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Pronunciation is incorrect-updated
I had to give this app only one star because the pronunciation it teaches is completely incorrect. If it were relatively close, then I’d give it more stars, but you can’t teach that “ma shlomka” is “ma shalawamka” and you cannot teach that “shlomi Tob” is “shalawamya tawab”. Even if the diacritic and vowel marks are absent in Ancient Hebrew, you can figure out that the pronunciation that the app teaches does not follow the phonological patterns of any Semitic language. Please fix the pronunciation, from the letter sounds to the greetings.
Update: Thanks for your response, and no offense taken!! There are a few different dialects of ancient Hebrew, and it has some mutual intelligibility with other Canaanite languages of the time. Thanks to serious researchers in the field of Semitic linguistics, we can know the sound and structure of these languages to a large degree. The pronunciation in this app does not reflect anything close to the pronunciation of any of the ancient Canaanite languages or dialects. This is verifiable by anyone with an internet connection who chooses to do a quick fact check on this. Any standard pronunciation in a language is “fundamental,” but a teacher should choose at least one for students to focus on. As a researcher in the field of Semitic Linguistics, I can tell you that this pronunciation resembles an even further westernized version of Modern Hebrew where the “patah” and “qamaS” diacritics are used in excess to the point where it almost feels like the teaching is making a mockery of the ancient language. Furthermore, the grammar structure taught is also incorrect. Subject/verb placement in Paleo Hebrew is not correct in the app. In fact, the placement only resembles Modern Hebrew placement. My guess is that someone with an elementary knowledge of Modern Hebrew stuck the Paleo Hebrew letters on some lessons they made up and called it Paleo Hebrew. If you’re looking to learn from this app then do yourself a favor and turn the sound completely off, and just focus on the alphabet — maybe just the shape of the letters. But, if you want to sound silly and make it so that no one who really knows Paleo Hebrew can understand you, then turn the sound on and have fun! Otherwise, you can check YouTube for videos on Biblical / Archaic (Judahite) Hebrew to hear pronunciation and see sentence structure that is more accurate.Show lesstherealodie
Developer Response
We understand that there are different dialects and pronunciations. The platform is to give users a "fundamental" approach to the ancient language, and not necessarily a one-dimensional approach (no offense). It is imperative to understand that pronunciations in modern Hebrew or Yiddish are derivatives of the fundamental way. We have added new features in our latest update and hope that you would re-consider using the platform and updating your rating. Thanks for your feedback. UPDATE! Our research team already knew that their would be scholars and so-called scholars that would HEAVILY and POORLY critique the sounds and pronunciations on this platform. - heavily, because ancient hebrew is such a distinctive language that less than 1% of the world population is interested in - poorly, because scholars and the s-called will describe their one-dimensional understandings of this language It is the reason why it was decided to keep the pronunciations "fundamental" or "bland" for users that want to learn the ancient hebrew language from a ground zero prespective. This language has been found on a plethora of artifacts all over the world, and there are so many dialects and pronunications. So, instead of being one-dimensional in choosing a dialect and labeling it as "the one", our team decided to start with the raw, bare-bones pronunciations that is mostly receptive to all dialects of this language - and then expand from there. At the same timw, the prologue (in the app) states that we are aware there could be errors, and hope that we could make this platform community-driven. Now, it is NOT a hard guess to see that you have a one-dimensional perspective to this language and you believe the way that you were taught is definitive - even though there aren't any time machines and people that are still living from the time the language was spoken. Nevertheless, our team is happy with your feedback and we actually appreciate it! In the future, our goal is to develop a community-driven platform for well-studied individuals, like yourself as you have claimed, to be able to share their scholarly opinions on dialects, pronunciations and grammar structure. Stay tuned!Love the app
Honestly love the app but I have noticed that when look at certain letters, the meaning of the letters are all visible and cut off in the middle of a passage but so far so good.savonarts
Developer Response
Thank you for the rating. We have updated the app with new features and AI technology to enhance app performance. For that specific part, you can now scroll down on the pop up to see the remaining information. Shalawam!Not for learning Biblical Hebrew
I had hoped this would be a good app for learning Biblical Hebrew. Turns out that it doesn’t teach the modern characters so it’s not going to be able to help me learn how to read Hebrew.Srania
Developer Response
Thank you for your response. This app specifically states it is a tool for learning ancient Hebrew. We do plan to release a version containing other versions of Hebrew such as Aramaic in the near future!Great concept
Shalum and thank you for your efforts in creating this app. However, the app needs improvement in working out the kinks with the sound and also more research on the pronunciation of the words. Also, regular updates would be helpful. May Yahuah continue to bless your endeavors.Zakiyyah67
Developer Response
Tha-wa-da (Thank you) for your support. We have updated the app with new features to enhance the audio performance. Peace and blessings to you also.Please do it, there can be a huge audience for this!
I have not yet used it, I rate it good simply for the concept and the potential it has. However, if you have not yet done so, please listen to and get in touch with the other review that was posted before mine, it seems that they may have some legitimate recommendations. I can promise you that, if you were to apply yourself and catch bugs, mistakes and make improvements by providing patches overall, I will promote this app. I really believe that this has a huge potential audience if you continue to update the app. Thanks in advance!Show lessVlad Mordred
Developer Response
Thank you for your response. We have updated the app with new features along with AI technology to enhance app performance and bug fixes. In addition, we have considered all the recommendations and are active in providing the best product that we can. Shalawam!Five star quality
Exercising your spiritual gifts i see! ShalamTeazyTank
Developer Response
Thanks for rating us! Peace and blessings to you.Thawadah!!
I absolutely love this app, it’s very helpful when it comes to learning ancient Hebrew. This is really great!Kelisaaa
Developer Response
Thank you for your response. We have updated the app with new features and AI technology to enhance app performance. Shalawam!Beautiful Edification
This app is everything I needed but the audio isn’t working on the app other than that this is perfectWildBoyCrazy
Developer Response
Thawada (Thank you) for your feedback. We have updated the app with new features and AI technology for enhancement of hearing the audio. Shalawam.Sound
Great app and I’m very excited to use this, however, the sound isn’t working for playback. It’s about time we had an app for this! Shalum!Jiwe Nanos
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We have updated the app with new features and AI technology for enhancement of hearing the audio. Shalawam.Great App!!
So I been looking for an app to learn ancient Hebrew for a min now n my Ahch showed me this app a few days. Long story short lol I love it 🙌🏾❤️apttmh for returning our language to us. There are a few errors n some changes that can be made to enhance the app. If possible I would love to reach out n provide feedback on those aspects if possible. I really want to see this app do well and get spread to all our ppl.Show lessRealnigga_swagg
Developer Response
Thawada (Thank you) for your feedback. We have updated the app with new features and AI technology for enhancement. We would be happy to hear concerns and possible errors in the app. Our goal is to make the app "community driven" and include/strategize with other experts and scholars. You can contact us by sending a message through the app and we will respond via email. Thank you for your support. Shalawam.
