Hebrew Bible Reader Reviews

Purchased Genesis. Was charged $9.99.
Read through chapter 3. System erased chapters once I read through them and asked for more money. I hope this is a s/w bug and not fraud.

This is a great concept and I was excited to try it. Unfortunately, when I click on a word, it doesn't show a translation, though it does read the word out loud. When I try to go beyond Genesis chapter 1, it shows that it can't connect to HebrewBibleReader store for in-app purchase but my phone has no other issues connecting to HebrewBibleReader store. The check boxes for sound on/off and translate on/off do not respond.

This would be great if the words were pronounced normally, like people actually speak. Instead, there's a substantial pause after each syllable in multi-syllable words, and sometimes even a pause in the middle of a syllable.

I deleted this as I was interested in the sound but it's not syllable by syllable but letter my letter and way to slow even at the fastest speed to make sense or be useful.

I lost $52.76. missing chunks of scripture. see 1 Chronicles 16:30-43 for example it’s not there etc...app developers won’t respond and Apple denied me my refund twice even though I sent them the receipt of purchase. DO NOT GET HebrewBibleReader YOU WILL GET ZERO SUPPORT. HebrewBibleReader devoloper has not responded to others either but they sure are keeping the money! Yes I do forgive them all but I would be just as guilty of defrauding a brother or sister if I didn’t speak up.
Here’s what I sent a few weeks ago on the Hebrew Psalm reader app. Still no resonse or support.

Well, it’s bad how I have to start this off. I was really enjoying the complete Hebrew Reader app. I had it downloaded on my old Ipad 2. Finally upgraded to a new ipad a couple of months ago. From icloud I was able to download all my data including apps. Hebrew Reader was one of them but at that time I had only purchased Genesis. Just a few nights ago I bought all the others on the new Ipad. Yep paid for the whole thing! Genesis through Malachi. All was well but while in the midst of doing some research I got to 1 Chronicles 16. 1 Chronicles 16 is suppose to have 43 verses but the Hebrew reader stopped at verse 29. Part of 29 in HebrewBibleReader translated but the other part did not. The rest of the verses did not continue into the next chapter as some other language translations have done. The rest of the verses just simply weren’t there. So I figured go to HebrewBibleReader store to ask about it. It would not let me! It said I had to own HebrewBibleReader to leave a comment. Hmm....I have $52.79 receipt that says I do. I was smart enough to not delete and reinstall as that could have cost me in more ways than one, so I was given a divine plan, meaning I didn’t come up with the plan my self. I was led to download this Psalms only reader app and pose this uhhhmmm, question, comment and expression of my confusion. So, what gives? Where is the rest of 1 Chronicles 16:30-43? (if that’s all that’s missing) and how come your Hebrewe Reader ownership info doesn’t pass from old device to new? I have this nagging feeling if I would have bought the complete Reader before upgrading my device I would have lost $50. Buyers beware. If this issue/glitch is not fixed you will lose your money. If I hadn’t backed up my info on icloud, which I didn’t want to do but glad I did, I would have lost the book of Genesis that I paid for. For those that choose not to use icloud for whatever your reason is, be especially aware. You WILL lose your stuff as Itunes no longer syncs to your computer. I realize the last sentence is old news but just incase someone missed out or didn’t make the connection because they hadn’t run into the problem I did yet. Thanks......

I really like the way this program is set up but the features don't work very well. Sometimes the audio piece doesn't work and sometimes the translation is way off. For example, the Hebrew word Shabbat is translated as the word name. When I followed up with tech support, here's the response I got.
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I'll put this on my to do list, but I don't expect to work on it any time soon, because I have many other things to work on.

Regards,
Shai

Love it! It is a little too small. When using the audio function it would quit out of it. I love the concept and how it works, just wish it worked better!

This is exactly what I have been looking for. Clear, easy to read text and pronunciation as well. Unfortunately, the voices are extremely robotic making it hard to listen to. Looking forward to seeing the next versions with better voices and variable speed.

Started with Free Version. Loved it. Works well and support is good. These people make the full Talmud as well and it actually talks and explains text in English. I’m a customer for all their stuff.

I love HebrewBibleReader, making great progress in my Hebrew reading. Can be useful for Bar Mitzvah preparation.

Perfect tool for learning Hebrew. It’s a great app.

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I find it very useful in learning to speak Hebrew. It is not great by itself. The words are exaggerated but when learning to speak, exaggeration works good. It is hard to hear the different sounds when Hebrew is simply read. I not only want to read Hebrew, I want to speak it and understand it in different dialects, HebrewBibleReader helps in that process