Adding new `def`s to the `LexicalIndex.xml` and extending Strong's numbers?

[etale-cohomology]

A "vanilla" Strong's number looks something like H430. But OSHB features "extended" Strong's numbers (eg. 6635 b), which (as far as I can tell) account for multiple meanings of the same word, and seem related to the aug field in the (really cool) LexicalIndex.xml. (OSHB also has "extended-extended" Strong's numbers, which look like c/d/5531 b, where the actual Strong's number is 5531, and the the first part c/d/ seems to only account for extra words within a word (eg. prepositions/articles/conjunctions like "in", "the", "and"), and the latter part b is as before).

Where was this extension to Strong's numbers devised, and, more importantly, can it be extended within the OSHB project?

Eg. consider H430. The LexicalIndex.xml def says gods.

<entry id="arn">
    <w xlit="ʾĕlōhîm">אֱלֹהִים</w> <pos>N</pos> <def>gods</def>
    <xref bdb="a.dl.ad" strong="430" twot="93c"/>
    <etym type="sub">arm</etym>
</entry>

But what if I'd like to add another <entry> to the xml, to account for the meaning God?

Eg.

<entry id="arn">
    <w xlit="ʾĕlōhîm">אֱלֹהִים</w> <pos>N</pos> <def>God</def>
    <xref bdb="a.dl.ad" strong="430" aug="a" twot="93c"/>
    <etym type="sub">arm</etym>
</entry>
<entry id="arn">
    <w xlit="ʾĕlōhîm">אֱלֹהִים</w> <pos>N</pos> <def>gods</def>
    <xref bdb="a.dl.ad" strong="430" aug="b" twot="93c"/>
    <etym type="sub">arm</etym>
</entry>

Notice that I've also added a corresponding aug field to each <entry>.

Can this be done? Does it make sense?

Of course this would require going to every instance of H430 and adding an a or a b postfix (or c, d, etc.), depending on the meaning (and people sometimes disagree in certain verses, like Psa 50.1).

But maybe what I want to do is done / can be done in another way, and I'm just speaking nonsense. Or maybe I've understood nothing about the extended Strong's numbers.

I'm also curious, where does the def field some from?

[DavidTroidl]

The Lexical Index is meant to be an index to the entries in Strong's, as well as Brown, Driver, Briggs and the codes for the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. The def element was added just to give w rough ides of what word is being referenced. This is all described in HebrewLexicon.pdf, as well as the readme.md for the lexicon.

On 6/22/2022 5:12 AM, Diego Alonso wrote:

A "vanilla" Strong's number looks something like H430 https://studybible.info/strongs/h6635. But OSHB features "extended" Strong's numbers (eg. |6635 b|), which (as far as I can tell) account for multiple meanings of the same word, and seem related to the |aug| field in the (really cool) |LexicalIndex.xml| https://github.com/openscriptures/HebrewLexicon/blob/master/LexicalIndex.xml. (OSHB also has "extended-extended" Strong's numbers, which look like |c/d/5531 b|, where the actual Strong's number is |5531|, and the the first part |c/d/| seems to only account for extra words within a word (eg. prepositions/articles/conjunctions like "in", "the", "and"), and the latter part |b| is as before).

Where was this extension to Strong's numbers devised, and, more importantly, can it be extended within the OSHB project?

Eg. consider |H430| https://studybible.info/strongs/h430. The |LexicalIndex.xml| |def| says |gods|.

אֱלֹהִים N gods arm

But what if I'd like to add another || to the |xml|, to account for the meaning |God|?

Eg.

אֱלֹהִים N God arm אֱלֹהִים N gods arm

Notice that I've also added a corresponding |aug| field to each ||.

Can this be done? Does it make sense?

Of course this would require going to every instance of |H430| and adding an |a| or a |b| postfix (or |c|, |d|, etc.), depending on the meaning (and people sometimes disagree in certain verses, like Psa 50.1 https://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psa+50.1&version=GNV). (Although you can automate the process if you have, say, a KJV with embedded Strong's numbers.)

But maybe what I want to do is done / can be done in another way, and I'm just speaking nonsense. Or maybe I've understood nothing about the extended Strong's numbers.

I'm also curious, where does the |def| field some from?

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[etale-cohomology]

Okay thank you!