[Hebrew] finding roots start with

[aviv206]

How can i find all the roots in the HB that start with one of those letter: ב, ג, ש, ז, ח

Doing it in one search?

 

Thanx aviv

[Mark Allison]

I think this should do it:

 

)+b*,+g*,+C*,+z*,+j*(

 

The "plus" sign in front of a word indicates a root search. The asterisk stands for 0-to-infinite number of characters. Words can be separated by commas and placed in parentheses to perform a search for multiple words.

 

(If you copy and paste the search, the parentheses and characters will be properly inverted).

 

Mark

Edited August 17, 2015 by Mark Allison

[Ken Simpson]

Aviv, Did you want sin, shin, or both? The clever thing about Mark’s suggestion is that by using the SHFT-C you use the unpointed shin character, so it finds both shin and sin.

 

To make it either one particularly, the use lowercase c (sin) or lowercase v (shin). 

Edited August 17, 2015 by Ken Simpson

[aviv206]

Thanx, can i add somthing to control what will be the second and the third letters of the roots?

 

Thanx aviv

Edited August 17, 2015 by aviv206

[Helen Brown]

You can use the single character wildcard, the ?. Please see the Help files for details on how to define that character:

Biblical Research and Analyses > Search Criteria > Searches Using Symbols

[aviv206]

Thanx Helen but wildcard won't help me. I want to

Find exact roots (more then two different roots) doing

It once.

 

Thanx aviv

[Helen Brown]

Please give an example. I don't understand whether you want the same second character in each of the words, or what?

[Mark Allison]

What Helen is saying is that you can use a question mark to indicate a single character. You can then indicate in parentheses the characters you want to find.

 

In the following example, Accordance will look for 1) a root, indicated by the "+" sign; 2) the root must begin with "bet," 3) it must be followed by one character that must be "he" or "resh", followed by 4) 0 or more characters, indicated by the asterisk:

 

*(rh)?b+

Edited August 18, 2015 by Mark Allison

[aviv206]

Lets say I'd like to find all those roots in the HB:

ש.מ.ש

ה.מ.ה

מ.ו.מ

Thanx aviv

[aviv206]

What Helen is saying is that you can use a question mark to indicate a single character. You can then indicate in parentheses the characters you want to find.

 

In the following example, Accordance will look for 1) a root, indicated by the "+" sign; 2) the root must begin with "bet," 3) it must be followed by one character that must be "he" or "resh", followed by 4) 0 or more characters, indicated by the asterisk:

 

*(rh)?b+

can I do:

+?(דרג)ט)שעפ)

 

I want to search for more then one spicfied root in one search.

 

Thanx aviv

Edited August 18, 2015 by aviv206

[Mark Allison]

You're right. How about this search. It specifies that the third character must be the same as the first: (1=)???+ 

 

You can refine it by indicating what the first letter must be: (1=)??(המ)?+ 

[aviv206]

Yes this could help, can u explain this string search?

Thanx aviv

[Mark Allison]

Certainly! In the following example: (1=)??(המ)?+ 

 

1) The "+" indicates that you're looking for a root.

2) The first "?" followed by letters in parentheses specify the letter(s) with which the word must begin.

3) The second "?" indicates that there must be a second letter, but that it can be any letter.

4) The third "?" followed by the (=1) indicates that there must be a third letter, but that it must match the first letter of the word.

[aviv206]

Thank u so much!

Can I put in the second (?) spicfied letters also?

[Mark Allison]

Sure!

 

(1=)?(wy)?(hM)?+