Word with different lemmas in different lexicon

MJ. Smith
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edited November 21 in English Forum

When a lexicon doesn't come up for a particular lemma, what is the best way to find the lemma used for the word in that lexicon?

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • David Paul
    David Paul Member Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭

    ToC? That would require a sense of the OL alphabet. An example might help. Are you looking up Hebrew or Greek...or something else? I know Hebrew has a variety of letters that drop out of the initial position of the tri-literal root and can then have prefixes merged in that sometimes are listed as the "new" word and sometimes under the fundamental lexeme.

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  • MJ. Smith
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    I'm looking for a "generic" answer or two answers (Greek, Hebrew) for people with rusty, limited, or almost no knowledge of the original language who just happen to run a BWS assuming it will help them.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • John
    John Member Posts: 548 ✭✭

    I'm looking for a "generic" answer or two answers (Greek, Hebrew) for people with rusty, limited, or almost no knowledge of the original language who just happen to run a BWS assuming it will help them.

    People with little or no knowledge just use Strong's numbers [8-|]

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

    People with little or no knowledge just use Strong's numbers Geeked

    Unfortunately, it only covers the truncated canon. [;)]

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."