For most of the summer I have spent hours memorizing vocabulary, translating sentences, and learning the various paradigms for verbs, adjectives, and nouns, all of that in Hebrew. While some of that has been tiring and grualing at times, it has been WONDERFUL.
I've been struck by God's faithfulness, by his nearness, and his goodness, as we've translated snippets from Genesis, the Psalms, and other parts of the Old Testament, or Tannakh. There has been something wonderful about learning and reading the same language that Jesus, Moses, and the Prophets read and spoke and wrote. There have been various concepts and words whose matices I've gleaned some insight. And I'm excited to learn all the more.
That being said, just as when I studied Greek, it has been affirmed in studying Hebrew that the English and Spanish Bibles we use are accurate and well-translated. Yet I still see the benefits of being able to study the Bible in its original texts and to use the various resources that studying the original languages opens.
