The files in this .ZIP file are represent two-record types extracted from the SEDRA database. For additional information on the structure of the Database, see G. Kiraz, `Automatic Concordance Generation of Syriac Texts'. In VI Symposium Syriacum 1992, ed. R. Lavenant, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 247, Rome, 1994. ****************************************************************** *** NOTE: All references to FEATURRE.TXT files here are to tblWords.txt. (In other words, tblWords.txt is the same as FEATURERE.txt) The .ZIP file contains two files: BFBSREC.TXT - The text of the Syriac New Testament according to the British and Foreign Bible Society's Edition FEATURRE.TXT - A list of all the words in BFBSREC.TXT with morphological information. BFBSREC.TXT ============ Each line represents a word in the New Testament and contains the following fields: 1. Database address of the entry, e.g. 0:1, 0:2, 0:3. Database address are always represented by 2 numbers in the form: FILE_NUMBER:LINE_NUMBER Here FILE_NUMBER is always 0. 2. Word reference, e.g. 520100101 - The left 2 digits represent the book (52=Matt, 53=Mark, 54=Luke, etc.) - Next 2 digits = chapter - Next 3 digits = verse - Next 2 digits = word E.g. 520100101 = Matt, Chapter 1, Verse 1, Word 1 3. Word address in FEATURRE.TXT, e.g. 33565194d First convert the number into hex, e.g. 33565194d=02002A0Ah. The two most singnificant bytes are always 02 which represent the FILE_NUMBER. The remaining bytes (i.e. 002A0Ah) give LINE_NUMBER in FEATURRE.TXT of the word in question. You have to convert this number back into decimal (e.g. 002A0Ah=10762d). Now the first word in Matt 1.1 is the one whose address in in FEATURRE.TXT is 02:10762. If you look at line 02:10762 in FEATURERE>TXT, you will find the word "CTBA" which is the first word in the Gospel of Matthew! 4. Attributes. You can ignore this field (or see Kiraz 1994). FEATURRE.TXT ============ This file is a list of all the words in the Syriac New Testament. Each line contains the following fields: 1. Database address of the entry, e.g. 2:1, 2:2, 2:3. Database address are always represented by 2 numbers in the form: File_Number:Line_Number Here FILE_NUMBER is always 2. 2. Consonantal Word. The word in question (only consonants). 3. The same word with vowels and diacritic marks. 4. Morphological Features: A long integer (32 bits). The bits are as follows: Bit Meaning --- ------- 0-1 RESEARVED 2-3 SUFFIX GENDER 00 SUF_COMMON or 01 SUF_MASCULINE 10 SUF_FEMININE 11 4-5 SUFFIX PERSON 00 01 THIRD 10 SECOND 11 FIRST 6 SUFFIX NUMBER 0 SUF_SINGULAR or 1 SUF_PLURAL 7-8 SUFFIX/CONTRACTION 00 01 SUFFIX 10 CONTRACTION 11 9-14 PREFIX CODE (0-63) 15-16 Word GENDER 00 01 COMMON 10 MASCULINE 11 FEMININE 17-18 Word PERSON 00 01 THIRD 10 SECOND 11 FIRST 19-20 Word NUMBER 00 01 SINGULAR 10 PLURAL 11 21-22 Nominal STATE 00 01 ABSOLUTE 10 CONSTRUCT 11 EMPHATIC 23-25 Verbal TENSE 000 001 PERFECT 010 IMPERFECT 011 IMPERATIVE 100 INFINITIVE 101 ACTIVE_PARTICIPLE 110 PASSIVE_PARTICIPLE 111 PARTICIPLES 26-31 Verbal CONJUGATION 000000 000001 PEAL 000010 ETHPEAL 000011 PAEL 000100 ETHPAEL 000101 APHEL 000110 ETTAPHAL 000111 SHAPHEL 001000 ESHTAPHAL 001001 SAPHEL 001010 ESTAPHAL 001011 PAUEL 001100 ETHPAUAL 001101 PAIEL 001110 ETHPAIAL 001111 PALPAL 010000 ETHPALPAL 010001 PALPEL 010010 ETHPALPAL 010011 PAMEL 010100 ETHPAMAL 010101 PAREL 010110 ETHPARAL 010111 PALI 011000 ETHPALI 011001 PAHLI 011010 ETHPAHLI 011011 TAPHEL 011100 ETHAPHAL 011101-111111 For example, the first line in the file has the field 557056d or 00088000h or in binary: bit 31 Num Gen bit 0 | | | | | | 0000 0000 0000 1000 1000 0000 0000 0000 bits 15-16 are 01, i.e. Gender = common bits 19-20 are 01, i.e. number = singular 5. You can ignore the last field (or see Kiraz 1994).