Search Question: Saying 'no'

What is the most efficient way to search either OT or NT (separate) for all the instances of a person saying 'no'?

How would I refine the search to exclude instances of God (F/S/HS) saying 'no'?

I'm struggling with how to use the <sense to speak> thing and get it right. I don't want the word 'no' used as an adjective "no one answered", etc.

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Justin Gatlin

There is currently no way to do a search for something like no WITHIN {Speaker <Person *>}. I do not know of away to check if something is tagged as speech.

Here is a genuine monstrosity of a search: ("said","answered","asked") AND "no" NOTEQUALS ({Speaker <Person God>},{Speaker <Person Jesus>},{Speaker <Person Angel of the Lord>}, {Speaker <Person Holy Spirit>}) It does sort of work, though. There are some false positives and I imagine that there are some things missed (probably long discourses, so "said" is not close enough). But what we really need is wildcard support for this kind of tagging.

Doc B

Thanks, Justin. I'll fiddle with this one a bit.

Any other suggestions from anyone who has a different idea how to do this?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796613#Comment_796613

Any other suggestions from anyone who has a different idea how to do this?

I mucked around with no WITHIN ({Speaker <Person God>}, ...) ---> adding other speakers separated by comma

It's OK as it eliminates unwanted results when using morphology for "negation" or "negative" words; even though you have to disregard phrases like "no longer", "no one", "no work" etc.

But the genuine instances may only come from (<ln 69.2>, <H61>) WITHIN ({Speaker <Person Jesus>}, {Speaker <Person God>})

Doc B

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796714#Comment_796714

Thanks, Dave. That's a twist I hadn't tried.