Hebrew Old Testament

Complete Hebrew vocabulary with morphological parsing, Strong's numbers, and optimized reading orders.

Books

275,993

Total Tokens

8,399

Unique Lemmas

Isaiah

Optimal Starting Book

Optimized Reading Order Analysis

Both strategies start with Isaiah, which covers 2,391 unique lemmas (28.5% of the total Hebrew OT vocabulary) and has the highest overlap with the most frequent words across the corpus.

  Key insight: By reading Isaiah first, you learn vocabulary
  that recurs throughout the entire Hebrew OT — giving you maximum
  return on your study investment from day one.

A Strategy A — Minimal New Vocabulary

At each step, pick the book that introduces the fewest new lemmas. This keeps vocabulary growth as gradual as possible.

#↕	Book↕	Unique Lemmas↕	New Lemmas↕	Cumulative↕	% of Total Vocabulary↕	% Already Known↕
1	Isaiah	2,391	2,391	2,391	28.5%	0.0%
2	Obadiah	155	20	2,411	28.7%	87.1%
3	Haggai	192	26	2,437	29.0%	86.5%
4	Malachi	295	29	2,466	29.4%	90.2%
5	Jonah	232	31	2,497	29.7%	86.6%
6	Zephaniah	349	50	2,547	30.3%	85.7%
7	Joel	378	49	2,596	30.9%	87.0%
8	Nahum	328	48	2,644	31.5%	85.4%
9	Habakkuk	373	59	2,703	32.2%	84.2%
10	Ruth	305	64	2,767	32.9%	79.0%
11	Micah	549	81	2,848	33.9%	85.2%
12	Amos	617	88	2,936	35.0%	85.7%
13	Lamentations	541	83	3,019	35.9%	84.7%
14	Zechariah	697	99	3,118	37.1%	85.8%
15	Hosea	698	94	3,212	38.2%	86.5%
16	Ecclesiastes	541	100	3,312	39.4%	81.5%
17	Song of Solomon	467	114	3,426	40.8%	75.6%
18	Esther	454	109	3,535	42.1%	76.0%
19	Proverbs	1,244	218	3,753	44.7%	82.5%
20	Leviticus	933	234	3,987	47.5%	74.9%
21	Deuteronomy	1,399	222	4,209	50.1%	84.1%
22	2 Kings	1,212	212	4,421	52.6%	82.5%
23	1 Samuel	1,216	203	4,624	55.0%	83.3%
24	1 Kings	1,249	187	4,811	57.3%	85.0%
25	2 Chronicles	1,354	159	4,970	59.2%	88.3%
26	Judges	1,167	175	5,145	61.3%	85.0%
27	Exodus	1,377	172	5,317	63.3%	87.5%
28	2 Samuel	1,254	169	5,486	65.3%	86.5%
29	Jeremiah	1,847	208	5,694	67.8%	88.7%
30	Joshua	1,111	220	5,914	70.4%	80.2%
31	Nehemiah	1,040	217	6,131	73.0%	79.1%
32	Job	1,583	223	6,354	75.7%	85.9%
33	Psalms	2,083	205	6,559	78.1%	90.2%
34	Ezekiel	1,656	213	6,772	80.6%	87.1%
35	Numbers	1,397	217	6,989	83.2%	84.5%
36	Genesis	1,736	272	7,261	86.5%	84.3%
37	Ezra	944	326	7,587	90.3%	65.5%
38	1 Chronicles	1,883	404	7,991	95.1%	78.5%
39	Daniel	1,084	408	8,399	100.0%	62.4%

  Steepest step: #39 Daniel
  — 408 new lemmas
  (62.36% already known)

  Easiest step: #2 Obadiah
  — 20 new lemmas
  (87.1% already known)

B Strategy B — Maximum Readability

At each step, pick the book where you already know the highest percentage of its vocabulary. This maximizes comprehension at each step.

