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I'm starting work on correcting some errors in the Chinese Strongs
markup, <br>
but I want to step carefully cos I'm new to this. <br>
I couldn't find a Wiki page outlining what the rules are for Strongs
markup. <br>
There's a note at
<a href="http://crosswire.org/wiki/Modules_in_the_beta_repository/ChiUns" eudora="autourl">
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">
http://crosswire.org/wiki/Modules_in_the_beta_repository/ChiUns<br>
</a></font>pointing out one problem, but there are many, though it is
basically a very good markup. <br>
It appears to be based on the free KJV markup, though it also notes every
occurrence of the Hebrew article <i>eth <br>
</i>This isn't very useful, but it shows that they were keen to include
everything and that they did a lot of work on it. <br><br>
In order to make sure they include every Hebrew word, they often combined
words in one entry, <br>
eg: Gen.1.2: <w lemma="strong:H5921
strong:H6440">[on the surface of]</w> <br><br>
Sometimes this becomes complicated when one or more of the words is a
verb, <br>
eg: Gen.2.2: <w lemma="strong:H4480 strong:H3605 strong:H834
strong:H6213" morph="StrongsMorph:H8804">[rested him
from all the]</w> <br>
- the numbers represent the words for "from"
"all" "<i>eth</i>" and "working"<br>
- in this case the morphology goes with the last lemma (H6213) but this
isn't always the case. <br>
eg: Gen.3.8: <w lemma="strong:H8085 strong:H853
strong:H3068"
morph="StrongsMorph:H8799">[hear]</w> <br>
- the numbers represent: "hear" "<i>eth"
</i>"LORD" and "Qal Imperfect"<br>
-in this case the morphology relates to the first of the three
lemmas listed. <br><br>
I can sort this out, but I'd like to know how to record it <br>
- ie how can I indicate in correct coding that a morphology links with a
particular lemma when more than one lemma is translated by a single word?
<br><br>
I notice that the same thing happens in the KJV strongs (though less
often),<br>
eg Gen.6.3 <w lemma="strong:H07683 strong:H01571"
morph="strongMorph:TH8800 strongMorph:TH8677">for that he
also</w><br><br>
Is it OK to mark such occurrences as follows? <br>
Gen.6.3 <w lemma="strong:H07683"
morph="strongMorph:TH8800" lemma="strong:H01571"
morph="strongMorph:TH8677">for that he also</w><br>
This isn't good XML, but perhaps it is allowable? <br>
Or is there some other way to indicate which lemma the morphology belongs
to? <br><br>
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<dd><tt>David IB
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<dd>/// <font face="Arial Black, Helvetica">Dr David
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<dd>dib Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New
Testament
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