Instant Details - Correct Hebrew Bible Hit Count
Not sure whether this is a feature request or a bug report:
When I am reading Greek or Hebrew texts and come upon an unfamiliar word, I want to know at a glance how common the word is.
In Greek texts, Ctrl + Mouse Over correctly displays the total # of occurrences of a given word.
In Hebrew texts, the number provided is very often wrong. The problem appears to be that Instant Details lumps words with the same root letters together. A few examples:
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פֶּרֶק in Nah 3:1 - When I Ctrl-Mouse-Over in HMT-W4, instant details displays:
פֶּ֙רֶק֙ (6x) פֶּרֶק (14x).
In this case the number 14 combines all homonyms for the root פרק; the second number appears to combine results for two different nouns and a few occurrences of the verb פרק. In reality, the noun פֶּרֶק occurs just twice (according to HALOT), here and in Obad 14. (According to DCH, פֶּרֶק in Nah 3:1 and in Obad 14 are two different nouns.)
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כֹּבֶד in Nah 3:3 - When I Ctrl-Mouse-Over in HMT-W4, instant details displays:
כֹ֣בֶד (77x) כֹּבֶד (173x)
Again, Instant Details provides a total for the occurrences of the root כבד (173x); the second number appears to combine results for three different nouns (according to whoever tagged the database), and 8 stray occurrences of the verb כבד.
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For more examples, chosen more-or-less at random, see רוֹם in Hab 3:10, יֵשַׁע in Hab 3:13, נָקַבְתָּ in Hab 3:14.
(I suspect there is also a problem with Hebrew lexeme searches in the word usage tab and/or the Hebrew lexeme toggle under live click preferences.)
Again, I'm looking for Instant Details to display the number of hits for the lexeme in the specific verse I am looking at. (Bibleworks had a “require homonym match” toggle that made this kind of instant response a cinch.)
I consult word frequencies all the time so it is frustrating that the numbers in Instant Details are consistently unreliable in Hebrew texts. (For a workaround, see https://support.accordancebible.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/37276956895387/comments/37338783323163)
If you are still reading, it would be great if users had more control over what Instant Details displays. Ditto for the Word Study tab.
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