[sword-devel] KJV2006 and divineName

DM Smith dmsmith555 at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 25 17:51:49 MST 2006


Today in the KJV module we have a construct like:
<divineName><w morph="x-Strongs:H3068">LORD</w></divineName>
but it could just as well have been translated into a phrase:
Here are a few from Genesis:
Gen.2.4:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">that the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.2.5:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">the LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.2.7:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">And the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.2.22:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">which the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.3.23:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">Therefore the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.4.3:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">unto the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.4.4:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">thereof. And the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.6.5:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">And GOD</w></divineName>
Gen.7.5:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">according unto all that 
the LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.11.9:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">because the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.12.1:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">Now the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.12.4:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">as the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.13.13:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">before the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.16.2:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">Behold now, the 
LORD</w></divineName>
Gen.49.18:<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">O LORD</w></divineName>

Apart from the possibility that some are not tagged correctly (e.g. Gen 
7.5), it seems to me that the words that stand before LORD (GOD, YAH or 
JEHOVAH...) are not actually part of the divine name.

The problem is that if you apply a style to divineName, it applies to 
the entire content.

It may be that it is appropriate that H03068 is translated into a 
phrase. If so it is appropriate for the <w>tag to surround more than one 
word.

It seems to me that a better way to encode:
<divineName><w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">the LORD</w></divineName>
would be:
<w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">the <divineName>LORD</divineName></w>

The problem is that OSIS does not allow for <divineName> to be contained 
by <w>. So the above construct does not work.

The best solution I can come up with is:
<w lemma="x-Strongs:H03068">the <seg><divineName>LORD</divineName></seg></w>




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