Ancient Hebrew Ancient Hebrew is read by Mova from the texts themselves, layer by layer: archaic poetry, classical prose, late Biblical Hebrew, the Hebrew of Ben Sira and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Mishnaic Hebrew. These cards cover its grammar and phonology (the Tiberian tradition), word segmentation and morphology, the treebanks of the Hebrew Bible, the Masoretic text, roots and the verb patterns (binyanim).
Each card names the ideas Mova takes for its Hebrew segmenter and parser, its dictionaries of the Tanakh and its manual of the language, and what each idea did when we tried it.
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acl-2019-luo-neural-decipherment-minimum-cost-flow Neural Decipherment via Minimum-Cost Flow: From Ugaritic to Linear B aclbulk-1969-kasher-book-isaiah-morphological-clustering-disputed The Book of Isaiah: Morphological Clustering and Disputed Authorship aclbulk-1994-kiraz-multi-tape-two-level-morphology Multi-Tape Two-Level Morphology: A Case Study in Semitic Non-Linear Morphology aclbulk-2002-gal-hmm-approach-vowel-restoration-arabic An HMM Approach to Vowel Restoration in Arabic and Hebrew aclbulk-2002-ornan-morphological-syntactic-semantic-search-engine A Morphological, Syntactic and Semantic Search Engine for Hebrew Texts aclbulk-2004-daya-learning-hebrew-roots-machine-learning Learning Hebrew Roots: Machine Learning with Linguistic Constraints aclbulk-2005-yona-finite-state-morphological-grammar-hebrew A Finite-State Morphological Grammar of Hebrew aclbulk-2009-gasser-semitic-morphological-analysis-generation-finite Semitic Morphological Analysis and Generation Using Finite State Transducers with Feature Structures aclbulk-2009-hulden-revisiting-multi-tape-automata-semitic Revisiting Multi-Tape Automata for Semitic Morphological Analysis and Generation aclbulk-2009-peursen-how-establish-verbal-paradigm-basis How to Establish a Verbal Paradigm on the Basis of Ancient Syriac Manuscripts aclbulk-2011-koppel-unsupervised-decomposition-document-into-authorial Unsupervised Decomposition of a Document into Authorial Components aclbulk-2017-giovannetti-stylometry-computer-assisted-translation-experiments Stylometry in Computer-Assisted Translation: Experiments on the Babylonian Talmud aclbulk-2018-giovannetti-constructing-annotated-resource-part-speech Constructing an Annotated Resource for Part-Of-Speech Tagging of Mishnaic Hebrew aclbulk-2018-zeldes-characterwise-windowed-approach-hebrew-morphological A Characterwise Windowed Approach to Hebrew Morphological Segmentation aclbulk-2019-kishky-constrained-sequence-sequence-semitic-root Constrained Sequence-to-sequence Semitic Root Extraction for Enriching Word Embeddings aclbulk-2019-tsarfaty-what-s-wrong-hebrew-nlp What's Wrong with Hebrew NLP? And How to Make it Right aclbulk-2020-azar-thesaurus-biblical-hebrew A Thesaurus for Biblical Hebrew aclbulk-2020-shmidman-nakdan-professional-hebrew-diacritizer Nakdan: Professional Hebrew Diacritizer aclbulk-2020-stringham-evaluating-word-embeddings-low-resource Evaluating Word Embeddings on Low-Resource Languages aclbulk-2020-terner-transliteration-judeo-arabic-texts-into Transliteration of Judeo-Arabic Texts into Arabic Script Using Recurrent Neural Networks aclbulk-2021-stekel-word-sense-induction-attentive-context Word Sense Induction with Attentive Context Clustering aclbulk-2022-swanson-handling-stress-finite-state-morphological Handling Stress in Finite-State Morphological Analyzers for Ancient Greek and Ancient Hebrew aclbulk-2022-tannor-style-classification-rabbinic-literature-detection Style Classification of Rabbinic Literature