Семь советов для изучения библейских языков - Алеф с Бет - Aleph with Beth

Prayer and Scripture Cards for Language Study

Hello! We want to give you 7 tips that will help you to effectively learn the Bible languages. First, make a prayer card that will help you to regularly pray about studying. Like any other part of the discipleship, your study of the Old Testament and the Greek language also needs prayer.

The enemy does not want people to be better armed with the sword of the Spirit, so pray hard and study hard. Here are some things that I recommend putting on a prayer card, and I will write them in the description of this video.

1 Timothy 4 .15. Be concerned about everything, be present in everything, so that your success is obvious to everyone. Therefore, based on this verse, I will pray like this. Father, help me to practice what I am learning, to immerse myself in it, so that everyone can see my progress.

Here are a few more verses that can be written on a card. Try to imagine yourself worthy of God, a doer of the unpretentious, faithful teaching of the Word of Truth. 2 Timothy 2 .15. And do all that you do with all your heart, as it were for the Lord, but not for men.

Colossians 3 .23. I say to each of you, do not think of yourself more than you should think, but think modestly, in accordance with the faith that God has given to each of you. Romans 12 .3. I implore you to act worthy of the rank in which you are called, with all humility, wisdom, boldness, and patience, going down to each other with love.

Find a Study Partner

Ephesians 4 .1 -2. Finally, add the following reminder from John Newton, the author of the Book of Graces. Ancient and sacred writings fully deserve your efforts and generously compensate them. 2. If you succeed, find a partner to study with.

Accountability is a key factor, especially when you are self-taught online. This is a simple biblical principle, two are better than one. Your partner can understand something better and will be able to help you, and vice versa.

Study a Little Every Day

You can cheer each other up when you have a hard time. 3. Study a little every day. Many people make a mistake, thinking that they just need a long period of time, once a week, but your brain does not work like that when studying the language.

It is much better to study constantly for 20 minutes a day than 4 hours in one day. A slow and constant student wins the race when it comes to biblical languages. At first, you will not see a big return from your investments, but if you remain consistent and develop a habit of studying regularly, you will reach the point when you will begin to reap the fruits of your efforts.

Get Enough Sleep

4. Get enough sleep. There is a wonderful book called Why We Sleep, which tells how scientific studies have proven that we need sleep to process new information. The less we sleep, the less we are able to learn and memorize.

Listen to as Much Language Input as Possible

In order for your brain to function in the best way, you must be sure that you sleep at least 8 hours a night. 5. Listen to as many languages as possible. Even if you do not understand most of it, we recommend a free application developed by the Department of Education of the Ancient Jewish Organization of Israel-Papua New Guinea.

We will put a link in the description. The application reproduces the voice of a professional reader who uses a pronunciation close to the pronunciation in our Alphabet videos. And you can slow down the speed of sound in the application if you want.

The more you listen, the more you will master the sound, rhythm and feeling of the language. This will help you continue to treat Hebrew as a living language, which will make your learning experience more interesting and motivating.

Be Comfortable with Uncertainty

In addition, the more your brain hears the sounds and models of the language, the more things will sound or feel right or wrong intuitively, even if you do not know the exact rules of memory. 6. Be calm about uncertainty.

Most of the effective mastery of the language in the real world is to learn to understand what is happening by visual and contextual hints. Even if you do not understand every little detail of the words that you hear.

When you are in the process of learning, do not focus too much on fixing every detail of the grammar by tracking the flow of speech and conversation. Let your questions sit with you for a while, they require an answer right away.

Further repetition and familiarity with the lexicon and grammatical structures will often answer your questions. And sometimes you will find that you have mastered a template or a word, even if you are not fully aware of it.

In other words, let your subconscious brain, which studies the language, do its job for a long time and does not tie too much fixation on small details at an early stage, if they prevent you from entering and enjoying the flow of speech of a new language.

Guard Against Pride and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

7. Do not be afraid. One of the greatest temptations that you will face when studying the biblical languages is pride, especially spiritual. If you are not ready to tear pride out of your heart every day and trample it until it is crushed like a cockroach, do not study the biblical languages.

The knowledge of Greek or Ancient Hebrew is often used as a religious disguise, so that we look more spiritual than we really are, to hide our other sins, so that others praise us. Another thing that accompanies remaining modest is to be careful not to become a wise fool.

What I mean is shown on this graph. This is called the Danning-Kruger effect. The fact is that every person is inclined to overestimate his competence when he knows very little. In other words, we humans are inclined to consider ourselves wise when in fact we are fools.

This goes well with the saying, little knowledge is harmful. But this does not mean that you cannot learn a little. It just means that you should remain modest and all the time remind yourself that you do not know much.

Most people who do not know much, it is very difficult to understand how much they do not know. So keep this in mind. In addition, those who are ignorant are more inclined to criticize those who really know a lot.

Therefore, when you study languages, be careful. So as not to think about yourself more than you should think. But think modestly. The Romans 12 .3.