Biblical Hebrew Forum

[jacook AT juno.com]

I would add to the list Don has provided below Silver Mountain Software's
program Bible Word Plus.  A free demo is available at www.silvermnt.com. 
I have compared to Gramcord and have found it much better although the
tagging of the Hebrew is one revision behind Gramcord's.

John Cook

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:33:57 -0500 "Don Elbourne"
<elbourne AT earthlink.net> writes:
>
>It will not do everything you are looking for but you will want to 
>look at
>BibleWorks. http://www.bibleworks.com/ IMHO, it is the best Bible 
>software
>available today. You may also want to look at Gramcord.
>http://www.gramcord.org/ I have not seen the most recent release of
>Gramcord, but I hear it is pretty good. I also use Logos.
>http://www.logos.com It is good, but I don't use it much for Hebrew 
>because
>BibleWorks is so much better for doing primary language work. Logos is 
>more
>of a digital library system and they have hundreds of books available 
>in
>their LLS format. I do not know if they have the Talmud or not. Logos 
>will
>be coming out with a whole new generation of its product very soon, 
>but they
>will not elaborate on what all is included in the re-design. We will 
>have to
>wait and see.
>
>I hope this is helpful. As far as I know these are the best three 
>Bible
>software packages available.
>
>Don A. Elbourne Jr.
>http://elbourne.simplenet.com/3939
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan Bailey [mailto:jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 9:51 AM
>> To: Biblical Hebrew
>> Subject: Bible Tools
>>
>>
>> I am sitting here with no sort of Concordance or search tools and
>> have decided that I
>> am going to buy myself a program for my computer. I am looking for
>> recommendations.
>>
>> I do a lot of work in rabbinical literature and in addition to
>> having a program which will
>> search the Tenach, I would also like one in which I can search at
>> least the Talmud,
>> and possibly additional Midrashim. I do a weensy bit with the NT
>> too, and that might
>> be nice, but since Jews are not too into the NT, something with
>> Tenach, NT, and
>> Talmud in the same program is probably too much to ask.
>>
>> I would like something that can export to at least RTL Hebrew
>> word processors, but
>> also to LTR word processors would be nice. Also I would like the
>> Tenach to have as
>> much Nikud and cantillation as possible, and to be able to export
>> these signs as well,
>> if possible.
>>
>> Also, searching for words by root it enough. I do have something
>> of a search tool with
>> my ancient "Online Bible 6.0" but since I can't search by the
>> root it is almost
>> worthless.
>>
>> A program that had "tags" for words (so I could click them and
>> get inflection,
>> definition, and/or binyan information) would be nice too, but not
>> necessary.
>>
>> Lastly, something that would let me use my Israeli keyboard for
>> input would be nice.
>>
>> Anybody know of anything that would meet a large portion of these
>> needs? (I am sure
>> a program that meets them all would be too much to ask.) At least
>> can someone tell
>> me about their search programs so I can get links, info, and a
>> feel for what to expect?
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
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