for Detection of Lost Midrash Tanhuma Material aclbulk-2024-fono-embible-reconstruction-ancient-hebrew-aramaic Embible: Reconstruction of Ancient Hebrew and Aramaic Texts Using Transformers aclbulk-2024-mcgovern-detecting-narrative-patterns-biblical-hebrew Detecting Narrative Patterns in Biblical Hebrew and Greek aclbulk-2024-shmidman-computational-methods-analysis-complementizer-variability Computational Methods for the Analysis of Complementizer Variability in Language and Literature: The Case of Hebrew "she-" and "ki" aclbulk-2024-shmidman-msbert-new-model-reconstruction-lacunae MsBERT: A New Model for the Reconstruction of Lacunae in Hebrew Manuscripts aclbulk-2025-baitner-development-hebrew-antiquity-computational-linguistic The Development of Hebrew in Antiquity – A Computational Linguistic Study aclbulk-2025-hatch-semitic-root-encoding-tokenization-based Semitic Root Encoding: Tokenization Based on the Templatic Morphology of Semitic Languages in NMT aclbulk-2025-lourie-integrating-semantic-statistical-features-authorial Integrating Semantic and Statistical Features for Authorial Clustering of Qumran Scrolls aclbulk-2025-miller-systematic-textual-availability-manuscripts Systematic Textual Availability of Manuscripts aclbulk-2025-naaijer-integrated-methodology-dating-biblical-texts Towards an Integrated Methodology of Dating Biblical Texts: The Case of the Book of Jeremiah aclbulk-2025-rosensweig-automatic-text-segmentation-ancient-historic Automatic Text Segmentation of Ancient and Historic Hebrew aclbulk-2026-bernstein-layered-annotation-workflow-semitic-epigraphy A Layered Annotation Workflow for Semitic Epigraphy aclbulk-2026-elboher-hebrew-diacritics-restoration-visual-representation Hebrew Diacritics Restoration using Visual Representation aclbulk-2026-gershuni-human-ai-annotation-error-auditing Human-AI Annotation Error Auditing for Hebrew Diacritization with Frontier LLMs aclbulk-2026-liebeskind-domain-aware-error-correction-citation Domain-Aware Error Correction for Citation NER in Medieval Hebrew Responsa aclbulk-2026-stoupak-bereshit-ancient-hebrew-model-based BEReshiT: an Ancient Hebrew Model based on DictaBERT aclbulk-2026-tal-modeling-dalet-clitic-historical-hebrew Modeling the Dalet Clitic in Historical Hebrew Texts: A New Prefix-Segmented BERT Model and Stylistic Analysis cl-1995-levinger-learning-morpho-lexical-probabilities-untagged Learning Morpho-Lexical Probabilities from an Untagged Corpus with an Application to Hebrew cl-2008-daya-identifying-semitic-roots-machine-learning Identifying Semitic Roots: Machine Learning with Linguistic Constraints coref-2024-swanson-named-entity-coreference-annotation-hebrew Towards Named-Entity and Coreference Annotation of the Hebrew Bible eacl-2023-shmidman-do-pretrained-contextual-language-models Do Pretrained Contextual Language Models Distinguish between Hebrew Homograph Analyses? eacl-2024-toker-dataset-metaphor-detection-early-medieval A Dataset for Metaphor Detection in Early Medieval Hebrew Poetry findings-2020-shmidman-novel-challenge-set-hebrew-morphological A Novel Challenge Set for Hebrew Morphological Disambiguation and Diacritics Restoration findings-2022-gershuni-restoring-hebrew-diacritics-without-dictionary Restoring Hebrew Diacritics Without a Dictionary findings-2024-shmidman-mrl-parsing-without-tears-case MRL Parsing Without Tears: The Case of Hebrew findings-2025-stoupak-classifier-word-level-variants-witnesses A Classifier of Word-Level Variants in Witnesses of Biblical Hebrew Manuscripts hbo-1993-endo-verbal-system-classical-hebrew-joseph The Verbal System of Classical Hebrew in the Joseph Story: An