Historical note: This post was originally written in 2016. BibleWorks later ceased operation as a commercial Bible-software provider in 2018, although existing users may still maintain or reactivate installations.
There are times when one might want to find trope/accent patterns (or clauses and phrases) in the Hebrew Bible. Printed works such as James D. Price’s multivolume Concordance of the Hebrew Accents in the Hebrew Bible can be used for this purpose. Such tools tend to be expensive and hard to find unless you happen to live near a very good library. Fortunately, there are a few software programs that allow one to run precisely those types of searches.
(1) Quantified Cantillation (It’s free!):
Quantified Cantillation is a free-to-use online cantillation/Torah-accent database with an intuitive graphical user interface. Searches are executed visually by clicking with the mouse. At the time this post was written, the database covered the Pentateuch/Torah. Archived site
(2) Accordance Bible Software (It’s intuitive, easy to use, and powerful!):
If you own a license for Accordance and one of the Hebrew Bible modules sold on their website you can search for individual accents, accent patterns (Trope patterns), words with a particular accent, morphology, root, wildcards + accents, and so much more. Accordance allows one to do so either by typing in a search window or visually through the construct search window selecting accents via the character palette via a click of the mouse. https://www.accordancebible.com/
(3) BibleWorks (It is powerful!)
When you purchased a license for BibleWorks, the base product included enough material to begin searching accents and accent patterns. In BibleWorks, you could search either by typing codes/tags on the command line or by using the graphical search engine. However, the searches still required the relevant accent codes. Archived BibleWorks site
If, by any chance, you are aware of software for searching Torah trope that I have overlooked, please leave a comment here or on the contact page.
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