#↕	Book↕	Unique Lemmas↕	New Lemmas↕	Cumulative↕	% of Total Vocabulary↕	% Already Known↕
1	Isaiah	2,391	2,391	2,391	28.5%	0.0%
2	Malachi	295	30	2,421	28.8%	89.8%
3	Obadiah	155	19	2,440	29.1%	87.7%
4	Haggai	192	26	2,466	29.4%	86.5%
5	Jonah	232	31	2,497	29.7%	86.6%
6	Joel	378	51	2,548	30.3%	86.5%
7	Zephaniah	349	48	2,596	30.9%	86.2%
8	Nahum	328	48	2,644	31.5%	85.4%
9	Habakkuk	373	59	2,703	32.2%	84.2%
10	Amos	617	95	2,798	33.3%	84.6%
11	Micah	549	80	2,878	34.3%	85.4%
12	Hosea	698	107	2,985	35.5%	84.7%
13	Zechariah	697	101	3,086	36.7%	85.5%
14	Lamentations	541	74	3,160	37.6%	86.3%
15	Ruth	305	52	3,212	38.2%	83.0%
16	Ecclesiastes	541	100	3,312	39.4%	81.5%
17	Proverbs	1,244	239	3,551	42.3%	80.8%
18	Psalms	2,083	417	3,968	47.2%	80.0%
19	Job	1,583	256	4,224	50.3%	83.8%
20	Song of Solomon	467	77	4,301	51.2%	83.5%
21	Deuteronomy	1,399	229	4,530	53.9%	83.6%
22	Jeremiah	1,847	288	4,818	57.4%	84.4%
23	2 Kings	1,212	156	4,974	59.2%	87.1%
24	1 Samuel	1,216	169	5,143	61.2%	86.1%
25	1 Kings	1,249	169	5,312	63.2%	86.5%
26	2 Chronicles	1,354	163	5,475	65.2%	88.0%
27	Exodus	1,377	183	5,658	67.4%	86.7%
28	Leviticus	933	92	5,750	68.5%	90.1%
29	2 Samuel	1,254	160	5,910	70.4%	87.2%
30	Judges	1,167	139	6,049	72.0%	88.1%
31	Ezekiel	1,656	219	6,268	74.6%	86.8%
32	Esther	454	78	6,346	75.6%	82.8%
33	Numbers	1,397	244	6,590	78.5%	82.5%
34	Genesis	1,736	280	6,870	81.8%	83.9%
35	Joshua	1,111	186	7,056	84.0%	83.3%
36	Nehemiah	1,040	205	7,261	86.5%	80.3%
37	1 Chronicles	1,883	413	7,674	91.4%	78.1%
38	Ezra	944	317	7,991	95.1%	66.4%
39	Daniel	1,084	408	8,399	100.0%	62.4%

  Steepest step: #18 Psalms
  — 417 new lemmas
  (79.98% already known)

  Easiest step: #3 Obadiah
  — 19 new lemmas
  (87.74% already known)

Downloads

Master Files

All Tokens (Canonical Order) — 275,993 rows, every word occurrence
Unique Lemmas (Canonical Order) — 8,399 rows, first occurrence of each lemma

Optimized Master Files

Strategy A: All Tokens · Unique Lemmas · Summary CSV
Strategy B: All Tokens · Unique Lemmas · Summary CSV
Reports: Strategy A Report · Strategy B Report

Per-Book Files (Canonical Order)

Each book is available as a full token list and a unique-lemma list.

Show 39 book downloads

Book	Tokens	Unique Lemmas	Download
Genesis	18,551	1,736	Full Unique
Exodus	15,206	1,377	Full Unique
Leviticus	10,860	933	Full Unique
Numbers	14,806	1,397	Full Unique
Deuteronomy	12,888	1,399	Full Unique
Joshua	9,096	1,111	Full Unique
Judges	8,958	1,167	Full Unique
Ruth	1,148	305	Full Unique
1 Samuel	12,128	1,216	Full Unique
2 Samuel	10,083	1,254	Full Unique
1 Kings	12,063	1,249	Full Unique
2 Kings	11,361	1,212	Full Unique
1 Chronicles	9,588	1,883	Full Unique
2 Chronicles	12,284	1,354	Full Unique
Ezra	3,425	944	Full Unique
Nehemiah	4,802	1,040	Full Unique
Esther	2,828	454	Full Unique
Job	7,109	1,583	Full Unique
Psalms	16,749	2,083	Full Unique
Proverbs	5,928	1,244	Full Unique
Ecclesiastes	2,721	541	Full Unique
Song of Solomon	1,090	467	Full Unique
Isaiah	15,325	2,391	Full Unique
Jeremiah	20,078	1,847	Full Unique
Lamentations	1,352	541	Full Unique
Ezekiel	17,099	1,656	Full Unique
Daniel	5,439	1,084	Full Unique
Hosea	2,097	698	Full Unique
Joel	874	378	Full Unique
Amos	1,864	617	Full Unique
Obadiah	264	155	Full Unique
Jonah	622	232	Full Unique
Micah	1,265	549	Full Unique
Nahum	505	328	Full Unique
Habakkuk	601	373	Full Unique
Zephaniah	711	349	Full Unique
Haggai	555	192	Full Unique
Zechariah	2,868	697	Full Unique
Malachi	802	295	Full Unique

