Tip 33: Factbook Biblical Person: Lemma: Bible Word Study: Andersen-Forbes Semantic Domains
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For Semantic Domains, Louw-Nida (and its extension to Hebrew via Swanson) and Andersen-Forbes are the available options. A comparison of their root categories illustrates the differences in emphasis:
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Louw-Nida
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Andersen-Forbes
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- Geographical Objects and Features
- Natural Substances
- Plants
- Animals
- Foods and Condiments
- Artifacts
- Constructions
- Body, Body Parts, and Body Products
- People
- Kinship Terms
- Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes
- Supernatural Being and Powers
- Be, Become, Exist, Happen
- Physical Events and States
- Linear Movement
- Non-linear Movements
- Stances and Events Related to Stances
- Attachment
- Physical Impact
- Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill
- Danger, Risk, Safe, Save
- Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances
- Physiological Processes and States
- Sensory Events and States
- Attitudes and Emotions
- Psychological Faculties
- Learn
- Know
- Memory and Recall
- Think
- Hold a View, Believe, Trust
- Understand
- Communication
- Association
- Help, Care-For
- Guide, Discipline, Follow
- Control, Rule
- Punish, Reward
- Hostility, Strife
- Reconciliation, Forgiveness
- Behavior and Related States
- Perform, Do
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry, Fishing
- Building, Constructive
- Household Activities
- Activities Involving Liquids or Masses
- Activities involving Cloth
- Activities involving Clothing and Adorning
- Contest and Play
- Festivals
- Funerals and Burial
- Religious Activities
- Maritime Activities
- Military Activities
- Courts and Legal Procedures
- Possess, Transfer, Exchange
- Nature, Class, Example
- Quantity
- Number
- Sequence
- Arrange, Organize
- Whole, Unite, Part, Divide
- Comparison
- Value
- Proper, Improper
- Time
- Aspect
- Affirmation, Negation
- Real, Unreal
- Mode
- True, False
- Genuine, Phony
- Able, Capable
- Adequate, Qualified
- Power, Force
- Ready, Prepared
- Degree
- Features of Objects
- Space
- Spatial Dimensions
- Spatial Orientations
- Spatial Positions
- Spatial Extensions
- Existence in Space
- Weight
- Status
- Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
- Relations
- Case
- Discourse Markers
- Discourse Referentials
- Names of Persons and Places
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Substantive Semantics:
- Abstract Concept
- Appliance / Furniture
- Body Part
- Building
- Color
- Creature
- Deity
- Document
- Event
- Food
- Garment / Apparel
- Geographic Name / Place
- Human
- Medical Term
- Mental State
- Quality
- Quantity
- Spatial and Directional
- Substance
- Thing (default semantics)
- Time / Season
- Undecidable/ Unknown
- Utensil
- Valuable
- Vegetation
- Vocable
- War Term
- Work
Verbal Semantics / Valency:
- Attitude
- Caused Motion
- Destruction
- Stative
- Temporal Locative
- Intransitive
- Movement
- Call (qr’)
- Say (‘mr)
- Transitive
- Utterance (except ‘mr)
- Ditransitive Hiphil
- Existence
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To illustrate both the use of each system and the difference between them:
Step 1: Open the NRSV (1) to Genesis 1:29 (2), the first occurrence of “food” as identified by the Find command (3) (4).
Step 2: Open the Context Menu though the right-click (5) and note that the left side show neither the Louw-Nida/Swanson coding nor the Andersen-Forbes coding for Semantic Domains. Select Show more information (6) which will open the Information Panel.
Step 3: The Dictionary section of the Information Panel show the definition in Swanson which includes the Louw-Nida semantic domain coding. Note no values for the Andersen-Forbes coding have been shown.
Step 4: Build a Search for LN 5.1-5.22 against the NRSV, remembering that the Louw-Nida coding may be accessed via the reverse interlinear. Run the search and note that only the New Testament is included in the results.
To find food in the Andersen-Forbes semantic domains:
Step 1: Open The Hebrew Bible: Andersen-Forbes Analyzed Text. 2008. Francis I. Andersen; A. Dean Forbes (1) which contains Andersen-Forbes coding.
Step 2: Select “food” in Genesis 1:29 (2). Open the Context Menu and select “<> Food Semantic Domain (Andersen-Forbes Hebrew (3) on the left side. Choose the action Search: All Open (4) on the right.
Step 3: Run the search and view the results – in the Old Testament only, Hebrew only.
