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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-ch2bbh-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