Unique readings - hapax legomena in the Hebrew canon

How curious that I should have come across such a difficult measurement.

I just scanned Greenspahn, Frederick E. “The Number and Distribution of Hapax Legomena in Biblical Hebrew.” Vetus Testamentum, vol. 30, no. 1, 1980, pp. 8–19. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1517697.

Whew! What a mouthful that citation is. But it is a good article. Free to read online.

And I noted a randomly sorted list in the Jewish Encyclopedia online.

Should this be so hard? When is one not equal to one? It depends on what you are trying to define. So I thought I would list my singular readings of a Hebrew stem having only one occurrence. I have already pointed out that accidental unique readings may be created in English glosses. These are accidents of translation. They are also slightly harder to find since my algorithm to produce a lemma from an English gloss is not 'perfected' yet. You can easily see my accidents on the glossary pages that I update every now and then (like today) to reflect recent changes. Just search for (1).

Aleph Bet Gimel Dalet Heh Vav Zayin Xet Tet Yod Kaf Lamed
Mem Nun Samek Ayin Peh Tsade Qof Resh Shin Sin Taf

The Hebrew hapaxes are also evident there but hard to isolate. I have already discovered a couple of accidents in the database that I have easily corrected, e.g. where I confused צלא with כלא. The first one does not exist as a stem. It was an accidental typo in entering the stem for a word.

Here are the Hebrew singularities (excluding names - that's a separate issue). I will do more with these - the analysis might prove interesting.

