The time for our Hebrew exam finally arrived today. For some reason or other, it was at 3pm, so we'd all spent most of the day cramming our heads full of as much detail as possible, and only then could we sit the exam. I'm very much a 9am exam kind of person. Get it out of the way. Give me the rest of the day off. Oh well, it wasn't to be this time.
So how was it? Well, it was ok. It really wasn't quite what I was expecting (some surprising content, and some things that I had studied weren't there). But I think I did fine.
One of the translations was taken from this bit of the Bible (Genesis 31:22-25):
(Left hand page, first few lines - all about Laban pursuing Jacob, and God speaking to Laban in a dream. Go on. Click on the picture and get the close-up. Just remember, every single one of those dots is there for a reason!).So that probably gives you some idea of where our Hebrew is up to. We were told the meaning of a few words in there that we didn't know, but otherwise, we just had to hack through on our own. It's quite a kick to discover that you can read God's word in the original language, even if the result, at this stage, is a pretty clunky translation :)
Straight after the exam we headed to Unca Bruce's for Nana's 80th Birthday Celebrations. Happy Birthday Nana!
Bruce cooked a truly wonderful roast for us all. And Neil's in town for the occasion, too. It was great to catch up with family after a taxing week.
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