)
• I – Imperfect (Yiqtol)
• W – Wayyiqtol
• Q – Weqatal
• V – Imperative
• C – Cohortative
• J – Jussive
• F – Infinitive
• R – Participle

8. State / Voice (Inf & Ptc)

• A – Absolute (Inf) / Active (Ptc)
• C – Construct (Inf)
• P – Passive (Ptc)