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  • From: Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad Codex upgrade of 19 July 2009
  • Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:03:59 -0400



The Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad Codex at

http://www.tanach.us

has been upgraded to a version dated 19 July 2009. (The URL no longer requires a final /Tanach.xml.)

The text is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex Version 4.12 of 5 Aug 2009. The new version has 446 changes in vowels (416 of these changes are due to the introduction of the holam haser, see below.), 15 changes in accents, 34 changes in notes (including 5 new note types), and 68 changes in morphological divisions.

The site now contains the Unicode 5.1 "HOLAM HASER FOR VAV" character (x05ba) for improved typography.

A possibility of changing the site's Hebrew font has been incorporated. With an appropriate choice of free fonts very good rendering is obtainable on all operating systems.

Internal changes make the site viewable on Apple Safari 4.0+ and Google Chrome browsers.

Details of the upgrade are at

http://www.tanach.us/Tanach.xml#Changes .

Viewers who know how to do so should clear their browser cache to ensure they're seeing the new version.

In the event of difficulties with the new version, please contact me and follow the "Previous version" link in the upper left corner of the home page.

Chris Kimball
West Redding, CT USA





  • [b-hebrew] Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad Codex upgrade of 19 July 2009, Christopher Kimball, 08/05/2009

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