I desire to construct a visual filter that uses LHB morphorology tagging to identify definite nouns. Can anyone assist?
Proper names will be easier to deal with than definite nouns in general, as a noun can be definite (aka 'determined') for many different reasons. A noun can be definite because of an attached article, because it has a pronominal suffix, because it's a construct noun followed by an absolute noun which has an article, because it's a proper name, because the lexeme itself is definite and so on. Personal pronouns and many demonstratives are also determined by nature. If you want to make a filter just for proper names, the morph code @NP should work fairly well. To snag everything that is definite will take rather more work.
What I am trying to figure out is how to display nouns with the definite article "ha" as a means to investigate those nouns that are conveying uniqueness, particularization, and demonstratative force. Any assistance is greatly welcome.
See if this does what you want:
@N AFTER 0 WORDS @A
I tested it on Genesis 1 and it seems to work, even when there is an attached preposition (e.g. Gen 1:5: לָאוֹר֙).
I tried @N ANDEQUALS @A, but it returned nothing.
What I am trying to figure out is how to display nouns with the definite article "ha"
Tried a couple of methods, but both return large numbers of hits.
Interesting that within 0 words returns more hits than within 1 word [^o)]
Jack ... tried same and found similiar issues. I am not sure that I will be able to do what I desire. Thanks for trying.
Harry,
Thanks for looking into this ... when I tried this specifically on Job 1:6, the definite noun "satan" is not highlighted. I saw one post that states the query only searches just the s"surface", but I find that hard to believe.
Interesting that within 0 words returns more hits than within 1 word
"WITHIN" means that the article could occur before or after the noun. "WITHIN 1 WORD" means that the article must be part of the word directly before or after the noun. WITHIN 0 WORDS means that the article must be attached to the noun as the same "word" (sequence of attached characters).
"WITHIN 1 WORD" does not allow for the article to be attached to the noun (this is "0 WORDS"). If you wanted to find either the word before/after or the same word, then you would need "WITHIN 0-1 WORDS"
Technically WITHIN 0 WORDS is the same as BEFORE 0 WORDS and AFTER 0 WORDS since the "0" means it is the same word.
So to get an attached article you should use WITHIN 0 WORDS, otherwise you will get false matches.
Harry, Thanks for looking into this ... when I tried this specifically on Job 1:6, the definite noun "satan" is not highlighted. I saw one post that states the query only searches just the s"surface", but I find that hard to believe.
@N WITHIN 0 WORDS @A does find הַשָּׂטָ֖ן (Satan).
when I tried this specifically on Job 1:6, the definite noun "satan" is not highlighted.
Puzzled by Logos Hebrew Morphological tagging of Absolute in Job 1:6 instead of Determined for a noun that has a definite article:
Keep Smiling [:)]
I agree, that is puzzling. That is why I prefer to do searches on simple morphology and make the interpretive decisions for myself. The category "Determined" is more of a functional tag than a morphological tag.
For what it is worth, the Anderson-Forbes Hebrew Bible classifies it as definite.
Harry ... I have attached screen shot and unfortunately, I can not replicate what you were able to do. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
One more puzzle since Morph Search does not find untranslated Hebrew article in ESV in Job 1:6
I have attached screen shot and unfortunately, I can not replicate what you were able to do.
In my experience, proximity searches are unreliable on reverse interlinear Bibles. In a reverse Interlinear word order is based on English, not Greek or Hebrew. You will notice in the Interlinear ribbon that they separated the article from the noun Satan. Also, since the article is not translated (represented by the dot in the interlinear ribbon), it appears that the reverse interlinear does not even search for it.
Someone who knows the internals of the reverse interlinears may have a better answer. This is based on my observations.
I wanted to create a visual filter for Greek anarthrous nouns, but I have not had reliable results.
The solution is to do a search on a Greek or Hebrew text and then display a reverse interlinear English Bible side-by-side in the search results window. This will highlight the appropriate words in Hebrew and English.
Harry ... thanks ... you are confirming what I have been experiencing ... I just got lazy with the way it was described in the Learning Biblical Hebrew video series. Again, thanks for your assistance.
Thanks for replying ... it looks like I will need to use AFAT along with the ESV in the search capability to continue my analysis.
