Pronoun & Antecedent Tool?

Am I correct in understanding that we do not yet have a tool in Logos 7 to know when a pronoun is given like "he" or "you" that it will show you its antecedent (eg. in the immediate context?)

Do we have a tool to know when the word "he" refers to God and when it refers to another? Like the NKJV's use of capital letters to highlight when it is referring to God?

I thought I saw a video on that, and I cannot find the video now.

Or is this too deep into actual interpretation for now so that not everyone would necessarily agree on it at times that such a tool in reality cannot be made?

Could it then be made when there is no uncertainty to speed up studying and not work when there is ambiguity, highlighting the fact one would then need to spend time more investigating the possible ambiguity?

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Graham Criddle

Do we have a tool to know when the word "he" refers to God and when it refers to another?

Personal pronouns are tagged with the people to whom they refer - as shown below on the right. As shown on the left you can run a search for pronouns and who they refer to

Does this give you what you want?

Dr. Ken

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/884289#Comment_884289

Yes! Perfect! That is what I was looking for! I knew there was a way to do this! Thanks! God Bless you!

Dr. Ken

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/884295#Comment_884295

Graham, it doesn't seem to work all the time.

For example, in Gal. 4:8, when I right click "those" in the ESV it does not tell me who the antecedent is. Can you help me out again? Thanks!

When I try principles in vs. 10 it just says "Body (Thing)"

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/912167#Comment_912167

Hi Ken

it doesn't seem to work all the time

Yes there are times when the tagging isn't there or incorrect

For example, in Gal. 4:8, when I right click "those" in the ESV it does not tell me who the antecedent is

This looks like an omission

When I try principles in vs. 10 it just says "Body (Thing)"

This does seem rather strange - I think this is incorrect.

Flagging them here will sometimes get the attention of someone from Faithlife - but you can also report them using the "Report Typo" feature in the context menu

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/912191#Comment_912191

For example, in Gal. 4:8, when I right click "those" in the ESV it does not tell me who the antecedent is

This looks like an omission

The translation might lead you to believe it is a pronoun, but the tagging is based on a Greek text where it is an article.

David Thomas

Am I correct in understanding that we do not yet have a tool in Logos 7 to know when a pronoun is given like "he" or "you" that it will show you its antecedent (eg. in the immediate context?)

Or is this too deep into actual interpretation for now so that not everyone would necessarily agree on it at times

It appears that you are aware that interpreting pronouns is not always cut and dried. Even though the L7 tagging exists (and I am glad it is there!), you may not agree with their conclusions.

example: "may his name be renowned in Israel!" in Ruth 4:14. Faithlife concludes the antecedent of "his" (וֹ in Hebrew) is "redeemer" and that "redeemer" speaks of the child later named Obed in v.17. Others believe "his" refers to the Lord(יְהוָ֔ה in Hebrew), because it was the Lord who is praiseworthy for the redemption of Naomi.

I don't want this thread to get hijacked by those who want to share their interpretive opinions of who the antecedent is, I just want to share that there is an interpretive question and that users may or may not agree with the tagging.