Approach from Discourse Analysis hbo-1994-kroeze-three-dimensional-approach-gender-sex A three-dimensional approach to the gender/sex of nouns in Biblical Hebrew hbo-1995-collins-wayyiqtol-pluperfect-why The Wayyiqtol as 'Pluperfect': When and Why hbo-1996-meister-interrogatives-biblical-hebrew-case-study Interrogatives in Biblical Hebrew: a case study in the Joseph narrative hbo-1999-rendsburg-confused-language-deliberate-literary-device Confused Language as a Deliberate Literary Device in Biblical Hebrew Narrative hbo-2000-anstey-linguistic-description-analysis-2-samuel The Linguistic Description and Analysis of 2 Samuel 11–12 From The Perspective of Functional Grammar In the Tradition of Simon Dik hbo-2001-caen-hebrew-linguistics-biblical-criticism-minimalist Hebrew Linguistics and Biblical Criticism: A Minimalist Programme hbo-2003-liss-undisclosed-speech-patterns-communication-book Undisclosed Speech: Patterns of Communication in the Book of Isaiah hbo-2004-floor-information-structure-topic-focus-theme From information structure, topic and focus, to theme in Biblical Hebrew hbo-2004-merwe-overview-recent-developments-description-biblical An overview of recent developments in the description of Biblical Hebrew relevant to Bible translation hbo-2004-snyman-chapter-3-minimalist-assumptions-negation Chapter 3: Minimalist assumptions on negation in Biblical Hebrew syntax hbo-2005-schniedewind-prolegomena-sociolinguistics-classical-hebrew Prolegomena for the Sociolinguistics of Classical Hebrew hbo-2006-holmstedt-issues-linguistic-analysis-dead-language Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead Language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew hbo-2006-li-va-yehi-discourse-marker-kings Va'yehi as a Discourse Marker in Kings hbo-2006-longacre-discourse-structure-verb-forms-archaism Discourse Structure, Verb Forms, and Archaism in Psalm 18 hbo-2007-runge-discourse-functional-description-participant-reference A Discourse-Functional Description of Participant Reference in Biblical Hebrew Narrative hbo-2007-warren-rothlin-politeness-strategies-biblical-hebrew-west Politeness Strategies in Biblical Hebrew and West African Languages hbo-2008-cook-vav-prefixed-verb-forms-elementary The Vav-Prefixed Verb Forms in Elementary Hebrew Grammar hbo-2008-stein-noun-biblical-hebrew-term-affiliation The Noun אִישׁ (ʾîš) in Biblical Hebrew: A Term of Affiliation hbo-2008-yoo-paragraphs-episodes-distinguishing-paragraphs-biblical Paragraphs as episodes: distinguishing paragraphs in Biblical Hebrew narrative text on the basis of linguistic devices hbo-2008-young-late-biblical-hebrew-qumran-pesher Late Biblical Hebrew and the Qumran Pesher Habakkuk hbo-2009-benton-aspect-biblical-hebrew-niphal-hitpael Aspect and the Biblical Hebrew Niphal and Hitpael hbo-2009-savran-multivocality-group-speech-biblical-narrative Multivocality in Group Speech in Biblical Narrative hbo-2010-andrason-panchronic-yiqtol-functionally-consistent-cognitively The Panchronic Yiqtol: Functionally Consistent and Cognitively Plausible hbo-2010-westbury-towards-discourse-pragmatic-description-left Towards a discourse-pragmatic description of left-dislocation in biblical Hebrew hbo-2011-andrason-biblical-hebrew-wayyiqtol-dynamic-definition Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol: A Dynamic Definition hbo-2011-holmstedt-typological-classification-hebrew-genesis-subject The Typological Classification of the Hebrew of Genesis: Subject-Verb or Verb-Subject? hbo-2012-andrason-making-sound-performative-qatal-explanation Making It Sound: The Performative Qatal and Its Explanation