Optimized Reading Order Files

Per-book files in optimized order. Each book includes Full (all tokens), Unique (first occurrence per lemma), and New (lemmas not seen in earlier books).

Strategy A — 39 book downloads

#	Book	New Lemmas	Download
1	Isaiah	2,391	Full Unique New
2	Obadiah	20	Full Unique New
3	Haggai	26	Full Unique New
4	Malachi	29	Full Unique New
5	Jonah	31	Full Unique New
6	Zephaniah	50	Full Unique New
7	Joel	49	Full Unique New
8	Nahum	48	Full Unique New
9	Habakkuk	59	Full Unique New
10	Ruth	64	Full Unique New
11	Micah	81	Full Unique New
12	Amos	88	Full Unique New
13	Lamentations	83	Full Unique New
14	Zechariah	99	Full Unique New
15	Hosea	94	Full Unique New
16	Ecclesiastes	100	Full Unique New
17	Song of Solomon	114	Full Unique New
18	Esther	109	Full Unique New
19	Proverbs	218	Full Unique New
20	Leviticus	234	Full Unique New
21	Deuteronomy	222	Full Unique New
22	2 Kings	212	Full Unique New
23	1 Samuel	203	Full Unique New
24	1 Kings	187	Full Unique New
25	2 Chronicles	159	Full Unique New
26	Judges	175	Full Unique New
27	Exodus	172	Full Unique New
28	2 Samuel	169	Full Unique New
29	Jeremiah	208	Full Unique New
30	Joshua	220	Full Unique New
31	Nehemiah	217	Full Unique New
32	Job	223	Full Unique New
33	Psalms	205	Full Unique New
34	Ezekiel	213	Full Unique New
35	Numbers	217	Full Unique New
36	Genesis	272	Full Unique New
37	Ezra	326	Full Unique New
38	1 Chronicles	404	Full Unique New
39	Daniel	408	Full Unique New

Strategy B — 39 book downloads

#	Book	New Lemmas	Download
1	Isaiah	2,391	Full Unique New
2	Malachi	30	Full Unique New
3	Obadiah	19	Full Unique New
4	Haggai	26	Full Unique New
5	Jonah	31	Full Unique New
6	Joel	51	Full Unique New
7	Zephaniah	48	Full Unique New
8	Nahum	48	Full Unique New
9	Habakkuk	59	Full Unique New
10	Amos	95	Full Unique New
11	Micah	80	Full Unique New
12	Hosea	107	Full Unique New
13	Zechariah	101	Full Unique New
14	Lamentations	74	Full Unique New
15	Ruth	52	Full Unique New
16	Ecclesiastes	100	Full Unique New
17	Proverbs	239	Full Unique New
18	Psalms	417	Full Unique New
19	Job	256	Full Unique New
20	Song of Solomon	77	Full Unique New
21	Deuteronomy	229	Full Unique New
22	Jeremiah	288	Full Unique New
23	2 Kings	156	Full Unique New
24	1 Samuel	169	Full Unique New
25	1 Kings	169	Full Unique New
26	2 Chronicles	163	Full Unique New
27	Exodus	183	Full Unique New
28	Leviticus	92	Full Unique New
29	2 Samuel	160	Full Unique New
30	Judges	139	Full Unique New
31	Ezekiel	219	Full Unique New
32	Esther	78	Full Unique New
33	Numbers	244	Full Unique New
34	Genesis	280	Full Unique New
35	Joshua	186	Full Unique New
36	Nehemiah	205	Full Unique New
37	1 Chronicles	413	Full Unique New
38	Ezra	317	Full Unique New
39	Daniel	408	Full Unique New