The First Hebrew Primer is a simple, straightforward guide to Biblical Hebrew. Thirty lessons provide enough information and practice to enable you, with the aid of a Hebrew-English dictionary, to understand Biblical Hebrew as quickly as possible; therefore, the lessons emphasize recognition and translation not memorization. We present vocabulary based upon frequency in the Hebrew Bible and have carefully controlled the number of word introduced. Wherever possible, the most common Hebrew words are taught in early chapters. By the end of the Primer, you will have learned most words that occur two hundred or more times in the Bible. This controlled vocabulary should make the transition to reading biblical text as easy as possible.