hbo-2012-gzella-some-general-remarks-interactions-between Some General Remarks on Interactions between Aspect, Modality, and Evidentiality in Biblical Hebrew hbo-2012-hutton-morphology-tg-stem-hebrew-tirgalti The Morphology of the tG-Stem in Hebrew and tirgaltî in Hos 11:3 hbo-2012-winther-nielsen-stones-display-joshua-6-linguistic Stones on Display in Joshua 6: The Linguistic Tree Constructor as a "Persuasive Technology" hbo-2013-andrason-optative-indicative-real-factual-past An Optative Indicative? A Real Factual Past? Toward a Cognitive-Typological Approach to the Precative Qatal hbo-2013-rezetko-qumran-scrolls-book-judges-literary The Qumran Scrolls of the Book of Judges: Literary Formation, Textual Criticism, and Historical Linguistics hbo-2014-berman-diachronic-study-hebrew-bible-field Diachronic Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Field in Crisis hbo-2014-holmstedt-analyzing-grammar-reading-texts-ps Analyzing זֶה Grammar and Reading זֶה Texts of Ps 68:9 and Judg 5:5 hbo-2014-kummerow-anaphora-deixis-tiberian-hebrew-semantically Anaphora and Deixis in Tiberian Hebrew: Semantically Mapping the Case for a Distance-Neutral Demonstrative hbo-2014-price-biblical-hebrew-feminine-singular-qal The Biblical Hebrew Feminine Singular Qal Participle: A Historical Reconstruction hbo-2014-roorda-laf-fabric-data-analysis-tool LAF-Fabric: a data analysis tool for Linguistic Annotation Framework with an application to the Hebrew Bible hbo-2014-sanders-ashkar-gilson-manuscript-remnant-proto The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript: Remnant of a Proto-Masoretic Model Scroll of the Torah hbo-2014-westbury-left-dislocation-biblical-hebrew-cognitive Left Dislocation in Biblical Hebrew: A Cognitive Linguistic Account hbo-2014-wilson-verbal-valency-biblical-hebrew-analysis Verbal Valency in Biblical Hebrew: An Analysis of the Valency of ʿbr hbo-2015-dyck-critical-engagement-biblical-hebrew-verbal A Critical Engagement with the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System Theories of John Cook and Jan Joosten by Applying Aspect Prominent Theory and Relative Tense Theory to Psalms 1–41 hbo-2015-hutton-optimality-grammars-ancient-translations Optimality Grammars of Ancient Translations: Descriptive Translation Studies, Optimality Theory, and Targum Jonathan 2 Sam 11:1 hbo-2015-korchin-suspense-authority-amid-biblical-hebrew Suspense and Authority amid Biblical Hebrew Front Dislocation hbo-2015-lenzi-sequences-verbal-forms-taxis-biblical Sequences of Verbal Forms and Taxis in Biblical Hebrew hbo-2015-roorda-hebrew-bible-data-laboratory-sharing The Hebrew Bible as Data: Laboratory – Sharing – Experiences hbo-2016-andrason-complexity-verbal-semanticsan-intricate-relationship The Complexity of Verbal Semantics — An Intricate Relationship Between Qatal and Wayyiqtol hbo-2016-andrason-resume-resume-some-remarks-resumption To resume or not to resume: Some remarks on 'resumption' in left dislocation constructions in Polish, and its relevance for Biblical Hebrew hbo-2016-baranowski-biblical-hebrew-wayyiqtol-evidence-amarna The Biblical Hebrew wayyiqtol and the Evidence of the Amarna Letters from Canaan hbo-2016-jensen-participant-reference-shifts-zech-1 Participant-Reference Shifts in Zech. 1:1-6. An Assessment of Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches hbo-2016-legnaioli-time-ancient-hebrew-lexicon-case Time in Ancient Hebrew Lexicon: The Case of yrḥ and ḥdš hbo-2016-miller-naude-adjective-distinct-noun-grammatical-category Is the adjective distinct from the noun as a grammatical category in biblical Hebrew? This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/papers/hbo/