Looking for a substantive
Hi,
I was looking at Matthew 18:6 where Jesus refers to "little ones" I wanted to see where else Jesus referred to "little ones" so searched on <Lemma = lls/el/μικρός>.
There were not many results (8), but some were simple adjectives not substantives. In this case there are so few its not problem, but in another case would it be possible to limit the search to only look for substantive uses of an adjective?
thanks
karl
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There are two pre-built syntax searches for the opentext.org database that may give you want you are looking for. (1) Substantive Modified Adjectivally
(2) Substantive Used Adjectivally.
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You could also check the Bible Sense Lexicon.
There is a sense for when "little one" is used for "child": child ⇔ little one.
The Lemma display is still broken for any multi-word item, but you can see all the verses where this sense occurs.
Hope that helps!
-Mark (of the Bible Sense Lexicon team)
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Thanks Mark
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Fredc said:
There are two pre-built syntax searches for the opentext.org database that may give you want you are looking for. (1) Substantive Modified Adjectivally
Mark Keaton said:You could also check the Bible Sense Lexicon.
There is a sense for when "little one" is used for "child": child ⇔ little one.
Noticed Syntax Search results include Bible Sense Lexicon verses.
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Thank you for this, but infortunately I do not have the open text database. But. This certainly seems to be what I need.
Thanks
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Thanks for this suggestion, however, in my case it would presuppose what I was wanting to check. Ie is "little ones" used to refer to anything other than children.
Thanks for reminding me about the bible sense database tho
Thanks
Karl0
