Greetings everyone,
I have recently acquired an old Hebrew bible. I would like to try and translate it myself. I have read many English versions of the bible but I do not completely trust the translations. I feel that there may be certain phrases or words that my have been translated incorrectly, or perhaps translated to fit the current times that the translator had translated them. I think that if I could translate the Hebrew version into English myself I could then make a determination as to what the proper translation is.
The problem I have is that I only know English and I don’t have a lot of money. I have googled ‘Hebrew translator’ but the only ones that I could find charge a fee, or you have to buy a subscription.
Since this task is a huge one, I don’t want to bother you folks with helping me translate it. I would appreciate it though if some of you may be able to point me in the right direction as to where I could find a good, on-line Hebrew to English translator that I could use for free.
I have already installed the Hebrew fonts but I just can’t seem to find a site that I can use.
Many thanks
jeffro
advice needed
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Re: advice needed
I think your best choice as for now is using an interlinear (bilingual) Bible like http://bible.crosswalk.com/InterlinearBible/ where you can click on Hebrew words and see their entries in an old but reputable dictionaryjeffro wrote:I have recently acquired an old Hebrew bible. I would like to try and translate it myself.
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Hebrew Bible translation
Try doing it the simple, yet accurate way... although you are correct that most English translations ARE quite inaccurate, there ARE correct translations in existance... try going to www.artscroll.com - try the Stone Edition TaNaKh, or even Rashi translations... these are accurate.
I think it will be impossible.............................. The Torah is written in Old Hebrew, with a lot of allegories... and you will not find an online dictionary for that.
If you want to study the Torah you need to learn Hebrew... do not try to translate it... you will lose so many things...
If you want to study the Torah you need to learn Hebrew... do not try to translate it... you will lose so many things...
Geroa ezta gurea...