Tuesday 18 December 2018

On making a glossary

A reader asked for a glossary so I have finally gotten around to getting it out of the database. I have wanted to for a while. It is of course still temporary - nothing is ever final.

I managed to get the Hebrew-English glossary down to about 2500 pages. There were a number of technical glitches. At first I tried 23 separate files, but that was painful and they clearly needed some formatting. I tried an html to pdf converter but some of the files would not process and when I put everything into one file, it was too big (44M now down to 29M).

The 'final' file was too big for ms Word to read so I brought it up in chrome and via ctrl-a pasted it into a blank word document. (It's possible Word might open it now). Then I saved as docx. From there although very slow with Word repaginating  or wasting its time counting words every now and then, it was possible to save as pdf. Word crashed if I touched anything before saving it.

To develop the package I had to work out a way to break by stem, and collect the 'where found' into a sufficiently small space. For the big file, there is no formatting required for replacing it. For now I want to be able to reproduce it in as few steps as possible since it is subject to correction as I will demonstrate with this first sample.

Below you can see the longest word with the stem אב - is it this one ולאבותיהם? There's a very strange looking one at the bottom of the list. (Now fixed). I have no idea how this one happened!

Often an error will uncover a pattern of errors. But this one is impossible on all counts. Even my earliest algorithm for recognizing stems would never have deleted a tsade. And certainly not reversed אב to בא. So this looks like a one-off. Tsaade is of course in the 'first 11' (that's a cricket metaphor). It is among the 11 letters that do not act in a grammatical fashion.

(Ignore the links below - they are automatically put in by the blog and I didn't test the abbreviations.)

אב
Word formGlossWhere found
אב
a father ofGen 17:5
אב
a fatherGen 44:19; Num 30:17; Eze 22:10; Mal 1:6, 1:6; Psa 103:13; Pro 10:1, 15:20, 19:26; Job 29:16, 38:28; Lam 5:3
אב
a parentPro 4:1, 13:1
אב
ancestralJos 22:14
אב
fatherGen 44:20; Isa 38:19; Eze 22:7; Mic 7:6; Mal 2:10; Est 2:7; 1Ch 24:6
אב
the ancestor2Ch 35:5
אב
the father ofNum 25:15
אב
the fatherNum 3:24, 3:30, 3:35, 17:17, 25:14; 1Ch 23:11
אבהתי
my fathersDan 2:23
אבהתך
your ancestorsEzr 4:15
אבהתנא
our ancestorsEzr 5:12
אבוהי
his fatherDan 5:2
