NOTICE THE PATTERN
Use recurring frames to identify the speaker and teaching.
Rabbinic texts repeatedly use compact frames such as הוא היה אומר, רבי פלוני אומר, and שנאמר. Learn these as structures while keeping each word available for inspection.
Pirkei Avot 1:2 · recurring teaching frame
הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר
Hu hayah omer
1Read aloud2Identify the form3Retrieve its function4Return to the source