We Need YOU! To Give Hebrew to the World
Channel: Aleph with Beth
Date: 2020-08-22

For those of you who are serious and want to collaborate to create free Hebrew resources, we've created a group where people can connect to do that: www.facebook.com/groups/freehebrew/

Don't miss more awesome language acquisition teaching from Stephen Krashen on this page: https://freehebrew.hismagnificence.com/why-our-method/  Also check out his website www.sdkrashen.com
Our friends over at BibleLing: hebrew.bibleling.org
Reading App Builder: https://software.sil.org/readingappbuilder/
Scripture App Builder: https://software.sil.org/scriptureappbuilder/
Open Scriptures: openscriptures.org
Free Hebrew Lexicon project: https://www.unfoldingword.org/uhal
List of 100 easiest chapters in the Hebrew Bible based on word frequency: https://tinyurl.com/y58soeyw
We also list volunteer needs at https://freehebrew.online

*We mention Greek in the video because we plan to partner with an incredible biblical Greek teacher starting next summer to make this kind of teaching available for free. So you can pray that it works out!

These are some ideas that you can start making a reality. Don't ask us for permission. You don't even have to tell us what you're doing. The important thing: JUST DO IT! AND MAKE IT FREE!

Number one: Are you a Hebrew nerd? Write some simple stories in easy Biblical Hebrew! You can simplify a text from the Bible or make up something new! Check your stories for grammar and typos with other Hebrew nerds and teachers, and then team up with an artist or video editor to bring them to life! Our friends over at BibleLing are looking for people to help them create quality content, so you could look into collaborating with them!
Number two: Find some simple stories in Biblical Hebrew, have someone who pronounces Hebrew well narrate them, and then make a video, acting them out with friends and family or using illustrations. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, but if you make it awesome then even better! Use a phone camera if you have to!
Number three:  Are you an artist? Then create some picture books for children in Hebrew! Kids need stuff to read, and adults can use them as well!  If you can't write the text, team up with a Hebrew nerd who can write it for you. Whether it's a Bible story, or some important Hebrew verbs that you need help remembering, use your art to help everyone remember them! And if you want to put all that you've created into an app, you can use this free program called Reading App Builder, which we'll link in the description! Don't have technical skills? Reach out to our friends over at BibleLing and partner with them!
Number four: Are you a programmer? There's so much you can do!  We need someone to design an app with Scripture App Builder (check out the link in description) that has as many world languages embedded in it as possible, along with Hebrew or Greek.  Or, start collaborating over at openscriptures.org. And there's another important thing you should think about: help develop a free lexicon--in your language!  We'll link an exciting project in the description that's just starting to make a free Hebrew lexicon available. 
Number five: Are you an awesome video editor? Team up with a Hebrew nerd and dub some fun modern movie clips into simple biblical Hebrew!  People do this all the time in other languages like Latin. We need lots of them in Hebrew!
Number six: Do you have a great voice? Play an instrument? Write some songs in Hebrew!  We've done some of this on Aleph with Beth already, but we can't do it all!  Write silly songs, serious songs, simple songs, interesting songs.  Let's flood the internet with beautiful, engaging Biblical Hebrew songs that will help people learn the language!
Number seven: Are you good at reading aloud? Record an interlinear audio Bible! Here's the idea: take the open source recording of the Hebrew Bible linked in the description, and record yourself reading in your language what it says, phrase by phrase. Edit it all together, and people will have an amazing resource to listen to over and over as they learn the language.  We'll also include a list in the description of the 100 simplest chapters in the Hebrew Bible that you can start with.

If you end up taking on any of these ideas, send them to us, and if we think they're helpful, we'll link everyone to your work in our resource section!  But don't forget what's most important: JUST DO IT!  AND MAKE IT FREE!

Ok! Let's get out there, work hard, and watch God change the world!