L/V 10+ Tip of the Day #206 God's actions and speech

MJ. Smith

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This tip is inspired by the forum post: Searching for God's actions and direct speech - Logos Forums

How would I search for all of God's direct speech not spoken of by anybody else? For example I wouldn't want a passage like Genesis 48:4 where Jacob is saying what God said.

Try speaker:God NOT LDHB:"Reported Speech (Level 2)" where:

[quote]‵Reported Speech (Level 2)′: Sentences that are part of a spoken dialogue but are embedded within another speech. For the sake of reference, these sentences are indented two levels below the main verb of speaking that introduces the main speech. They are labeled according to their function like other sentences.

Steven Runge and Joshua Westbury, eds., The Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible: Glossary, Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012).

In addition to that, I would like every time God performs an action.

Try a Clause Search for agent:God 

Dave Hooton

Try speaker:God NOT LDHB:"Reported Speech (Level 2)"

It has its limitations as I replied in that thread.