אבוך
your fatherDan 5:11, 5:11, 5:11, 5:18
אבות
fathersDeu 24:16, 24:16; 2Kgs 14:6, 14:6; 2Ch 25:4, 25:4
אבות
forebearsExo 34:7; Num 14:18; Deu 5:9
אבות
from ancestorsPro 19:14
אבות
parents ofNum 31:26; Jos 14:1
אבות
parentsJer 6:21, 31:29, 32:18, 47:3; Eze 5:10, 18:2; Mal 3:24
אבות
the ancestors ofExo 6:25; Jos 21:1; 1Ch 8:6
אבות
the ancestorsNeh 12:22; 1Ch 7:7, 8:10, 8:28, 9:9, 9:33, 24:4; 2Ch 25:5, 35:12
אבות
the fathersNum 36:1; 1Ch 24:31
אבות
the parents ofNum 32:28; Jos 21:1
אבותי
my ancestors1Kgs 21:4; 2Kgs 19:12; Isa 37:12; Psa 39:13; 2Ch 32:14, 32:15
אבותיהם
their ancestorsJer 50:7; 1Ch 4:38, 5:13, 5:25; 2Ch 11:16, 13:18, 14:3, 15:12, 17:14, 19:4, 24:18, 24:24, 30:7, 30:22, 31:17, 34:32, 34:33, 36:15
אבותיו
his ancestorsPsa 49:20
אבותיו
their ancestorsJdg 2:10; 2Ch 30:19
אבותיך
your ancestorsGen 31:3; Jer 34:5; Pro 22:28
אבותיכם
your ancestorsExo 3:13; Jos 18:3, 24:2, 24:6, 24:6, 24:14, 24:15; 1Sa 12:7, 12:8; Isa 65:7; Jer 2:5, 3:18, 7:22, 7:25, 11:4, 16:11, 17:22, 34:13, 34:14, 44:9, 44:10; Eze 20:18, 20:27, 20:30, 20:36, 37:25; Hos 9:10; Zec 1:2, 1:5; Psa 95:9; 2Ch 28:9, 35:4
אבותינו
our ancestorsGen 47:3; Jos 22:28, 24:17; Jdg 6:13; Jer 3:24, 14:20, 16:19; Psa 44:2, 78:5, 106:6, 106:7; Ezr 7:27; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 29:9, 34:21
אבותכם
your ancestorsDeu 1:11
אבותם
fathersJob 30:1
אבותם
parentsEze 5:10
אבותם
their ancestorsNum 1:16, 17:18; Jos 22:14; Jdg 2:12, 2:17, 2:20, 2:22, 3:4; 2Kgs 17:14, 17:15, 21:15; Isa 14:21; Jer 9:13, 11:10, 11:10, 23:27, 31:32; Eze 20:4, 20:24; Amo 2:4; Psa 78:12; Pro 17:6; Job 8:8; Ezr 2:59; Neh 7:61; 1Ch 5:15, 5:24, 5:24, 7:2, 7:4, 7:9, 9:13, 12:31, 24:4, 26:13; 2Ch 28:6
אבותם
their fathersJdg 21:22; Jer 16:3
אבותם
their parentsJos 4:21; Mal 3:24
אבי
O my father2Kgs 6:21
אבי
a father ofPsa 68:6
אבי
my ancestorsGen 31:42
אבי
my fatherGen 19:34, 20:12, 20:13, 22:7, 24:7, 24:38, 24:40, 27:12, 27:18, 27:31, 27:34, 27:38, 27:38, 27:41, 28:21, 31:5, 32:10, 32:10, 41:51, 44:24, 44:27, 44:30, 44:32, 44:34, 44:34, 45:3, 45:9, 45:13, 46:31, 47:1, 48:18, 50:5, 50:5; Exo 15:2, 18:4; Deu 26:5; Jos 2:12, 2:13; Jdg 6:15, 9:17, 9:18, 11:7, 11:36; 1Sa 9:5, 14:29, 18:18, 19:2, 19:3, 19:3, 20:2, 20:2, 20:9, 20:12, 20:13, 20:13, 22:3, 22:15, 23:17, 23:17, 24:22; 2Sa 3:7, 14:9, 16:3, 19:29, 19:38, 24:17; 1Kgs 2:24, 2:26, 2:26, 2:31, 2:44, 3:6, 3:7, 5:17, 5:19, 8:15, 8:17, 8:18, 8:20, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 12:10, 12:11, 12:11, 12:14, 12:14, 15:19, 20:34, 20:34; 2Kgs 2:12, 2:12, 5:13, 13:14, 13:14; Isa 8:4; Jer 2:27, 3:4, 3:19, 20:15; Psa 27:10, 89:27; Job 17:14, 34:36; Dan 5:13; Neh 1:6; 1Ch 21:17, 28:4, 28:4, 28:4; 2Ch 1:8, 1:9, 2:2, 2:6, 2:12, 6:4, 6:7, 6:8, 6:10, 6:15, 6:16, 10:10, 10:11, 10:11, 10:14, 16:3
