[sword-devel] Incomplete verses in BHS

[Chris Little]

There is no problem on my end either, with either BibleCS 1.5.6 or The 
Bible Tool and the latest version of BHS.  I would try downloading a new 
copy.  Your may be either old or corrupted.  If that doesn't fix the 
problem, there's an error in Sword 1.5.7 or, less likely, in both 
BibleTime and GnomeSword.

--Chris


On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Dan Griswold wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I have discovered a problem in the book of Isaiah in the sword module
> for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS). I noticed it first with
> chapter 6. There, several verses are incomplete. Verse 2 ends after
> the second radical ("letter") of the third word. Only part of the
> first word of verse 4 is present. Verse 5 ends partway through the
> ninth word. There are similar problems with verses 9 and 13.
> 
> Incomplete verses are relatively easy to spot, even for those who
> can't read Hebrew: ends of verses are marked by a colon (:). When a
> verse does not end with a colon in the module, then this is a strong
> indicator that the verse is probably incomplete. That is confirmed by
> a comparison with the printed text.
> 
> Glancing through the nearby chapters in Isaiah, I find problems in
> other chapters. I noticed it, by quickly checking, in chapters 1, 5,
> and 7. It's probably throughout the whole text, but proving that is
> more effort than it's worth, unless I find out otherwise.
> 
> I believe that it is a problem with the module rather than with the
> program used to display the text, because I get the same results
> whether I use GnomeSword (2) or BibleTime.
> 
> I do not know if this problem originates with the packaging of this
> module or further "upstream." So, if this bug is best reported
> elsewhere, I'd be happy to know that.
> 
> 
> Peace,
> 
> Dan
> 
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