Understanding Morphology Charts

Jordan Litchfield

I'm having trouble understanding a morphology chart. I'll post a picture below. It's of the adjective רִאשׁוֹן. The morphology chart says there are 100 instances of the adjective, but I noticed that several occurrences of the adjective in Exodus (where I was doing my particular study) are missing in the chart's analysis.

I did a search of the adjective in LHB and came up with 182 results in 174 verses. Just by looking at the occurrences in Exodus included in my search it seems that the results that are missing in the morphology chart are those which do not have a gender assigned.

I know that there are ongoing issues with the morphology charts (which I wish Logos would fix!!), but is this normal for a chart to leave adjectives missing a gender out of the chart?

Jack Caviness

Your search of for feminine; therefore, it will not return any hits that are not tagged feminine. There seems to be quite a few of these adjectives that are not tagged for gender in either LHB or BHS. The problem is not with the morph chart but with Logos tagging—or lack thereof.