Bible Programs User Guide
(v2.0 by Simcha Kuritzky)
Below are listed 4 examples of tasks to which the enclosed Bible programs
are well-suited. It is difficult to document GUI systems without graphics,
but I will do my best. Each line will begin with a verb, and when commands
are listed, the full name of the command is given in parentheses. If you
are instructed to type an answer to a question, the meaning of the answer is
given in parenthesis. I am not including the "y" you must type at the
beginning of each program to tell it that you wish to continue. I am also
not including the answers you must give to the Read program concerning
whether the screen is interlaced, or the font with which the file is to be
displayed. The CLI version of these programs have an expert mode, to allow
you to specify all of the parameters from a script file. These are included
below in curly brackets {}.
1. Include Isaiah 2:4 in an article
Click on the READ icon
answer Isaiah (input file)
answer n (no phoneme file)
Type g (goto)
answer y (book = Isaiah)
answer 2 (chapter 2)
answer 3 (verse 3)
[This will take you to Isaiah 2:3]
Type p (print screen)
answer Isaiah.2.4 (the name of the extract file)
Type " " (space)
[This will take you to Isaiah 2:4]
Type q (quit)
Enter your word-processing program, and load file Isaiah.2.4
2. Produce a document containing Hallel (Psalms 113-118)
Click on the RESIZE icon
answer 1 (split a large file into smaller ones)
answer Psalms (the file to be split up)
answer y (the output files will be Psalms.1, etc.)
or {Resize Psalms Psalms 1} from CLI
answer 20 (20 kilobytes per file)
[This will produce a set of smaller Psalms files]
Click on the RESIZE icon
answer 1 (split a large file into smaller ones)
answer Psalms.112 (the file to be split up)
answer n (the output files will not be Psalms.112, etc.)
answer Hallel (the path and file name to be created)
or {Resize Psalms.112 Hallel 1} from CLI
answer 0 (0 kilobytes per file--each psalm has its own file)
Enter your word-processing program, and load files Psalm.113
through Psalm.118
3. Find all instances of words based on "king" (mem, lamed, khaf) in the
book of Esther (words such as king, queen, kingdom, reign)
Click on the SUBSTITUTE icon
answer Esther (input file)
answer y (output file = Esther.new)
answer 4 (eliminate vowels, traup, finals, and dageshes)
or {Substitute Esther Esther.new 4} from CLI
Click on the SUBSTITUTE icon
answer Esther (input file)
answer n (output file is not Esther.new)
answer Esther.sound (output file)
answer 5 (create phoneme file using Sephardi pronunciation)
or {Substitute Esther Esther.sound 5} from CLI
answer y (place commas after each word for clarity)
Click on the READ icon
answer Esther.new (input file)
answer y (there is a phoneme file)
answer Esther.sound (phoneme file name)
Type l (define locate string)
type nkf (the letters mem, lamed, khaf followed by Enter)
Type L
[This will take you to the first verse with a word based on "king"
in it, and pronounce the verse for you.]
Type L (locate same string again)
Type q (quit) when finished
4. Find the numeric value of Isaiah 2:4 and see if any verses in Genesis
Chapter 1 have the same numeric value.
[Follow the steps in example 1 to create the file Isaiah.2.4]
Click on the SUBSTITUTE icon
answer Isaiah.2.4 (input file)
answer y (output file will be Isaiah.2.4.new)
answer 7 (gematria)
or {Substitute Isaiah.2.4 Isaiah.2.4.new 7} from CLI
Click on the READ icon
answer Genesis (input file)
answer n (no phoneme file)
Type p (print extract)
answer Genesis.1 (the name of the extract file)
Type g (goto)
answer y (book = Genesis)
answer 2,0 (chapter 2, verse 0)
[This will take you to the CHAPTER 2 screen and print out all the
verses in chapter 1]
Type q (quit)
Click on the SUBSTITUTE icon
answer Genesis.1 (input file)
answer y (output file will be Genesis.1.new)
answer 7 (gematria)
or {Substitute Genesis.1 Genesis.1.new 7} from CLI
Click on the READ icon
answer Isaiah.2.4.new (input file)
answer n (no phoneme file)
Hit space bar until Hebrew comes onto screen
Note the value after (to the left of) the Hebrew period (large :)
Click on the READ icon
answer Genesis.1.new (input file)
answer n (no phoneme file)
Type l (locate)
answer the numeric value of Isaiah.2.4 entered backwards
(so that 5596 becomes ?6955; all verse values are preceeded
by a ?, and all word values have a space before and after)
Type q (quit) when done
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