The distribution of hapax legomena in the Hebrew Bible by semantic domain

Book	CH	VS	Stem	Gloss	Lemma
GENESIS	24	63	שׂוח	to ruminate	ruminate
GENESIS	25	30	לעט	ladle	ladle
GENESIS	27	3	תלי	your trident	trident
GENESIS	28	12	סלם	a ladder	ladder
GENESIS	40	11	שׂחט	and squished	squish
GENESIS	41	23	צנם	frazzled	frazzle
GENESIS	48	16	דגה	and let them spawn	spawn
GENESIS	49	17	שׁפיפן	a horned adder	horned adder
EXODUS	3	2	לבה	in a glimmer of	glimmer
EXODUS	16	14	חספס	flaky stuff	flaky stuff
EXODUS	21	10	עונה	and her conjugal rights	conjugal right
EXODUS	30	34	שׁחלת	and onycha	onycha
EXODUS	32	16	חרת	impressed	impress
LEVITICUS	11	22	חרגל	the cricket	cricket
LEVITICUS	11	30	לטאה	and the lizard	lizard
LEVITICUS	11	30	חמט	and the snail	snail
LEVITICUS	13	39	בהק	a freckle	freckle
LEVITICUS	19	28	קעקע	a tattoo	tattoo
LEVITICUS	21	20	אשׁך	scrotum	scrotum
LEVITICUS	26	16	דוב	and to sap	sap
NUMBERS	6	4	זג	husk	husk
NUMBERS	11	5	אבטחים	the melons	melon
NUMBERS	11	5	חציר	the leeks	leek
NUMBERS	11	5	שׁום	the garlic	garlic
NUMBERS	11	5	בצל	the onions	onion
NUMBERS	11	20	זרא	nauseating	nauseate
DEUTERONOMY	14	5	אקו	and ibex	ibex
DEUTERONOMY	22	8	מעקה	a parapet	parapet
DEUTERONOMY	23	26	חרמשׁ	but a machete	machete
DEUTERONOMY	27	9	סכת	take heed	take heed
DEUTERONOMY	32	18	שׁיה	you were unmindful of	unmindful
DEUTERONOMY	32	24	מזה	gaunt of	gaunt
DEUTERONOMY	33	19	שׂפן	and the mysteries	mystery
DEUTERONOMY	33	25	דבא	your grit	grit
JUDGES	3	16	גמד	a half-cubit in	half-cubit
JUDGES	3	22	פרשׁדן	the guts	guts
JUDGES	4	21	לאט	muffled	muffle
JUDGES	5	26	חקה	she bashed	bash
JUDGES	16	16	אלץ	and badgered him	badger
1 SAMUEL	2	33	אדב	and to make wilt	wilt
1 SAMUEL	13	21	קלשׁון	pronged fork	pronged fork
1 SAMUEL	15	33	שׁסף	hacked in pieces	hacked piece
1 SAMUEL	17	6	מצחה	and he had spats of	spat
1 SAMUEL	21	9	נחץ	pressing	press
1 SAMUEL	30	28	אשׁעמת	in Eshtimot	eshtimot
2 SAMUEL	6	5	נענע	and with sistrums	sistrum
2 SAMUEL	13	9	משׂרת	the skillet	skillet
2 SAMUEL	19	25	שׂפם	his mustache	mustache
1 KINGS	18	46	שׁנס	and he cinctured	cincture
1 KINGS	20	33	חלט	and they clinched	clinch
2 KINGS	4	42	צקלון	in his luggage	luggage
2 KINGS	6	25	דביון	seed-pods	seed-pod
2 KINGS	10	22	מלתחה	the vestments	vestment
2 KINGS	10	27	חרא	as a latrine	latrine
ISAIAH	1	22	מהל	is diluted with	dilute
ISAIAH	3	16	שׂקר	and ogling	ogle
ISAIAH	3	16	טפף	mincing	mince
ISAIAH	3	18	שׁביס	and their head-bands	head-band
ISAIAH	3	24	פתיגיל	a dress-cloak	dress-cloak
ISAIAH	5	2	עזק	and he barricaded it	barricade
ISAIAH	5	13	צחה	sobered by	sober
ISAIAH	9	17	אבך	and they will braid together	braid together
ISAIAH	9	18	עתם	combusted	combust
ISAIAH	10	15	משׂור	the rasp	rasp
ISAIAH	11	8	הדה	will park	park
ISAIAH	11	15	עים	with the vehemence of	vehemence
ISAIAH	17	6	גרגר	olive berries	olive berry
ISAIAH	17	11	שׂוג	you will build a hedge	build hedge
ISAIAH	18	5	תזז	lopped	lop
ISAIAH	19	17	חגא	for giddiness	giddiness
ISAIAH	22	5	קרר	and is collapsed	collapse
ISAIAH	27	9	גר	chalk	chalk
ISAIAH	32	4	עלג	stammering	stammer
ISAIAH	33	7	אראל	their lion-hearted	lion-heart
ISAIAH	33	19	יעז	barbarous	barbarous
ISAIAH	34	15	קפוז	great owl	great owl
