The Hits Command?
Hi all, still fairly new and migrating resources over to Accordance from the “other guys.” I was attempting to compare vocab between the Greek NT and 1Clement. I understand using the negative sign while using the HITS command shows the words that are NOT used in the GNT.
However, tou Qeou showed up on the list. I know it's used in the GNT and was wondering why it showed up? Here is a screenshot if anyone could help me out. Thanks so much!!!
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Can you provide the exact search syntax you used in the search box? I’m away from computer until Tuesday, but I should be able to do some experimenting then if no one else has gotten back to you before then.
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I did some testing today, and I see what you mean. Here's how I set up the search:
I opened an NA28 Greek NT tab, set the search type for Words and in the search box i entered *
I then opened an ALF-T tab, and entered the following syntax in the search box:
[RANGE 1 Clement] <AND> *@-[HITS NA28 Greek NT]
The very first verse listed in the results is 1 Clement 1:0, and among the words highlighted as hits are Θεοῦ and Κυρίου, both of which obviously occur in the GNT.
I checked on other hit words (like ἐπαλλήλους in 1 Clement 1:1), and they do not appear in the GNT, which is as it should be. I also checked a few non-hits (like αἰφνιδίους also in 1 Clement 1:1) and they do appear in the GNT, which is as it should be.
Then I noticed that both Θεοῦ and Κυρίου are capitalized, which they typically are not in the GNT. This should not make a difference, as the search should not be case sensitive. But I'm pretty sure that is the issue, based on the following points of data:
-If I click on the analytics button in the toolbar and choose Analysis (when the AFL-T tab with the search above is the focus), I get a list of words, by lexical form, that are hits. If I scroll down, both Θεος and Κυρίος are listed in their capitalized forms, unlike most of the words in the list; the only exceptions are proper nouns. Furthermore, Κυρίος is listed as Κυρίος-2.
-If I open a new AFL-T tab, set it to words, and start typing the word θεος, a “word picker” list appears, and there is an entry for θεος and one for Θεος. The same thing is true for Κυρίος, where there are separate entries for the capitalized and non-capitalized forms. Interestingly, either choice pulls up both capitalized and uncapitalized forms of the word when the search is performed. See, for example 1 Clement 15:5, where Κυρίος appears both in capitalized and uncapitalized form, and both are considered hits, whether the search is just for forms of Κυρίος or whether the search is for words in 1 Clement that are not in the GNT.
What is particularly odd is that it does not appear to be possible for the user to search specifically for capitalized or uncapitalized forms, to the exclusion of the other, at least not without using some other set of commands. But Accordance appears to be making the distinction when executing the HITS command….but not entirely, since the uncapitalized forms show up as hits as well (when they really shouldn't, because the uncapitalized form appears in the GNT)
In other words, I'm guessing that this is either a bug or an unintended consequence of the choice to treat Θεος and Κυρίος as proper nouns in AFL-T, when they are not treated that way in the GNT text (at least not in the NA28). That may go back to the original print Lightfoot text, or even further back to ancient manuscripts of those works.
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Thanks so much for getting back to me on this issue. I didn't notice the capitalization until you pointed it out.
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