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Hi Aaron,<br>
<br>
This sounds a lot like what I'm trying to do with my Hebrew Lexicon:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/openscriptures/HebrewLexicon">https://github.com/openscriptures/HebrewLexicon</a><br>
<br>
Here's an example of the way I'm breaking down the information:<br>
<div id="strongDisplay">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:apt="http://www.APTBibleTools.com/namespace" class="entry">
<p>H1254a. <span class="Hebrew">בָּרָא</span> <span
class="xlit">bârâʼ</span>, <span class="pron">baw-raw'</span>;
[heb; v] a primitive root; <a
onclick="wordNav.linkClick('H1254a')" title="H1254a">ברא</a>
(absolutely) to <span class="def">create</span>; (qualified)
to <span class="def">cut down</span> (a wood), <span
class="def">select</span>, <span class="def">feed</span>
(as formative processes):—choose, create (creator), cut down,
dispatch, do, make (fat). </p>
<p class="root">BDB: † I <span class="Hebrew">בָּרָא</span> <span
class="def">shape</span>, <span class="def">create</span> <span
class="sense"><span class="stem"><br>
Qal</span> <span class="asp">Pf</span>.—<span class="def">shape</span>,
<span class="def">fashion</span>, <span class="def">create</span></span>
<span class="sense"><span class="stem"><br>
Niph</span>.—<em>Pass</em>. <span class="sense">1. <span
class="def">be created</span></span> <span
class="sense">2. with reference to birth</span> <span
class="sense">3. of something new, astonishing</span> </span>
<span class="sense"><span class="stem"><br>
Pi</span>. <span class="sense">1. <span class="def">cut
down</span></span> <span class="sense">2. <span
class="def">cut out</span></span> </span> </p>
<p>TWOT: 278, Page 135, Status: base. </p>
</div>
</div>
At the top is the basic Strong data. After the BDB is the
information from BDB, which is all I really have available. There
is room for other elements, and you could add data to what is
already there. The schema is contained in the download package, and
should be easily transformed into whatever format is necessary for a
SWORD module.<br>
<br>
I hope this will give you a better starting point than just the
Strong's dictionary.<br>
<br>
Peace,<br>
<br>
David<br>
<br>
On 9/3/2011 4:26 PM, Aaron Christianson wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4E628D8E.2050009@gmail.com" type="cite">Hi
all. I'm a grad student in Bible at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, and I'm soon to finish my second degree in the
discipline exclusivity using Bible software based on the Sword
Project (with very occasional recourse to some of my friends'
proprietary software for advanced searches involving grammatical
features). Thanks for that!
<br>
<br>
Anyway, I've been feeling like it's time to give something back.
My main field of interest Hebrew Language, and that is undoubtedly
where I would have the most to offer the project. I'm not a
programmer (unless you count bash!), but I am 'technically
inclined,' and I have a little experience with XML and a couple of
markup standards, though not specifically OSIS. I have thought
about helping with the tagging on the OSMHB module, and I would be
very open to that.
<br>
<br>
However, my real interest is in producing a better Hebrew lexicon
for use with sword modules. I'm not thinking in terms of porting
BDB or something, but rather creating a new, open source work that
could grow and develop over time.
<br>
<br>
My thought was forking "Strong's Real Hebrew" (from the Xiphos
repo), and, first and foremost, adding definitions based on the
different stems(Strong's dictionary is almost unusable for any
Hebrew verb that appears in multiple stems), and also adding
slightly more detailed definitions. Initially, these would
probably be heavily based on BDB, but later, if the project can
get more volunteers, adding up-to-date information based on HALOT,
TDOT, and various other sources, with references (and I'm talking
about summarizing information, not copying text). This isn't a
project I ever imagine being "finished," per se, but something
that could grow and change with scholarship, and perhaps even
eventually come to be considered as a worthwhile lexicon in it's
own right.
<br>
<br>
I realize this is all rather grandiose, considering that I've
done, well, nothing. I'm perfectly content to start out by simply
adding stem-based definitions to the Hebrew verbs in Strong's.
This would go a long way in improving usability.
<br>
<br>
So, what I need to know is the protocol for forking "Strong's Real
Hebrew," and the basics of developing Sword modules (including,
among other things, a good place to learn OSIS).
<br>
<br>
I may also attempt to maintain a plain-text or HTML version
separately, but the sword module is the first priority.
<br>
<br>
Thanks, and God bless,
<br>
Aaron
<br>
<br>
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