Learning Hebrew
through the Book of Jonah
with Dr. Kipp Davis
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May 27 - August 19, 2026
Lectures recorded Wednesdays 7:30 PM EST
Register NowLearn how to read Biblical Hebrew in 12 lessons by reading the Book of Jonah
Have you ever wanted to read the Hebrew Bible in its original language, but didn’t know where to start?
In this course, you’ll learn Biblical Hebrew by working directly through the Book of Jonah 1, one of the most engaging and accessible narratives in the Hebrew Bible.
Register now for Dr. Kipp Davis’s 12-lesson live seminar.
Over twelve lessons, you’ll:
- Learn the Hebrew alphabet (aleph-bet) and pronunciation
- Understand the basics of Hebrew grammar and sentence structure
- Build a working vocabulary of 200+ Hebrew words
- Read and translate Jonah Chapter 1 in the original Hebrew
- Gain the skills to begin reading other texts from the Hebrew Bible
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- ✔ 12 weekly 90-minute sessionsÂ
- ✔ University-level learning
- âś” Class Drive with Readings and Materials
- ✔ Community ForumÂ
- ✔ Weekly Challenges
- ✔ Lifetime Access, including Community
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Class Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction and the Aleph-Bet
Week 2: Learning Hebrew vowels and syllables
Week 3: Nouns
Week 4: Adjectives and nouns in Jonah
Week 5: Introduction to verbs: tenses and stems in Jonah
Week 6: Verbs: imperfect and present tenses in Jonah
Week 7: Verbs: “weak” letters
Week 8: Hebrew narrative and Jonah 1:1–2
Week 9: Nouns with suffixes in Jonah
Week 10: Qal perfect verbs, and Jonah 1:3–5
Week 11: Qal imperfect verbs , and Jonah 1:6–9
Week 12: Reading Jonah 1:10–16
What students are saying about
our seminars:
"Hebrew is a challenging language, and Dr. Davis has a knack for distilling the key concepts in understandable terms. He is an excellent instructor, and his passion for his work shows through in his teaching.”
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"Time spent learning biblical Hebrew is always time well spent, but learning it from Dr Kipp just made it a pleasure.”
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