Judy Barrett

Every effort has been made to draw examples from the Haqdamah / Introduction (1.1a-14b). But, e.g., the particles  אֶת and  יַת  do not occur there. Still, Its goal is to give learners a leg up and a shared vocabulary for exploring Zoharic Aramaic. / Do use the following link for best viewing / downloading: https://aramaiczohar.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/grammatical-terms-useful-for-the-zohar/

This vocabulary marches straight down the Most Frequent Word list compiled by Moshe Koppel of Bar-Ilan University. Vocabulary is acquired at a rate of 12 new words/week. By the end of 1st semester, students will have studied 156-180 words and forms which occur in the Zohar between 850-11,460 times. / Contents: (p.1-6): Vocabulary Stam, divided by week; (p.7-12): Class List Vocabulary, with 1-3 most common meanings; (.13-18): Master Vocabulary, with full range of meanings used in the Zohar and cross-references to previous weeks. / Pp.1-12 have proven of profit to students, with pp. 13-18 a useful teaching tool. / The pdf is bookmarked.  Quizlet cards are at: https://quizlet.com/_a7nwvg?x=1qqt&i=1xk0jg

"Best of the Web  for the Zohar" focused on video and audio recordings. The “Subject Index” incorporates that material and expands it with open access articles, chapters, and even full books. There are over 600 subjects and 5,000 hyperlinks in the current revision. But regrettably, as discussed in the Preface, its format does not reach the level of our time. The field can do better.

Research for this chapter was completed in 2013, with a projected publication date of September 2014. However, the book did not appear until July 2019 [sic].  The intervening six years saw a plethora of research on the Zohar, including lexical and grammatical material. A reflection paper is anticipated which will bring my portion up to date.

This author grew up with the manual tradition and even now volumes fly around the house on carpentry, seamanship, shortwave, and ham radio. Known to the Greeks as an 'enchiridion' and to the Romans as a 'vade mecum', sometimes you just want either basic facts for reference or a way into a daunting field. The present handbook tries to address both desires.  / Davka Writer 7, on which this was written, has not updated its software for years -- rendering it useless for exporting hyperlinks. So Mitch Marcus (Professor Emeritus, RCA Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania) spent over 100 hours writing code and designing programs to make this pdf possible. This dear sweet man is, in the words of Berikh Shemeih, truly "a servant of the blessed Holy One". Working with him feels so very Zoharic. / Quick links for Cordovero's Or Yaqar [Ch.8: p.36 infra]:
v.1 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueTEJtVG1idVRLTFk/view?resourcekey=0-lx3gexayTgGxLdCxeDV5NQ)
v.2 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueamhkNnNRemRQdUk/view?resourcekey=0-J7RAYPPlLoVycuP1xJ_mLg)
v.3 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6uedHRQYlJ2NXNXdG8/view?resourcekey=0-5ubV-JArbVbqRGXWThlJbA)
v.4 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueRlNMaWdMMFRxSWc/view?resourcekey=0-bjoiSNwrXiwWtrQU9auMKg)
v.5 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueZzNXX0VrYXd1a2s/view?resourcekey=0-APe3v5C2Q_tPvi4MTCguoA)
v.6 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6uebm5Yclk2Z0hxcDA/view?resourcekey=0-zhCDlHdyk63rKi-s-KVXVw)
v.7 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueSVYxVGtocEh2TFE/view?resourcekey=0-7Mdo-Qz-vJs0pyUwEZ8Isw)
v.8 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueTU9PcU1WZlBOMGs/view?resourcekey=0-rNqXOoLqv4dstI_B-nGbWQ)
v.9 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueblAwTnd2QXNaUTQ/view?resourcekey=0-h3yQEaj5GfZxgTfNHsinYA)
v.10 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueYTNqZkwyOGFBRHM/view?resourcekey=0-hdRC6i-eCVd-6riWBI_qQQ)
v.11 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6uecEMySkxIQlpUdVk/view?resourcekey=0-GHN527e8gcRhJmPOEyh1GQ)
v.12 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueTm5hOEVYTEZhRDA/view?resourcekey=0-lR-ynwdP_-4z6Kv86ukJCw)
v.13 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6uedWNIRk1rdnc3Qzg/view?resourcekey=0-yEpB895aIDtTBZ-Agj0YoA)
v.14 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueNlhXWGtQMUxIVVk/view?resourcekey=0-bOP6dEhhdpsTvy6Azdwo2w)
v.15 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueTWZRNUdlOHJrYmM/view?resourcekey=0-QZL4UXxPbiOB8xEbqfBYyQ)
v.16 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueMjNKU1R3M08wQjQ/view?resourcekey=0-Xny_s0-rJVR4yfwIBnJ9fA)
v.17 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6uea0pmUDZKME56dXM/view?resourcekey=0-HkQ9muArMdbwu33XMS30_w)
v.21 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueR3JzaDFHdmozZVE/view?resourcekey=0-9DPHVn0UHxAK-J2shthZgw)
v.22 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueYkozelVrVU1MZGs/view?resourcekey=0-XXq8wnhujEtHyExbB1GVJQ)
v.23 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sJGa2WE6ueMzJFNnNiTkZtZkk/view?resourcekey=0-fb339-xmYzngkB8HCNJioQ)

This is intended to complement "Teaching the Syntax of the Sentence in the Zohar: markers of various clauses, sentences, and questions". It omit those main entries of Kaddari which I am unable to verify in the Bar Ilan database (pending their possible return upon completion of the Dictionary). It adds entries from my own research.

This little work draws entirely on the labor of Kaddari, though many of the examples are from my own research. The format follows that of such traditional textbooks as Kaegi’s
Short Grammar of Classical Greek and Gildersleeve’s Latin Grammar. It may be useful
for instruction, review, or independent study.

Beginner and veteran readers of Koine Greek can appreciate the efficacy of a compact work by Max Zerwick and Mary Grosvenor, A Grammatical Analysis of New Testament Greek. 1 The present little study attempts their format without, alas, achieving their erudition. But some learners of Zoharic Aramaic may find it useful. It reads from left to right; niqqud for the Aramaic text is that of Matoq mi-Devash. 2

This short work supplements both Twelve Lessons in Grammatical and Syntactic Analysis of the Zohar (2016) and A Topical Workbook in Advanced Grammar of the Zohar (forthcoming, 2018), but can also stand alone. It presents twenty-five grammatical subjects and over 150 drill questions. Please consider letting this author know your experience with it, so future versions may benefit.

This workbook, which will be posted here, is designed to accompany "Twelve Lessons in Grammatical and Syntactic Analysis of the Zohar". The contents are coordinated with both the Lessons-Texts and the Master Subject Index of that work, and with Kaddari. Intended to assist teachers of a 2nd year course in Zoharic Aramaic, its examples could be useful for class instruction or exam material.

These lessons are conceived as an aid for second year students of Zoharic Aramaic. They presume familiarity with both the Zohar’s basic grammar and the vocabulary of the Haqdamah; each is presented at
www.aramaiczohar.wordpress.com. The Master Index can serve as a partial index to Kaddari.

The subordinate clause is a component of a complex sentence. A preferred aspect of the Zohar's style, its occurrence anywhere in a sentence can often stymie new readers. This little guide shows the markers which indicate its onset and, hopefully, removes its sting.

The Zohar is rightly praised for the range of meanings expressed by its words and roots. This little study, however, notes the range of words and roots that express a similar meaning. Even as an ongoing project, it appears to be the first English-Aramaic glossary of the Zohar.