ISAIAH	47	13	הבר	the analysts of	analyst
ISAIAH	48	9	חטם	I will dampen myself	dampen
ISAIAH	54	8	שׁצף	in a smidgen of	smidgen
ISAIAH	55	13	סרפד	a thorny shrub	thorny shrub
ISAIAH	56	10	נבח	to woof	woof
ISAIAH	59	8	נתיב	their ways and means	ways means
ISAIAH	61	1	פקחקוח	opening of prison	opening prison
ISAIAH	64	1	המס	sizzles	sizzle
JEREMIAH	4	31	יפח	gasping for breath	gasping breath
JEREMIAH	5	8	שׁכה	from lust	lust
JEREMIAH	5	27	כלוב	as a cage	cage
JEREMIAH	10	7	יאה	it is pertinent	pertinent
JEREMIAH	14	9	דהם	astounded	astound
JEREMIAH	29	26	צניק	the pranger	pranger
JEREMIAH	31	21	צין	milestones	milestone
JEREMIAH	36	18	דיו	with ink	ink
JEREMIAH	39	3	סכים	personnel	personnel
JEREMIAH	47	3	שׁעטה	the thud of	thud
JEREMIAH	51	30	נשׁת	dumbfounded	dumbfound
EZEKIEL	2	6	סרב	pricks	prick
EZEKIEL	5	1	גלב	barber's	barber
EZEKIEL	7	7	הד	the echo of	echo
EZEKIEL	7	11	נה	merit	merit
EZEKIEL	9	6	תו	is the graffiti	graffiti
EZEKIEL	16	40	בתק	and massacre you	massacre
EZEKIEL	17	9	קסס	will he amputate	amputate
EZEKIEL	23	40	כחל	paint	paint
EZEKIEL	27	15	הבני	and ebony	ebony
EZEKIEL	27	17	פנג	and pastry	pastry
EZEKIEL	39	2	שׁשׁא	and I will steer you on	steer
EZEKIEL	41	16	שׂחף	the ceiling of	ceil
HOSEA	3	2	לתך	and a bit more of	bit
HOSEA	8	6	שׁבב	shattered in pieces	shattered piece
JOEL	1	17	עבשׁ	rancid is	rancid
JOEL	2	20	צחנה	and its stench	stench
AMOS	5	11	בשׁס	you encroach	encroach
AMOS	7	14	בלס	a tender of	tender
MICAH	6	14	ישׁח	and your depression	depression
NAHUM	2	4	פלדה	cressets	cresset
NAHUM	2	11	פיק	thinned	thin
HABAKKUK	1	9	מגמה	pumped up	pumped up
HABAKKUK	2	11	כפיס	and knot	knot
ZECHARIAH	2	12	בבה	the apple of	apple
PSALMS	18	46	חרג	no longer at ease	longer ease
PSALMS	21	3	ארשׁ	and the proposal of	proposal
PSALMS	37	35	אזרח	like a bay tree	bay tree
PSALMS	42	8	צנר	your waterfalls	waterfall
PSALMS	48	14	פסג	pass between	pass between
PSALMS	50	20	דפי	blemish	blemish
PSALMS	55	9	סעה	storming	storm
PSALMS	58	9	שׁבלול	a slug	slug
PSALMS	62	4	התת	will you rail	rail
PSALMS	68	17	רצד	be envious	envious
PSALMS	68	18	שׁנאן	myriads	myriad
PSALMS	68	32	חשׁם	ambassadors	ambassador
PSALMS	69	21	נושׁ	and I am despondent	despondent
PSALMS	72	6	זרזיף	soaking	soak
PSALMS	73	8	מוק	they mock	mock
PSALMS	74	6	כילף	and crowbars	crowbar
PSALMS	78	47	חנמל	with sleet	sleet
PSALMS	80	14	כרסם	wastes her	waste
PSALMS	88	16	פון	I am distracted	distract
PSALMS	93	3	דכי	their crushing waves	crushing wave
PSALMS	99	1	נוט	let be displaced	displace
PSALMS	101	3	סוט	those who fall away	fall
PSALMS	107	30	מחוז	a harbour of	harbour
PSALMS	109	19	מזיח	and a yoke	yoke
PSALMS	114	1	לעז	exotic	exotic
PSALMS	119	70	טפשׁ	inert	inert
PSALMS	119	131	יאב	my longing	long
PSALMS	140	4	עכשׁב	a viper	viper
PSALMS	140	11	מהמרה	into watery pits	watery pit
PSALMS	144	13	מזו	so our granaries	granary
PROVERBS	7	16	אטון	the yarn of	yarn
PROVERBS	20	25	לעע	impulsive with	impulsive
PROVERBS	21	14	כפה	may pacify	pacify
PROVERBS	24	31	קמושׂ	weeds	weed
PROVERBS	25	11	אפן	roundly	roundly
PROVERBS	27	22	עלי	with a pestle	pestle
PROVERBS	29	21	פנק	indulging	indulge
PROVERBS	30	15	עלק	of the leech	leech
PROVERBS	30	28	שׂממית	an arachnid	arachnid
