Christo H. J. van der Merwe is a professor in the Department of Ancient Studies at the Universityof Stellenbosch, South Africa. He specializes in Biblical Hebrew, Bible Translation and CognitiveLinguistics.Jacobus A. Naudé is senior professor in the Department of Hebrew at the University of the FreeState, South Africa. He has published extensively on the diachronic syntax of Pre-Modern Hebrew aswell as on alterity and orality in religious translation.Jan H. Kroeze is professor in Information Systems in the School of Computing at the University ofSouth Africa, South Africa.

‘A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar deserves praise for integrating traditional knowledge of Biblical Hebrew with recent thinking in general linguistics. This second and entirely revised edition will continue to serve all those who wish to base biblical exegesis on a sound analysis of the source language.'

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – The Hebrew Alphabet and Masoretic Signs Chapter 3 – Word, Clause and Text in Biblical Hebrew: A SurveyChapter 4 – The VerbChapter 5 – The NounChapter 6 – The Other Word ClassesChapter 7 – Word OrderGlossary BibliographyIndex

Christo H. J. van der Merwe is a professor in the Department of Ancient Studies at the Universityof Stellenbosch, South Africa. He specializes in Biblical Hebrew, Bible Translation and CognitiveLinguistics.Jacobus A. Naudé is senior professor in the Department of Hebrew at the University of the FreeState, South Africa. He has published extensively on the diachronic syntax of Pre-Modern Hebrew aswell as on alterity and orality in religious translation.Jan H. Kroeze is professor in Information Systems in the School of Computing at the University ofSouth Africa, South Africa.

‘A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar deserves praise for integrating traditional knowledge of Biblical Hebrew with recent thinking in general linguistics. This second and entirely revised edition will continue to serve all those who wish to base biblical exegesis on a sound analysis of the source language.'

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – The Hebrew Alphabet and Masoretic Signs Chapter 3 – Word, Clause and Text in Biblical Hebrew: A SurveyChapter 4 – The VerbChapter 5 – The NounChapter 6 – The Other Word ClassesChapter 7 – Word OrderGlossary BibliographyIndex

Christo H. J. van der Merwe is a professor in the Department of Ancient Studies at the Universityof Stellenbosch, South Africa. He specializes in Biblical Hebrew, Bible Translation and CognitiveLinguistics.Jacobus A. Naudé is senior professor in the Department of Hebrew at the University of the FreeState, South Africa. He has published extensively on the diachronic syntax of Pre-Modern Hebrew aswell as on alterity and orality in religious translation.Jan H. Kroeze is professor in Information Systems in the School of Computing at the University ofSouth Africa, South Africa.

‘A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar deserves praise for integrating traditional knowledge of Biblical Hebrew with recent thinking in general linguistics. This second and entirely revised edition will continue to serve all those who wish to base biblical exegesis on a sound analysis of the source language.'

• ForewordAbbreviationsChapter 1 – IntroductionChapter 2 – The Hebrew Alphabet and Masoretic Signs Chapter 3 – Word, Clause and Text in Biblical Hebrew: A SurveyChapter 4 – The VerbChapter 5 – The NounChapter 6 – The Other Word ClassesChapter 7 – Word OrderGlossary BibliographyIndex