According to Eep Talstra’s ETCBC database In the BHS (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia) there are a total of 62 occurrences where:
x-Qatal clauses
in which Conjunctive phrases
with Et asher are followed by a phrase, labelled verbal Predicate
Genesis 9:24
Genesis 18:19
Genesis 27:45
Genesis 28:15
Exodus 10:2
Leviticus 9:5
Numbers 32:31
Numbers 33:4
Deuteronomy 4:3
Deuteronomy 7:18
Deuteronomy 9:7
Deuteronomy 24:9
Deuteronomy 25:17
Deuteronomy 29:15
Joshua 2:10
Joshua 5:1
Joshua 9:3
Joshua 9:24
Joshua 24:7
Judges 14:6
Judges 18:27
1 Samuel 12:24
1 Samuel 15:2
1 Samuel 15:16
1 Samuel 16:4
1 Samuel 25:35
1 Samuel 28:9
1 Samuel 30:23
1 Samuel 31:11
2 Samuel 19:20
2 Samuel 19:38
2 Samuel 21:11
1 Kings 2:5
1 Kings 5:22
1 Kings 8:24
1 Kings 8:25
1 Kings 11:10
1 Kings 18:13
2 Kings 5:20
2 Kings 7:12
2 Kings 8:5
2 Kings 10:10
2 Kings 19:11
2 Kings 20:3
Isaiah 38:3
Isaiah 55:11
Jeremiah 7:12
Jeremiah 23:25
Jeremiah 38:9
Jeremiah 45:4
Jeremiah 51:12
Ezekiel 23:22
Zechariah 12:10
Ruth 2:17
Ruth 2:18
Ruth 2:19
Esther 9:23
1 Chronicles 4:10
2 Chronicles 6:15
2 Chronicles 6:16
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Introducing Software For running Torah Trope clause/phrase searches
There are times when one might want to find Trope/accent patterns (or clause / phrases ) in the Hebrew Bible. To do so sometimes printed works such as James D. Price’s multivolume Concordance of the Hebrew Accents in the Hebrew Bible are use. Such tools tend to be expensive and hard to find unless you happen to live near a very good library. fortunately, there are few software programs that allow one to run precisely those type of searches.
(1) Quantified Cantillation (It’s free!):
Is a free, to use online cantillation/Torah accent database with an intuitive graphic user interface. All, searches are executed both visually and via a click of your computer’s mouse. Currently, the database only covers the Pentateuch / Torah. https://quantifiedcantillation.nl/
(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) BibleWords (It is powerful!)
When you purchases a license for BibleWorks you get 90% of all the modules they offer. So, the base product already comes with enough for you to start searching on accents and accent patterns. In Bible works you search either by typing codes/tags on the command line or through the use of the powerful graphic search engine. However, you will still need to type in the codes to run your searches. http://www.bibleworks.com/
If, by any chance, you are aware of software for search on the Torah trope that I have overlooked or missed please leave a comment here or on the contact page.
The Masorah Thesaurus
Yet, another reason to get excited about Accordance for Windows and the original Mac OS version as well! Accordance has just released the first part of the Masora Thesaurus. When completed this encyclopedic like volume will contain the complete text of the Masorah Gedolah, Masorah Ketanah, and the Masorah Finalis of the oldest complete codex of the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh known as the Leningrad Codex B19a. This work will also include 30 years worth of Aron Dotan’s notes on the Masora. Aron Dotan is chair of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies and editor of the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia. Now, this begs the question of what is the Masora?
The term Masorah is ordinarily used in modern biblical studies to refer to the body of marginal notes (i.e., Masoretic notes) which are transmitted with the text, either in a manuscript or in a printed edition. However, this is the narrow sense of the word. In its broadest sense, Masorah refers to traditions and rules, passed down in Judaism for generations, which regulate all aspects of the copying and use of Bible manuscripts…
The Masorah can be divided into several subdivisions. The Masorah Parva (Mp) consists of the Masoretic notes in the side margins of manuscripts (cf. BHS). The Masorah Magna (Mm) includes the notes in the upper and lower margins of the manuscripts…
The Masorah Finalis (Mf) refers to the material collected at the end of a particular book, section (e.g., Torah) or manuscript. In manuscripts, the Mf consists of summary lists, such as the number of verses, sedarim, etc., and information of this type is included in BHS at the end of books.
Kelley, Page H., Daniel S. Mynatt, and Timothy G. Crawford. The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated Glossary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.
The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) the longtime popular edition of the Hebrew Bible. only contains the Masora Parva, Masora
Enter Accordance Bible Software‘s Marorah Thesaurus database.