אבי
the father ofGen 4:20, 4:21, 9:18, 9:22, 10:21, 11:29, 19:37, 19:38, 22:21, 28:2, 33:19, 34:6, 36:9, 36:43; Deu 22:15, 22:16; Jos 15:13, 17:1, 21:11, 24:2, 24:32; Jdg 9:1, 9:28, 19:3, 19:4, 19:5, 19:6, 19:8, 19:9; 1Sa 9:3, 14:51, 14:51; Rut 4:17, 4:17; 1Ch 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:42, 2:42, 2:44, 2:45, 2:49, 2:49, 2:50, 2:51, 2:51, 2:52, 2:55, 4:3, 4:4, 4:4, 4:4, 4:5, 4:11, 4:12, 4:14, 4:17, 4:18, 4:18, 4:18, 4:19, 4:21, 4:21, 7:14, 7:31, 8:29, 9:35
אבי
the parent ofPro 17:21, 23:24
אביה
her fatherGen 19:33, 29:12, 31:35, 34:11, 38:11; Exo 22:16; Lev 21:9, 22:13, 22:13; Num 30:4, 30:5, 30:5, 30:6, 30:6, 30:17, 36:8; Deu 21:13, 22:21, 22:21; Jos 6:23, 6:25, 15:18; Jdg 1:14, 11:37, 11:39, 15:1, 15:2, 15:6, 19:2, 19:3; Est 2:7
אביהו
his fatherJdg 14:10, 14:19, 16:31; 1Kgs 5:15; Zec 13:3; 1Ch 26:10; 2Ch 3:1
אביהם
is their father1Sa 10:12
אביהם
their fatherGen 9:23, 9:23, 31:53, 37:2, 37:4, 37:12, 37:32, 42:29, 42:36, 43:2, 43:11, 45:25, 45:27, 46:5, 49:28, 50:15; Exo 40:15; Num 3:4, 27:7, 36:6; Jos 19:47; Jdg 18:29; 1Sa 2:25; 1Kgs 13:12; Jer 35:14, 35:16; Job 42:15; 1Ch 7:22, 24:2, 24:19, 25:3, 25:6, 26:6; 2Ch 21:3
אביהן
their fatherGen 19:33, 19:35; Exo 2:16, 2:18; Num 27:7, 36:12; Jos 17:4
אביו
fatherPro 28:24
אביו
his father's1Sa 17:15
אביו
his fatherGen 2:24, 9:22, 11:28, 22:7, 26:15, 26:15, 26:18, 26:18, 27:14, 27:18, 27:19, 27:22, 27:26, 27:30, 27:32, 27:34, 27:38, 27:39, 27:41, 28:7, 28:8, 31:18, 31:53, 34:4, 34:13, 34:19, 35:22, 35:27, 36:24, 37:1, 37:2, 37:10, 37:10, 37:22, 37:35, 42:37, 43:8, 44:22, 44:22, 46:1, 46:29, 46:31, 47:7, 47:11, 47:12, 47:12, 48:9, 48:17, 48:17, 48:18, 48:19, 50:1, 50:2, 50:7, 50:8, 50:14, 50:14, 50:22; Exo 21:15, 21:17; Lev 16:32, 20:9, 20:9, 20:11, 20:11, 20:17; Deu 23:1, 23:1, 27:16, 27:20, 27:20, 27:22; Jdg 6:27, 8:32, 9:5, 14:3, 14:3, 14:9, 16:31; 1Sa 14:27, 17:25, 18:2, 19:4, 20:32, 20:33, 20:34, 22:1, 22:11; 2Sa 2:32, 3:29, 10:2, 10:2, 16:22, 17:23, 21:14; 1Kgs 1:6, 2:12, 3:3, 7:51, 11:4, 11:6, 11:17, 11:27, 11:33, 11:43, 12:6, 15:3, 15:3, 15:11, 15:15, 15:24, 15:26, 22:43, 22:47, 22:51, 22:53, 22:54; 2Kgs 3:2, 4:18, 4:19, 9:25, 10:3, 13:25, 14:3, 14:3, 14:5, 14:21, 15:3, 15:34, 15:38, 16:2, 18:3, 21:3, 21:20, 21:21, 21:21, 22:2, 23:30, 23:34, 24:9; Isa 3:6, 22:23, 22:24; Jer 16:7, 22:11; Eze 22:11; Zec 13:3; Pro 20:20; 1Ch 5:1, 9:19, 12:29, 19:2, 19:2, 29:23; 2Ch 2:16, 4:16, 5:1, 8:14, 9:31, 10:6, 15:18, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4, 20:32, 21:4, 22:4, 24:22, 25:3, 26:1, 26:4, 27:2, 28:1, 29:2, 33:3, 33:22, 33:22, 33:23, 34:2, 34:3, 36:1
