[jsword-devel] Confused again

[Jacky Cheung]

Much better.  Thanks.

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:

> The translation is actually correct.  In a literal translation, unless 
> the words are marked <transChange type="supplied"> in osis (or 
> italicized in GBF as a general rule), all previous words are assumed 
> translated from the original language word.  Therefore, all words MUST 
> either be surrounded by a <w> tag or a <transChange> tag.  Hope that 
> helps.
>
>     -Troy.
>
>
>
> Jacky Cheung wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am confused by specification again. I have compared GBF and OSIS 
>> data of Gen 1:1. Here is the data:
>> GBF:
>> In the beginning<WH07225> God<WH0430> 
>> created<WH01254><WTH8804><WH0853> the heaven<WH08064> and<WH0850> the 
>> earth<WH0776>.
>>
>> OSIS:
>> <verse osisID="Gen.1.1"> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H07225">In the 
>> beginning</w> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H0430">God</w> <w 
>> morph="x-StrongsMorph:TH8804" 
>> lemma="x-Strongs:H0853|x-Strongs:H01254">created</w> <w 
>> lemma="x-Strongs:H08064">the heaven</w> <w 
>> lemma="x-Strongs:H0853">and</w> <w lemma="x-Strongs:H0776">the 
>> earth</w>.</verse>
>>
>>  From OSIS, it seems that H07225 refers to "In the beginning". 
>> However, from the specification of GBF, it is the "Ordinal number of 
>> Hebrew lexicon entry for previous word", and therefore, "beginning". 
>> According to BDB and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, H07225 should refer 
>> to "beginning". It seems that the transaction to OSIS is wrong. 
>> However, the translation was done by the program from 
>> www.bibletechnologies.com.
>>
>> Did I misunderstand something? What's the correct translation?  Thanks.
>>
>> Jacky
>>
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