Bar Ilan Software Support - Searching for Nikud

   
In the Bar Ilan Responsa Project you can specify nikud (Hebrew vowels) when searching the Tanach database. To do so:

1. In the Regular search screen, type the words you want to find. Alternatively, click the Nikud box   on the Regular search screen; then type the desired words there, and proceed to step 3 below.

2. Click the first word for which you want to specify Nikud, and then click the Nikud box.  . The Nikud screen will appear.

 

3. In your Bar Ilan Software click the first letter for which you want to specify Nikud, and then click the desired vowel on the Nikud keyboard at the lower left part of the screen.

•    You can distinguish between sin and shin by clicking the letter you want to vocalize; then click the sin or shin character next to this word.
•    To insert a dagesh or mappik in a letter, click the checkbar in the row labeled Dagesh/Mappik. To make sure that a particular letter does not contain a dagesh or mappik (for example, to find the word ושערה in Lev. 13:4, as opposed to ושערה in Lev. 13:20), click the box labeled X in the row labeled Dagesh/Mappik.
•    In your the Bar Ilan CD to indicate that certain letters should not have any vowels, click the letter, and then click the box labeled X in the row labeled Nikud. For example, to find דניאל without any vowel under the א, click the א, and then click the box labeled X in the Nikud row.
•    By clicking the appropriate English letters at the bottom of the Nikud keyboard, you can specify multiple vowels with similar sounds. For example, if you want to locate either זכר or זכר, click the letter ז, and then click the button marked E on the Nikud keyboard.

4. In your Bar Ilan Responsa CD repeat this process as many times as necessary until you have finished specifying all desired vowels.

    If you don't specify any vowels for a particular letter, all possible vowel combinations will be retrieved for that letter. For example, if you type the word אמר and you specify a patach under the מ without specifying any other vowels, both אמר and אמר will be retrieved.
    If you made a mistake when specifying vowels or words on the Nikud screen, you can correct it by clicking the appropriate button in the row marked Clear (Nikud in Column, All Nikud, All); then retype the text or vowels you want to locate.
Alternatively, right-click any letter in the Nikud screen, and then click the appropriate option (Erase, Erase Nikud, Erase Dagesh, Erase Column).
    In the Bar Ilan Project if you want to see the word you specified displayed with vowels before performing your search, click the Nikud Preview button.

5. Click OK to return to the search screen and to execute your search. If you want to see the word you specified displayed with vowels, click the  before performing your search, click the Show Nikud button; then close it to proceed with your search.

•    Text with vowels is grayed on the main search screen, and cannot be edited directly from this screen. To edit or erase such words, click the Nikud box, and edit the relevant words from the Nikud screen. Alternatively, right-click these words, and then click Erase or Nikud (if you want to change the vowels).

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