[jsword-devel] Confused again

[Keith Ralston]

The translation is correct the Hebrew word is brsht, it translates as "In
the beginning"  As Troy noted, the GBF does not have the ability to tag the
entire phrase.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jsword-devel-admin@crosswire.org
> [mailto:jsword-devel-admin@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Troy A. Griffitts
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:34 AM
> To: jsword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [jsword-devel] Confused again
>
>
> 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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