Greek and Hebrew Constructs

The available Elements for a construct depend on the language (Greek or Hebrew) and the installed Syntactical databases available to you. More information about creating Syntactical constructs is provided in a separate topic.

Greek and Hebrew Constructs are similar to Simple Constructs, except that additional Element items are available on the Construct palette. In addition, the Hebrew Construct tab is reversed so that the first column is on the right hand side. This allows for elements to follow the convention of reading Hebrew right-to-left.

Each element (column) can be composed of any combination of parts of speech or forms of a word.

The Greek and Hebrew Construct tabs are essentially the same as the Simple Construct tab. A brief explanation of the Greek and Hebrew Construct tabs is given under the note.

Note Construct tab entries are validated when you perform a search. Accordance checks for errors (e.g. searching for a lexical form The canonical (dictionary) form of a word not found in the text) and offers prompts to correct them. However, it is still possible to define illogical searches. Greek Example: If you try to find all nouns that come from the lexical form αγαπαω, since αγαπαω is a verbal form, no occurrences of a noun from this lexical form can be found. Hebrew Example: If you try to find all pronouns that come from the lexical form אור, since אור is a verb or a noun root A root is a unit of a language that cannot be further divided, from which words are derived by modification. The root does not necessarily survive as a word in itself. The Accordance roots may combine homographs and therefore a single root may include roots with different etymologies and meanings. In Hebrew, by convention, the lexical form (lemma) of a verb is the same as the root., no occurrences of a pronoun from this lexical form can be found.