Hebrew Tag Code Tables

Note This topic has not yet been updated to reflect the changes in Version 11.1.1.

When working with a grammatically tagged text, you can use tag details as part of your search criteria. These parameters can be included in your search argument as part of a Construct tab (by dragging a part of speech palette item into an element column) or through the use of the Tags submenu (Search menu) from the search entry box.

This topic contains a comprehensive listing of all valid settings for each of the parts of speech of the tagged Hebrew and Aramaic texts. Some tag options are only available based on the settings for other tags within the same part of speech. For example, the noun gender, number, and case can only be set when the class is set to common.

Each table also shows the abbreviated form and tag code symbol for each of these options. The Tag display pop-up menus in the Parsing and Analysis display dialog boxes is used to view the full parsing information, abbreviated forms, or tag codes.

The tag codes are made up of single letters and are displayed in the same order as the full parsing information. Thus, a C in the tag code for an adjective means either common or construct, depending on where it appears in the code. This Parsing tab has been set to display tag codes.

The third tag code in this tab, VQP3MS, shows that ברא is a VERB qal perfect third person masculine singular.

Notes The tag codes are not exactly identical to those in the Westminster Hebrew Morphological Database. Minor changes were necessary to make each tag code within a detail unique. Unlike Westminster, the codes are NOT case sensitive. Options that apply only to Aramaic text are italicized in the tables below, and in the Accordance dialog boxes.

If a tag option is undefined, the space is filled with 0.

The following tables list the Hebrew tags, abbreviations and tag codes for each part of speech.