The Masorah Thesaurus has so much more than the printed Masora Magna of the BHS. Accordance database has the unedited Masorah Parva, the Masorah Magna of the Leningrad Codex(AND other Manuscritpt, too), as well cross-references to other Masoretic lists, notations, and texts (as well as much more). Accordance digital Masorah Thesaurus database is, of course, searchable in ways that neither the print edition of the BHS nor the standard digital edition of Gerard E. Weil’s Massorah Gedolah: Manuscrit B. 19a de Léningrad are.
So, that we can better appreciate the Masorah Thesaurus let’s first take a quick look at what the printed BHS offers.
In a printed edition of the BHS we turn to page one or to Genesis 1:1. Now, we notice the raised circle above בְּרֵאשִׁית . That circle in our printed BHS alerts us to the marginal notes called Masora Parva. To better illiterate what has just been said take a look at the following screenshot:

In the photo above (or in the BHS) we notice that the f
We, also notice that there are two other Hebrew letters in the note with dots; both ג̇ and ב̇ followed by abbreviations or short hand notes. ג̇ being the third letter of the alphabet represent 3, and ב̇ being the second letter represents two (2 plus 3 is of course five). So, the Masora tells us that בְּרֵאשִׁית starts a stanza(ר״פ) three times (ג̇) , and is embedded in a stanza ( מ״פ) two times(ב̇).
This may help us understand the above abbreviations:
(Within, inside) מ = מצעא
(Head, start) רֹ =ראש
(verse/Stanza) פ = פסוקֹ, פסֹ, פסוֹ
Sometimes (or at least I have seen some use) קֹ in place of פסוקֹ
However, since the Masora

Unfortunately, Weil’s Massorah Gedolah is out of print, but as mention before there is a digital version of it in another software platform for 99.99USD. However as Accordance Bible Software Masora Thesaurus just about the same at 99.09 it is arguable the better deal because it contain so much more value for the buck.
Accent Searches in Accordance Bible Software
Accent Searches in Accordance Bible Software
Late last year I bought a license for an Accordance bundle/
Since, I am a bit busy and maybe lazy at the moment I will re-post a short description of an Accent search I posted on the Accordance Forums last year:
Originally Posted on the November 6th, 2012 – 11:10 pm. I’ve always envied Accordance users and
- Cantors Marshall Portnoy and Josee Wolf, The Art of Torah Cantillation pg. 61
- James D. Price,Concordance of the Hebrew accents in the Hebrew Bible: Volume 1 pg 6.
- Joshua R. Jacobson, Chanting the Hebrew Bible pg. 107-108 (Out, of his list of seven occurrences of the Shalshelet four are from the Pentateuch)
Since, I already know how many times the Shalshelet should appear in the Pentateuch I thought this would be a great search to start with. So, here is my attempt:
- Opened, Accordance
- Selected the BHS-W4
- Limited the Search range to the “Law” or the Pentateuch using the button bar above the text window.
- Click on “Window” heading on the menu bar at the top of the screen. A drop down window opened.
- Then selected “Character Palette” from the drop down window(Or the 5th choice from the top).
- In the character palette window I then selected the Yehudit (font)
- made sure that there was a check mark next to the “cantillation” option.
- Then, on the command line I entered: A wildcard period(.) followed by Shalshelet (I used the character palette to select it)
- Finally, I Hit enter
Sure, enough Accordance brought back all four verses in the Torah/Pentateuch which contain the Shalshelet. That was great! Now, I know what people mean when they say Accordance is intuitive! I was