Concordance pane improvements
I have two suggestions to make for the functionality of the Concordance pane. Right now I have HMT-W4 in mind (renamed HBT Leningrad Codex for my desktop) but I imagine this would be pertinent elsewhere.
1. Adjusted references based on search parameters
Currently, if one searches for (let's say) יָד in Numbers 19–36, Accordance says there are 24 occurrences. The Concordance pane gives them as follows:

If one wants to modify the search parameters to the occurrences of יָד in the construct, for instance, then the hits tab says יָד occurs 20 times. However, the Concordance pane gives exactly the same results without adjusting for the difference in the search parameter:

To my thinking, this should be an obvious adjustment. But I'm not a programmer, just a researcher.
2. Improved occurrences per verse
The regular Concordance pane has two conventions that aren't useful, especially when searching for high frequency morphemes. For simplicity, let's say the preposition/clitic bet in Num 19–36 in HMT-W4. Accordance gives 388 hits and the Concordance pane is as follows:

Here are the two things I would like to see as options in the Concordance pane:
A. Specific versification without ranges
If someone is trying to make their own concordance (as in my doctoral thesis), it would be super handy not to have ranges but specific verses included. Thus, instead of “Num. 19:2, 4, 7-14”, I would like to see “Num. 19:2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.” This isn't an option currently (to my knowledge).
B. Occurrences per verse
For morphemes that have multiple occurrences per verse, it would again be nice to see this reflected in the Concordance pane. For example, Num 19:12 has bet occurring five times:

There's no way to know this via the Concordance pane. Thus, I'd recommend some convention that marks this is one wants it. My preference would be something like (in this case) “19:12penta,” as the use of italicised Greek numerals in transcription is an academic convention. I can imagine superscript numerals or something functioning similarly.
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