BHSaddons feature: wordboundary
| Feature type | Data type | Available for node types |
|---|---|---|
Node |
String |
word |
This feature indicates wordboudaries (spaces OR maqaf). The maqaf (מַקָּף) functions in Hebrew to connect two words.
Either the number '1' (string) or empty. Frequency table for this feature:
| Value | Description | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| <empty> | not the last node in a word | |
| 1 | last node in a word |
The following image shows the mapping of the surface text word to the word nodes in the BHSA Text-Fabric dataset, taking Genesis 1:1 as an example.
The image shows that the first Hebrew word (בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית) maps to two word nodes in Text-Fabric: node 1 for the 'בְּ' and node 2 for the 'רֵאשִׁ֖ית' part. In order to clearly mark the surface level wordboundaries, the feature value for wordboundary is set to 'empty' for node 1 and set to '1' for node 2.