HEBREW BASIC COURSE This work was compiled and pub- lished with the support of the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education ond Welfare, United States of America. JOSEPH A. REIF HANNA LEVINSON FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE WASHINGTON, D.C. 1965 DEPARTMENT OF STATEBASIC_COURSE HEBREW FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE BASIC COURSE SERIES Edited by LLOYD B. SWIFT iiHEBREW. BASIC COURSE PREFACE Hebrew Basic Course was produced by the Foreign Service Institute with the support of the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, under the National Defense Education Act, In its present form, the course is based on classroom experience with Goveranent personnel whose duties require « knowledge of spoken Hebrew. It is designed to provide material sufficient to enable the student to obtain minie ‘mun professional competence both in speaking and in reading modern Ilebrew, The linguist in charge of the project was Joseph A, Reif, Seientifie Line guist on the staff of the Department of Near Eastern and African Languages, The Nebrew material was principally writien by ies. lana Levinson, language Instructor, Tape recordings wete made in the FSI language laboratory, under the direction of ir. Gary Alley, by irs. Levinson, Mr. Menachem Dov ifeller, & es, Rivka Behiri language instructors, The illustrations were raion and con tributed by Air, Irving Bernstein of New York. Mr, Heller contributed valuable suggestions as a result of his experience sing drafts of the course in class, Mrs, Behii not only typed the final version in English, Hebrew and transcription, but also contributed many improvements style and format as the work progressed. Howard E, Soltenberger, Dean ‘Schoo! of Language and Area Studies Foreign Service Institute