How to View Torah Verses

(1)  Click on one of the "Torah Chapter" buttons appearing on the left-hand portion of the screen (e.g. "Genesis 1")

(2)  Then click on "Download File" right below one of the chapter verses (e.g. "Genesis 1:1")

(3)  While "Genesis 1:1" is being downloaded to your computer, look at the horizontal bar in the lower right-hand section of your screen as it denotes the progress of the download in the form of a blue line moving from left to right.  When the download is complete, the blue line will disappear and the selected verse should appear on the screen.  Note:  If the verse is one page long, the Hebrew and English should appear correctly.  If the verse is two pages long, then the Hebrew text in the right-hand column might appear as unintelligible symbols.  To remedy this, click on the "refresh" icon (which is the fifth icon to the right of the "back" icon located at the top left section of your screen) (the "refresh" icon displays an arrow curving to the right with an arrow curving to the left under it).  When you are finished looking at an Adobe .pdf file and wish to go back to the web page, just click on the "back" button.

How to Read Torah Verses

(1)  Each file contains one verse of the Five Books of Moses.  If you look at the top of the page of Genesis 1:1, the first Hebrew word appearing in the rightmost column (pronounced "Say Fer").  Look to the left for its English equivalent "Book."  This verse is from Book One of the Five Books of Moses.

(2)  The next Hebrew word on the second line from the top (pronounced "Buh Ray Shees").  This is the Hebrew name of the First of the Five Books of Moses.  The English equivalent of "Buh Ray Shees" is "In the beginning."  This book is generally known in the English speaking world as "Genesis."  If you look at the bottom of the page of each translated verse (in the document "footer"), you will see the commonly known English form of denoting each chapter and verse of the Bible (e.g. "Genesis 1:1").  For the purpose of ideal computer file organization, the translator has named the Adobe Acrobat files of each verse of the Five Books of Moses using the universally recognizable English name which contains in its name the book, chapter and verse number (e.g. "Genesis-01-01.pdf").

(3)  The next Hebrew word on the third line from the top denotes the chapter title.  Although the first chapter in the first of the Five Books of Moses is also named "Buh Ray Shees," the subsequent chapters have different names.  Take a look at Torah Tablets of Contents.pdf which contains the name and synopsis of every chapter in the Five Books of Moses.

(4)  The next Hebrew word on the fourth line from the top (pronounced "Peh Rek") means "Chapter" as in "Chapter and Verse."

(5)  The next Hebrew word on the fifth line from the top denotes the chapter number which is comprised of one or two Hebrew letters.  Please note that Hebrew letters are also used as numbers.  To those who have no knowledge of Hebrew, studying these Hebrew letters would be a good place to begin.  Access and print the document named Hebrew-English Numbering 1 through 1000.pdf  For the purpose of studying the Five Books of Moses, concentrate on learning Hebrew numbers 1 through 100 (as "51" is the highest chapter number and "89" is the highest verse number).  Learn each Hebrew letter's numerical value and work on learning the proper pronunciation of each Hebrew letter by studying its English phonetical equivalent.  Access and print the following document provided for learning all the Hebrew letters in the alphabet: Hebrew Alphabet.pdf  When you are able to comprehend all the Hebrew letters, you can then access, print and study the Hebrew vowels which are contained in the document named Hebrew Alphabet and Vowels.pdf

(6)  The next Hebrew word on the seventh line from the top (pronounced "Paw Sook") which means "verse," denotes the verse number which follows on the next line.  As with the chapter number, it too is comprised of one or two Hebrew letters and you can study from the same documents denoted in paragraph 5 above.

(7)  The eighth line from the top is blank and it separates the "header" from the actual text of each verse.

(8)  The ninth line from the top contains the first Hebrew word of the particular verse in its rightmost column and its English equivalent in its leftmost column.

(9)  Read vertically, from top to bottom, one Hebrew word in the rightmost column.

(10)  Then read its English equivalent (in blue italics) in the leftmost column.

(11)  Then read the parenthetical English text appearing either before, in between and/or after the English equivalent of the Hebrew counterpart.

(12)  Then go on to read the next Hebrew word in the verse and repeat steps 10 through 12.