אביו
its fatherNum 27:10; Deu 21:18, 21:19; Pro 30:11
אביו
its parentEze 18:14, 18:17, 18:18; Pro 15:5, 28:7, 29:3
אביך
your ancestor1Sa 2:27
אביך
your ancestorsGen 12:1, 50:17; Exo 3:6; 1Ch 28:9
אביך
your father is2Sa 17:10
אביך
your father wasEze 16:3
אביך
your father'sNum 18:1; 1Sa 2:28, 2:30, 2:31; 1Kgs 18:18; Jer 12:6; Psa 45:11; Pro 1:8, 6:20; Est 4:14
אביך
your fatherGen 24:23, 26:3, 26:24, 27:6, 28:13, 31:30, 38:11, 46:3, 47:5, 47:6, 48:1, 49:4, 49:8, 49:25, 49:26, 50:6, 50:16; Exo 20:12; Lev 18:7, 18:8, 18:8, 18:9, 18:11, 18:11, 18:12, 18:12, 18:14, 20:19; Num 18:2; Deu 5:16, 32:6, 32:7; Jos 2:18, 2:18; Jdg 14:15; 1Sa 9:20, 10:2, 14:28, 20:1, 20:3, 20:6, 20:8, 20:10, 22:16, 22:22; 2Sa 3:8, 9:7, 9:7, 10:3, 13:5, 15:34, 16:19, 16:21, 16:21, 17:8; 1Kgs 3:14, 6:12, 9:4, 9:5, 11:12, 12:4, 12:4, 12:9, 12:10, 15:19, 20:34; 2Kgs 3:13, 20:5; Isa 7:17, 38:5, 43:27, 58:14; Jer 22:15; Pro 23:25; Rut 2:11; 1Ch 19:3; 2Ch 2:13, 7:17, 7:18, 10:4, 10:4, 10:9, 10:10, 16:3, 21:12, 21:12, 21:13
אביך
your parent'sPro 27:10
אביכם
your ancestorsGen 31:29, 43:23
אביכם
your fatherGen 31:9, 43:7, 43:27, 44:17, 45:18, 45:19, 49:2; Jos 24:3; Isa 51:2; Jer 35:18
אביכן
your fatherGen 31:5, 31:6
אבינו
our fatherGen 19:31, 19:32, 31:14, 42:13, 42:32, 42:32, 44:25, 44:31; Num 27:3, 27:4, 27:4; Jdg 11:2; Isa 63:16, 63:16, 64:7; Jer 35:6, 35:8, 35:10; 1Ch 29:10
אבת
forebearsExo 20:5
אבת
the ancestorsExo 12:3
אבתי
my ancestors1Kgs 21:3
אבתי
my fathersGen 47:9, 47:30, 48:15, 48:16, 49:29; Neh 2:3, 2:5
אבתיהם
their ancestorsEzr 8:1; Neh 9:2; 1Ch 9:9, 23:24, 24:30, 29:20; 2Ch 7:22, 20:33
אבתיו
his ancestorsNum 1:44, 2:34, 13:2; 1Kgs 1:21, 2:10, 11:21, 11:43, 14:20, 14:31, 14:31, 15:8, 15:12, 15:24, 15:24, 16:6, 16:28, 22:40, 22:51, 22:51; 2Kgs 8:24, 8:24, 9:28, 10:35, 12:19, 12:22, 13:9, 13:13, 14:16, 14:20, 14:22, 14:29, 15:7, 15:7, 15:9, 15:22, 15:38, 15:38, 16:20, 16:20, 20:21, 21:18, 21:22, 23:32, 23:37, 24:6; Dan 11:24, 11:24, 11:37, 11:38; 2Ch 9:31, 12:16, 13:23, 16:13, 21:1, 21:1, 21:10, 21:19, 25:28, 26:2, 26:23, 26:23, 27:9, 28:25, 28:27, 32:33, 33:12, 33:20, 35:24
אבתיו
his fathersLev 25:41; Num 1:4, 36:7; Psa 109:14
אבתיו
its fathersNum 36:8
אבתיך
