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 and ideas have shaped the 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 |
Hebrew Root Deck — 1,000 cards¶
The top 1,000 Hebrew roots ranked by combined OT frequency. Front: consonantal root. Back: vowel-pointed form, gloss, attested verbal stems with frequencies, and derived nominals. Requires Hebrew Root notetype in Anki (3 fields: Front, Back, Frequency) — see README for setup.
| Format | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anki | hebrew-root-deck.txt | Hebrew Root notetype (File → Import) |
| Flashcards Deluxe (all) | hebrew-root-deck-fd-all.txt | All 1,000 roots |
| Flashcards Deluxe (≥100) | hebrew-root-deck-fd-100.txt | Freq ≥ 100 |
| Flashcards Deluxe (50–99) | hebrew-root-deck-fd-50.txt | Freq 50–99 |
| Flashcards Deluxe (10–49) | hebrew-root-deck-fd-10.txt | Freq 10–49 |
| Summary | hebrew-root-deck.md | Top-50 table and statistics |
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 |