ABSTRACT
Most experimental research in the psychology of reading Hebrew concentrates on deciphering Hebrew words. To provide the background knowledge needed for an understanding of this research, I describe the structure of Hebrew words in this chapter. The first part of the chapter is a brief introduction to the structure of Hebrew words; the second is a more extensive discussion of constructs such as root, pattern, and word structures in the verbal and nominal word groups (binyanim and mishkalim; see below). The intention is not to furnish a linguistically balanced or exhaustive description of Hebrew words (for this purpose I suggest a reading list at the end of the chapter); rather, the chapter is catered to those who study the psychology of reading Hebrew.