your ancestorsGen 15:15; Deu 1:21, 4:31, 4:37, 6:3, 8:3, 8:16, 10:22, 12:1, 27:3, 30:5, 30:9, 31:16; 2Sa 7:12; 1Kgs 13:22; 2Kgs 22:20; 1Ch 17:11; 2Ch 34:28
אבתיך
your fathersExo 10:6, 10:6; 2Kgs 20:17; Isa 39:6; Psa 45:17
אבתיכם
your ancestorsGen 48:21; Exo 3:15, 3:16; Num 32:8, 32:14, 33:54; Deu 4:1, 32:17; 1Sa 12:6, 12:8; 2Kgs 17:13; Joe 1:2; Zec 1:6, 8:14; Mal 3:7; Ezr 8:28, 10:11; Neh 13:18; 2Ch 13:12, 29:5
אבתינו
our ancestorsGen 46:34; Num 20:15, 36:3, 36:4; Deu 5:3, 26:7; 1Kgs 8:21, 8:53, 8:57, 8:58; 2Kgs 22:13; Isa 64:10; Mal 2:10; Psa 22:5; Lam 5:7; Dan 9:16; Ezr 9:7; Neh 9:9, 10:35; 1Ch 29:15, 29:18; 2Ch 20:6, 29:6
אבתם
their ancestorsExo 4:5, 6:14; Lev 26:39, 26:40; Num 1:2, 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 1:45, 1:47, 2:2, 2:32, 3:15, 3:20, 4:2, 4:22, 4:29, 4:34, 4:38, 4:40, 4:42, 4:46, 7:2, 17:17, 17:21, 26:2, 26:55, 34:14, 34:14; Deu 29:24; 1Kgs 9:9, 14:22; 2Kgs 17:41; Ezr 10:16
באבותיכם
among your ancestorsJer 11:7
באבתיך
in your ancestorsDeu 10:15
האב
the parentEze 18:4, 18:19, 18:20
האבות
the ancestorsJos 19:51; 1Kgs 8:1; Ezr 1:5, 2:68, 4:2, 4:3, 8:29, 10:16; Neh 7:69, 7:70, 12:12, 12:23; 1Ch 7:11, 7:40, 8:13, 9:34, 15:12, 23:9, 23:24, 26:21, 26:26, 26:32, 27:1; 2Ch 1:2, 5:2, 19:8, 26:12, 35:5
האבות
the fathersNum 36:1; Deu 18:8; Ezr 3:12; Neh 8:13; 1Ch 24:6, 24:31, 29:6; 2Ch 23:2
ואב
nor the parentEze 18:20
ואבות
nor the ancestors ofDan 11:24
ואבות
nor the fathers ofExo 10:6
ואבותי
and my ancestors2Ch 32:13
ואבותיהם
or their ancestorsJer 19:4
ואבותיכם
and your ancestorsJer 16:13, 44:21
ואבותינו
and our ancestorsJer 3:25; Psa 78:3
ואבותם
and their ancestorsJer 9:15; Eze 2:3
ואבי
and my father1Sa 24:12; 1Kgs 2:32
ואבי
and the father ofGen 11:29; Jos 24:2; 1Ch 2:17, 2:49
ואביה
if her fatherNum 12:14
ואביהם
and their fatherGen 42:35
ואביו
and his fatherGen 35:18, 44:20; Lev 19:3; Jdg 14:4, 14:5; 1Kgs 7:14; Amo 2:7; 2Ch 2:13
ואביו
but his fatherGen 37:11
ואביך
and your father is2Sa 17:8
ואביכן
and your fatherGen 31:7; Eze 16:45
ואבתיהם
and their ancestors1Ch 9:19
ואבתיך
nor your ancestorsDeu 28:64
ואבתיך
or your ancestorsDeu 13:7, 28:36
ואבתיכם
or their ancestorsJer 44:3
ואבתינו
and our ancestorsJer 44:17; Dan 9:6; Neh 9:16, 9:34
ובאבתיכם
and your ancestors1Sa 12:15
והאבות
and the fathersJer 7:18
והאבות
both the parentsJer 13:14
וכאב
as a fatherPro 3:12
ולאבותיהם
and to their ancestorsJer 24:10
ולאבותיכם
and to your ancestorsJer 7:14, 23:39, 25:5
ולאביו
and his father1Sa 14:1
ולאביו
and to his fatherGen 45:23
ולאביו
or his fatherLev 21:2
ולאבתיהם
and for their ancestors2Ch 6:25
ולאבתיך
and to your ancestorsExo 13:11
