Sha'ar o Petach el Leshon Hakodesh A gate or door to the holy tongue, opened in English. Containing. 1. The chief and necessary grounds of the Hebrew grammar. 2. A table for the Hebrew roots, in which all the roots of the Bible are set down; and a plain and read way presently to find out the roots of all Hebrew words which are deficient in one or two of their radicall letters, is described. 3. A praxis to the grammar and the table, upon the prophecy by Obadiah; the Decalogue, and the twelfth chapter of Isaiah: wherein the Hebrew text it self, is first set down; and then every Hebrew word of those places of Scripture is read in English letters, then expounded, and grammatically resolved in English; and all in so plain and easie a way, as may be made use of by any ordinary capacity of either sexe. By William Robertson, Master of Arts, from the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, now residing and teaching Hebrew in London.

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• Sha'ar o Petach el Leshon Hakodesh A gate or door to the holy tongue, opened in English. Containing. 1. The chief and necessary grounds of the Hebrew grammar. 2. A table for the Hebrew roots, in which all the roots of the Bible are set down; and a plain and read way presently to find out the roots of all Hebrew words which are deficient in one or two of their radicall letters, is described. 3. A praxis to the grammar and the table, upon the prophecy by Obadiah; the Decalogue, and the twelfth chapter of Isaiah: wherein the Hebrew text it self, is first set down; and then every Hebrew word of those places of Scripture is read in English letters, then expounded, and grammatically resolved in English; and all in so plain and easie a way, as may be made use of by any ordinary capacity of either sexe. By William Robertson, Master of Arts, from the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, now residing and teaching Hebrew in London.
• Gate or door to the holy tongue

People / Organizations

• Joseph Cranford ("printed for")
• William Robertson (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford; and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard; at the sign of the Phenix, 1653.

Publication year

1653

ESTC No.

R208468

Grub Street ID

84720

Description

[12], 131, [1] p. ; 8⁰

Note

A second part, "The second gate, or The inner door to the holy tongue" (Wing R1618), was published in the following year. It includes a Hebrew dictionary.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nou. 14".

Imprimatur on titlepage verso: October 28. 1653. Imprimatur Ed. Calamy. This book is to be sold either in Pauls Church-yard, by Joseph Cranford at the sign of the Phenix; and by Iohn Crook, and by Iohn Baker, at the sign of the ship; or in Duck-lane, by Thomas Huntington at the sign of the Princes Armes, near Smithfield: or where the author himself now stayeth, at Mr. Hewers over against the Sun and Bible in Pie-Corner near Sepulchers Church.

Variant text of imprimatur: ... This book is also to be sold at a very easie rate, where the author himself now stayeth, at Mr. Hewers over against the Sun and Bible in Pie-Corner, near St Sepulchers Church; and in Duck-lane, by Thomas Huntington at the sign of the Princes Armes, near Smithfield.

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