Work with Grammatically Tagged Texts
One of the most powerful features of Accordance is its ability to search the grammatically tagged texts (referred to as "tagged" texts). Accordance can use the grammatical information associated with tagged texts as part of a search definition in the Search Entry box or in the Construct tab. Understanding how to enter grammatical constraints for tagged Greek and Hebrew texts will help you perform powerful searches in those texts.
The tagged text database comprises the inflected form
The word as it appears in the original text, which may be modified from its base dictionary form (the word as it appears in the text), the word's lexical form The canonical (dictionary) form of a word, gloss Short definition of a word, and root A root is a unit of a language that cannot be further divided, from which words are derived by modification. The root does not necessarily survive as a word in itself. The Accordance roots may combine homographs and therefore a single root may include roots with different etymologies and meanings. In Hebrew, by convention, the lexical form (lemma) of a verb is the same as the root., and its parsing information. The parsing information is stored as a grammatical tag that specifies the part of speech, gender, tense, etc.
Prefixes and suffixes in the tagged Hebrew and related texts (and some untagged texts) are treated as separate words for search and analysis purposes. When searching for words that contain prefixes and suffixes, use a space to separate the prefix and suffix from the word itself. Searching via the Library or Amplify To select words or a reference and search for the selection in the text or tool of your choice. You can select the resource in the Library or Amplify menus. A triple-click is a shortcut which amplifies to the top tool of the relevant category. menu does this for you automatically.
The Hebrew suffix does not have a lexical form. To search for a suffix either enter the inflected form or describe it using the tag details.
There are several ways to view the tagging information of a text:
- The Instant Details displays the details for the word under the cursor.
- The Parsing and Word Chart commands (Toolbar or Amplify menu) show the details of each word in a text selection.
- The Analysis tab (Details) is used to create a breakdown of all the words found in the search, including the grammatical tagging if desired.
- The Key highlighting feature highlights the corresponding word in a Key number text (English text tagged with numbers linking to Greek and Hebrew), for the word under the cursor in a tagged text, and vice versa.
Following is a sample listing of grammatically tagged Greek and Hebrew texts available from Accordance Bible Software. Please visit our website for full details on these and other available content.
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