ולאבתיכם
and to your ancestorsJer 35:15
ולאבתינו
and for our ancestorsDan 9:8; Neh 9:32
ולאבתינו
and our ancestorsNum 20:15
כאב
as fatherJob 31:18
כאבותיכם
like your ancestors2Ch 30:7, 30:8
כאבותם
like their ancestorsPsa 78:8, 78:57
כאביו
like his father2Kgs 3:2
כאבתיכם
like your ancestorsZec 1:4
לאב
a father ofGen 17:4
לאב
a fatherIsa 22:21; Pro 30:17; 1Ch 28:6
לאב
as a fatherGen 45:8; Jer 31:9
לאב
fatherJdg 17:10, 18:19; 2Sa 7:14; 1Ch 17:13, 22:10
לאב
for a fatherEze 44:25
לאב
to a fatherIsa 45:10
לאבות
of the ancestorsNeh 11:13; 1Ch 26:31
לאבותיהם
for their ancestors1Ch 6:4
לאבותיהם
to their ancestors1Kgs 14:15
לאבותיכם
to your ancestorsJer 7:7, 11:5; Eze 20:42
לאבותם
to their ancestorsJos 1:6, 5:6, 21:43, 21:44; 1Kgs 8:34, 8:48; 2Kgs 21:8; Jer 16:15, 30:3, 32:22; 2Ch 6:38
לאבי
my fatherGen 45:13; Jdg 14:16; 1Kgs 19:20
לאבי
of my fatherPro 4:3
לאבי
the father ofDeu 22:29
לאבי
to my fatherGen 44:32
לאבי
to the father ofDeu 22:19
לאביה
her fatherGen 29:12
לאביה
was her father'sGen 29:9
לאביה
were her father'sGen 31:19
לאביהם
to their father1Kgs 13:11
לאביו
for his fatherGen 45:23, 50:10; Lev 21:11
לאביו
his fatherJdg 14:2, 14:6
לאביו
of his father's1Sa 17:34
לאביו
of his fatherDeu 33:9
לאביו
of its father'sNum 6:7
לאביו
of its fatherNum 27:11
לאביו
to his fatherGen 27:31, 27:31, 27:34; Jdg 9:56; Pro 17:25, 19:13
לאביך
for your fatherGen 27:9
לאביך
to your fatherGen 27:10
לאביך
your father'sJdg 6:25, 6:25
לאביך
your fatherPro 23:22
לאבינו
our father'sGen 31:1
לאבינו
our fatherGen 43:28
לאבינו
was our father'sGen 31:1
לאבתיהם
to their ancestorsNeh 9:23
לאבתיו
to its ancestorsDeu 31:20
לאבתיו
to our ancestorsNum 11:12
לאבתיך
to your ancestorsExo 13:5; Deu 6:10, 6:18, 7:12, 7:13, 8:18, 9:5, 13:18, 19:8, 19:8, 28:11, 29:12, 30:20
לאבתיכם
to your ancestorsDeu 1:8, 1:35, 7:8, 8:1, 11:9, 11:21; Jdg 2:1; Eze 36:28, 47:14
לאבתיכם
your ancestors2Ch 33:8
לאבתינו
to our ancestorsDeu 6:23, 26:3, 26:15; 1Kgs 8:40; Mic 7:20; Neh 9:36; 2Ch 6:31
לאבתם
to their ancestorsNum 14:23; Deu 10:11, 31:7
מאבותיכם
more than your ancestorsJer 16:12
מאבותם
from their ancestorsJob 15:18
מאבותם
more than their ancestorsJdg 2:19
מאבותם
than their ancestorsJer 7:26
מאביהן
from their fatherGen 19:36
מאביך
over your father2Sa 6:21
מאביך
than your fatherJob 15:10
מאבינו
from our fatherGen 19:32, 19:34, 31:16
מאבתי
than my ancestors1Kgs 19:4
מאבתיך
more than your ancestorsDeu 30:5
צבאותיכם
your ancestors hostsExo 12:17 - should be under צבא 


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