Need help with finding Dependent/Independent Clauses

[joelmadasu]

There are 139 occurrences of ?? in BH. When I use the construct search to search for - occurrences of ?? in Independent clauses, I get 74 hits (See picture 1).

 

 

 

When I search for occurrences of ?? in Dependent clauses, I get 72 hits (See picture 2). Am I doing something wrong?

 

 

When combined, the total hits are 146. That-is-not-right. Please help me! 

[Darin Franklin]

I think it is due to nested clauses. The word in Gen 28:16, for example, is inside the speech clause, N^A ("Surely the Lord is in this place"), which is part of the outer clause N (he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place").  Notice that the N^A clause has the purple color of the L tag, which means that it is tagged as a dependent clause.

[Robert Holmstedt]

Yes, it's the issue of speech. You need to distinguish between Speech and No Speech in the clause box. 

[joelmadasu]

Thank you for your help, Darin and Dr. Holmstedt. 

How do I do that using construct search? 

[Robert Holmstedt]

It's a set of boxes to check at the bottom of the clause pane when you insert a clause into a Hebrew construct column. 

Edited February 2, 2015 by Robert Holmstedt

[joelmadasu]

I cannot select speech/no speech boxes when I change my search from independent to dependent. Is this normal?

 

 

 

 

[Robert Holmstedt]

Yes. that's normal. Speech has an "in-between" status (well-recognized in linguistic literature). The speech/no-speech distinction is only available for independent clauses.