Hebrew Tag Code Tables

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Hebrew Tag Code Tables

When working with a grammatically tagged text, you can use tag details as part of your search criteria. These parameters can be included in your search argument as part of a Construct tab (by dragging a part of speech palette item into an element column) or through the use of the Tags submenu (Search menu) from the search entry box.

This topic contains a comprehensive listing of all valid settings for each of the parts of speech of the tagged Hebrew and Aramaic texts. Some tag options are only available based on the settings for other tags within the same part of speech. For example, the noun gender, number, and case can only be set when the class is set to common.

Each table also shows the abbreviated form and tag code symbol for each of these options. The Tag display pop-up menus in the Parsing and Analysis display dialog boxes is used to view the full parsing information, abbreviated forms, or tag codes.

The tag codes are made up of single letters and are displayed in the same order as the full parsing information. Thus, a C in the tag code for an adjective means either common or construct, depending on where it appears in the code. This Parsing tab has been set to display tag codes.

The third tag code in this tab, VQP3MS, shows that ברא is a VERB qal perfect third person masculine singular.

Notes

The tag codes are not exactly identical to those in the Westminster Hebrew Morphological Database. Minor changes were necessary to make each tag code within a detail unique. Unlike Westminster, the codes are NOT case sensitive.

Options that apply only to Aramaic text are italicized in the tables below, and in the Accordance dialog boxes.

The following tables list the Hebrew tags, abbreviations and tag codes for each part of speech.

Adjective (Tag Code = A)

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Gender	masculine	masc	M
	feminine	fem	F
	both	both	B
	common	comm	C
Class	cardinal	card	C
Class	ordinal	ord	O
Number	singular	sing	S
	plural	plur	P
	dual	dual	D
State	construct	const	C
State	determined	deter	D

Noun (Tag Code = N)

Proper names formed from more than one word are treated as separate words. Each part is tagged properName with its own lexical formThe canonical (dictionary) form of a word.

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Class	common	comm.	C
	properName	proper	P
	transliteration	translit	T
	gentilic	gent	G
Gender	masculine	masc	M
	feminine	fem	F
	both	both	B
Number	singular	sing	S
	plural	plur	P
	dual	dual	D
State	construct	const	C
State	determined	deter	D

Particle (Tag Code = P)

The compoundPrepositionArticle tag indicates the combined preposition and article. Therefore, to find all prepositions you should search for (preposition, compoundPrepositionArticle), or to exclude all articles, you can exclude (article, compoundPrepositionArticle).

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Class	article	art	A
	conjunction	conj	C
	adverb	adv	D
	interrogative	interr	G
	interjection	interj	I
	negative	neg	N
	object	obj	O
	preposition	prep	P
	relative	rel	R
	existence	exist	E
	compoundPrepositionArticle	compoundPrepArt	X

Pronoun (Tag Code = O)

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Class	common	comm.	C
Class	properName	proper	P
Person	first	1	1
	second	2	2
	third	3	3
Gender	masculine	masc	M
	feminine	fem	F
	common	comm	C
Number	singular	sing	S
Number	plural	plur	P

Suffix (Tag Code = S)

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Person	first	1	1
	second	2	2
	third	3	3
	paragogicHeb	paragogicH	H
	directionalHeh	directional	D
	paragogicNun	paragogicN	N
Class	energicNun	energicN	E
Gender	masculine	masc	M
	feminine	fem	F
	common	comm	C
Number	singular	sing	S
Number	plural	plur	P

Note

The suffix has no lexical form.

Verb (Tag Code = V)

Note

The H and A on the pealal and polel are added to distinguish these stems from others of similar name, or beginning with the same letters, since the Aramaic and Hebrew are distinct.

The participle and passiveParticiple are separate tags. Therefore, to find all participles you should search for (participle, passiveParticiple).
The Other tags can only be accessed when perfect, imperfect or wawConsecutive are selected.
Cohortative heh is no longer used in the latest versions of the Hebrew Bible.

	Full Word	Abbreviation	Tag Code
Hebrew stem	qal	qal	Q
	nifal	nif	N
	piel	piel	P
	pual	pual	U
	hitpael	hitpael	T
	hifil	hif	H
	hofal	hof	O
	passiveQal	passiveQal	S
	palel	palel	A
	Hpealal (pealal)	Hpealal	B
	pilel	pilel	C
	pilpel	pilpel	D
	polel	polel	E
	poel	poel	K
	tifil	tifil	M
	polal	polal	F
	polpal	polpal	G
	pulal	pulal	I
	poal	poal	L
	hotpaal	hotpal	Y
	hitpolel	hitpolel	V
	hitpalpel	hitpalp	W
	hishtafel	hishtaf	Z
	nitpael	nitpael	X
	nitpalpel	nitpal	7
	nitpoel	nitpoel	8
	hitpoel	hitpoel	9
Aramaic stem	aphel	aph	¡
	haphel	haph	¬
	hishtaphel	hishtaph	»
	hithaphel	hithaph	≈
	hithpaal	hithpaal	”
	hithpalpel	hithpalp	‘
	hithpeel	hithpe	Δ
	hithpolel	hithpol	«
	hophal	hoph	ƒ
	ishtaphel	ishtaph	…
	ithpaal	ithpaal	À
	ithpeel	ithpeel	Ã
	ithpoel	ithpoel	÷
	pael	pael	Õ
	peal	peal	Œ
	peil	peil	œ
	Apolel (polel)	Apolel	–
	saphel	saph	—
	shaphel	shaph	“
	Apoel	Apoel	1
	palpel	palpel	2
	ithpalpel	ithpalp	3
	ithpolel	ithpol	4
	ittaphal	ittaph	5
	quadriradical	Quad	6
	istaphel	istaph	β
Aspect	perfect	perf	P
	imperfect	imperf	I
	wawConsecutive	wawConsec	W
	imperative	impera	V
	infinitiveConstruct	infinitiveConst	C
	infinitiveAbsolute	infinitiveAbs	A
	participle	part	T
	passiveParticiple	passiveP	S
Person	first	1	1
	second	2	2
	third	3	3
Gender	masculine	masc	M
	feminine	fem	F
	common	comm	C
Number	singular	sing	S
Number	plural	plur	P
State	construct	const	C
State	determined	deter	D
Other	apocopated	apoc	J
	consecutive	consec	S
	jussive both	jussiveB	E
	jussive form	jussiveF	F
	jussive meaning	jussiveM	G
	cohortative both	cohortativeB	X
	cohortative form	cohortativeF	Y
	cohortative meaning	cohortativeM	Z
	cohortative heh	cohortativeH	H