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guage of creation. It is the language God chose
to reveal Himself and His ways to mankind.
I am no Hebrew scholar. I am merely some-
one whose eyes have been opened just a little
to the wonder of the Hebrew language. But
perhaps because I am one of simple under-
standing, I can convey some of its wonders to
you, especially those of the illumination the
Hebrew root system reveals.

Seedtime and Harvest

Lovers of the Word of God recognize that the
Bible is a Book of seedtime and harvest. Sow-
ing and reaping. Vines and fruit.
Gen. 8:22 While the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and
summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease.
Even Hebrew words themselves grow. And
they grow from roots.

How the Hebrew Language Grew

This subhead is the title of a textbook written
for Jewish high school students whose mother
tongue was English. The following is a quote
from Chapter III, “The Hebrew Root Has
Three Consonants—usually.”
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