BBH — Additional Resources¶
Supplementary flashcard decks for Biblical Hebrew students working through Pratico & Van Pelt's Basics of Biblical Hebrew.
With thanks to Scott Blair, whose generously shared Anki decks form the basis of all four resources on this page.
Each deck is provided in three formats: MD (human-readable reference with answer key) · Anki (.txt, File → Import) · Flashcards Deluxe (-fd.txt)
BBH Vocabulary with Mnemonics — 527 cards¶
Ch2–35 vocabulary with Arabic root comparisons and English-Arabic mnemonic hooks.
Cards are tagged by chapter (bbh-ch2 … bbh-ch35) for selective import.
| Format | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MD | bbh-vocab-mnemonics.md | Human-readable card list with answer key |
| Anki | bbh-vocab-mnemonics.txt | Tab-separated import (File → Import) |
| Flashcards Deluxe | bbh-vocab-mnemonics-fd.txt | Flashcards Deluxe import file |
OT Extended Vocabulary — 473 cards¶
Hebrew words occurring 30–69× in the OT, beyond the BBH chapter wordlists. The natural next step after completing the course.
| Format | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MD | ot-vocab-extended.md | Human-readable card list with answer key |
| Anki | ot-vocab-extended.txt | Tab-separated import (File → Import) |
| Flashcards Deluxe | ot-vocab-extended-fd.txt | Flashcards Deluxe import file |
Hebrew Verb Paradigm — All Stems — 195 cards¶
The strong verb paradigm (קטל) across all 7 stems × all conjugations.
Tagged by stem (stem-qal, stem-hiphil, etc.) for selective drill.
| Format | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MD | heb-verb-paradigm.md | Human-readable card list with answer key |
| Anki | heb-verb-paradigm.txt | Tab-separated import (File → Import) |
| Flashcards Deluxe | heb-verb-paradigm-fd.txt | Flashcards Deluxe import file |
OT Verb Parsing — 10,399 cards¶
Attested OT verb forms with full parsing: root, stem, conjugation, PGN, gloss, and inflection frequency. 1,332 unique roots; Qal-dominant. Tagged by stem and conjugation type.
| Format | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MD | ot-verb-parsing.md | First 500 forms as a reference table |
| Anki | ot-verb-parsing.txt | Full 10,399-card import (File → Import) |
| Flashcards Deluxe | ot-verb-parsing-fd.txt | Flashcards Deluxe import file |