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Finding sofei tevot (ends of words)


justinj

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Hi,

 

I'm trying to search for four Hebrew words in order such that the last letter of each word spells mashiach (משיח). A different search program I've used shows that the only phrase that matches this criteria is Psalm 72:5, with the phrase

 

‏עם שמש ולפני ירח

 

However when I search with Accordance using the following search

 

‏מ *ש *י *ח*

 

it returns only Jeremiah 48:46, based on the phrase

 

‏עם כמוש כי לקחו

 

This isn't what I want though, since it matches the ח instead of the ו in the word לקחו. I tried changing my search to

 

‏מ =*ש =*י =*ח*=

 

to make sure it is an exact match, and not based on the shoresh, but now it doesn't find anything.

 

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

 

Thanks much.

Justin

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Simply use quotes around the expression to specify that you are searching for the inflected form (as it appears in the text).

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Simply use quotes around the expression to specify that you are searching for the inflected form (as it appears in the text).

 

I tried the search with double quotes around it and it still didn't find anything. Are you getting different results?

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Sorry you need to add a construct which allows for single letter words (prefixes) between the words. I can explain more later.

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This proved quite complex and took some refining. This construct allows up to 2 single letter words such as prefixes but not suffixes between each word. It took a while and found only your verse.

 

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However, it does not allow for the fact that the yod could be a suffix. I therefore also tried this construct:

 

construct2.jpg

 

but it did not find anything.

 

You could use a single within encompassing the entire phrase.

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