JOB	2	8	גרד	to scrape	scrape
JOB	2	12	מעלו	his robe	robe
JOB	6	10	סלד	I leap for joy	leap joy
JOB	6	17	זרב	constricted	constrict
JOB	9	26	טושׂ	swooping	swoop
JOB	12	12	שׁשׁי	with the timeworn is	timeworn
JOB	15	12	רזם	do scowl	scowl
JOB	15	24	כדר	for onslaught	onslaught
JOB	15	27	פימה	grease	grease
JOB	15	29	נלה	a benefaction	benefaction
JOB	16	15	גלד	my scarred skin	scarred skin
JOB	17	1	זעך	are extinct	extinct
JOB	18	2	קנץ	a wrench	wrench
JOB	19	3	הכר	to insult	insult
JOB	21	24	עטן	his pail	pail
JOB	26	9	פרשׁז	to strew	strew
JOB	30	13	נתס	they disfigure	disfigure
JOB	30	25	עגם	dolorous	dolorous
JOB	31	33	חבב	in my inner core	inner core
JOB	33	20	זהם	and finds foul	finds foul
JOB	33	24	פדע	retrieve it	retrieve
JOB	33	25	רטפשׁ	will recover the bloom of	recover bloom
JOB	35	15	פשׁ	in disintegration	disintegration
JOB	38	16	נבך	the fountainheads of	fountainhead
JOB	38	28	אגל	the cache of	cache
JOB	38	36	שׂכוי	to the sense	sense
JOB	39	23	רנה	rattles	rattle
JOB	41	18	עטישׁה	his sneezing	sneeze
JOB	41	22	דוץ	is turned to joy	turned joy
JOB	41	29	תותח	a bludgeon	bludgeon
SONG	1	10	חרז	in strings of beads	strings bead
SONG	2	11	סתו	winter	winter
SONG	2	13	פג	her early fruit	early fruit
SONG	3	9	אפריון	a palanquin	palanquin
SONG	4	4	תלפיות	for an arsenal	arsenal
SONG	4	14	כרכם	and saffron	saffron
SONG	5	3	טנף	should I soil them	soil
SONG	6	11	אגוז	nuts	nuts
SONG	7	3	מזג	mixed wine	mixed wine
SONG	7	9	סנסן	its tufts	tuft
SONG	7	10	דבב	gliding over	glide
SONG	8	5	רפק	recumbent	recumbent
RUTH	1	13	עגן	you would remain shut up	remain shut up
RUTH	2	14	צבט	and he plied with	ply
RUTH	2	16	צבת	the bundles	bundle
LAMENTATIONS	1	14	שׂקד	now lashed	lash
LAMENTATIONS	3	11	פשׁח	dismembering me	dismember
LAMENTATIONS	3	16	כפשׁ	he has made me cower	cower
LAMENTATIONS	4	2	סלא	to be set side by side	set side side
LAMENTATIONS	4	8	צפד	adheres	adhere
QOHELET	10	8	גומץ	a pothole	pothole
QOHELET	12	12	להג	and study	study
ESTHER	1	6	בהט	marble	marble
ESTHER	1	6	דר	and mother-of-pearl	mother-of-pearl
ESTHER	1	6	כרפס	cotton	cotton
ESTHER	8	10	רמכה	the broodmares	broodmare
ESTHER	8	15	תכרית	and regalia of	regalia
DANIEL	2	8	זבן	want to gain	want gain
DANIEL	2	8	אנתה	you	is null
DANIEL	2	10	יבשׁת	the planet	planet
DANIEL	2	12	בנס	ranted	rant
DANIEL	2	32	דרע	and his arms	arms
DANIEL	2	32	חדי	his chest	chest
DANIEL	2	41	פחר	artisan	artisan
DANIEL	3	21	פטשׁ	their tunics	tunic
DANIEL	5	5	ברשׁתא	the candlestick	candlestick
DANIEL	5	5	גיר	the stucco	stucco
DANIEL	5	9	שׁבשׁ	were astounded	astound
DANIEL	6	5	שׁילה	anything amiss	anything amiss
DANIEL	6	7	אלין	these	is null
DANIEL	6	11	כו	and casements	casement
DANIEL	6	19	טות	fasting	fast
DANIEL	6	25	ארע	to the bottom of	bottom
DANIEL	7	5	שׂטר	and to side	side
DANIEL	7	25	סבר	and will intend	intend
DANIEL	11	43	מכמן	the stash of	stash
DANIEL	11	45	אפדן	his pavilion	pavilion
EZRA	4	13	אפתם	and the revenue of	revenue
EZRA	4	23	אדרע	with a strong arm	strong arm
EZRA	5	4	אנין	are these	is null
EZRA	5	11	כנמא	and thus	thus
EZRA	6	8	מא	for how	is null
2 CHRONICLES	2	15	צרך	you need	need
2 CHRONICLES	3	10	צעצע	statuary	statuary
2 CHRONICLES	36	16	לעב	sneered	sneer