Footnotes
For more information about the Hebrew School in Kirtland and Joshua Seixas, see Historical Introduction to Letter to Henrietta Raphael Seixas, between 6 and 13 Feb. 1836; Historical Introduction to Certificate from Joshua Seixas, 30 Mar. 1836; JS, Journal, 3 and 20–21 Nov. 1835; 4–6, 8, 14, 18–20, and 26–30 Jan. 1836; 1–5, 8–13, 15–17, 19–20, 22–27, and 29 Feb. 1836; 1–5, 7–11, 14–19, 21–25, and 28–29 Mar. 1836; and Grey, “Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew,” 262–272.
Grey, Matthew J. “‘The Word of the Lord in the Original’: Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew in Kirtland.” In Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World, edited by Lincoln H. Blumell, Matthew J. Grey, and Andrew H. Hedges, 249–302. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2015.
Seixas, Hebrew Grammar, iii.
Seixas, Joshua. Manual Hebrew Grammar for the Use of Beginners. 2nd ed., enl. and impr. Andover, MA: Gould and Newman, 1834.
Seixas, Supplement to J. Seixas’ Manual Hebrew Grammar, [7].
Seixas, Joshua. Supplement to J. Seixas’ Manual Hebrew Grammar, for the Kirtland, Ohio, Theological Institution. New York: West and Trow, 1836.
Grey, “Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew,” 295n110.
Grey, Matthew J. “‘The Word of the Lord in the Original’: Joseph Smith’s Study of Hebrew in Kirtland.” In Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World, edited by Lincoln H. Blumell, Matthew J. Grey, and Andrew H. Hedges, 249–302. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2015.
א | (auleph) not heard in reading; if it have a vowel, sound the vowel; as אָ au, אִ e, אֹ o, אוּ oo, etc. | ||
בּ | b | baith | |
ג | g | geemel | |
דּ | d | dauleth | |
ה | h | ha | |
ו | v | vauv | |
ז | z | zayin | |
ח | kh | khaith | |
ט | t | tait | |
Final letters | י | y | yode |
ךְ | כּ | k | kaf |
ל | l | laumed | |
ם | מ | m | maim |
ן | נ | n | noon |
ס | s | saumekh | |
ע | gn | gnayn | |
ף | פּ | p | pa |
פ | f | fa | |
ץ | צ | ts | tsauda |
ק | k | kofe | |
ר | r | raish | |
שׁ | sh | sheen | |
שׂ | s | seen | |
תּ | t | tauv |
Long. | ||
ָ | Kaumets | au in cause. |
ֵ | Tsaree | a in ale. |
וֹ or ֹ– | Kholem | o in bone. |
וּ | Shoorek | oo in boot. |
ִי– | Kheerek | ee in meet. |
Short. | ||
ַ | Pattakh | a in father. |
ֶ | Segole | e in met. |
ָ | Kaumets (short) | o in note. |
ֻ | Kibboots | u in full. |
ִ | Kheerek (short) | i in bit. |
ֲ | Shevau Pattakh | a in hat. |
ֱ | " [Shevau] Segole | e in met. |
ֳ | " [Shevau] Kaumets | o in not. |
TEXT: The printer incorrectly placed the dot for the o vowel before the auleph (right side) instead of after.
TEXT: “§ 7” refers to a longer discussion of Shevau in Joshua Seixas’s Manual Hebrew Grammar for the Use of Beginners; that section is not reproduced in this supplement.