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Hebrew uses an abjad script (Aleph-Bet), where vowels are often omitted in everyday writing. For a beginner, looking at a page of Hebrew text can be daunting. You might see the letters כתב (K-T-V), but without vowels, you don't know if it is pronounced katav (he wrote), kotev (he writes/writer), or ktav (a written document).
Without the audio, the Assimil Hebrew book is just a very good graded reader. With the audio, it becomes a full sensory immersion tool. Here is why the is non-negotiable for this language: assimil hebrew audio