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This is a phenomenal dictionary. Some
things that make it so great:
1) Huge numbers of usage examples, at a
wide range of levels of formality. The
examples give information that's lacking
in most dictionaries, such as which
preposition (s) to use with a given verb.
They also contain a wealth of idiomatic
constructions. I'm amazed at how much time
I've spent just browsing through the
examples in this book.
2) Excellent differentiation between
multiple meanings of a word. If there are
multiple Hebrew words that correspond to a
given English word, they are very clearly
differentiated, often with examples that
further clarify when to use which (see
above).
3) The vocabulary covered is VERY
comprehensive and covers all ranges of
style, from literary to colloquial
(including, I was happy to discover, many
obscenities).
This dictionary also is not necessarily
for beginners. Some reasons that it's not
necessarily for beginners:
1) It's English-to-Hebrew only; if
you're looking for a very first
dictionary, you might do better with a
bilingual one.
2) It doesn't list the gender of nouns,
nor does it list irregular plurals.
(Gender and plurals can generally be
figured out, if you know the rules, but
it's nice to have them made explicit.)
Since this dictionary is published by
Oxford, the English is overwhelmingly
British. This is most obvious in the fact
that many British idiomatic expressions
are included, while American ones seem
less well-represented... |
