hbl

Simple command-line lexicon for Biblical Hebrew

Installation

Dependencies: python3, python-pip and git, Install them with apt, pacman or any other package manager.

git clone https://github.com/joonatanjak/hbl.git
cd hbl
sudo make install

Use sudo make uninstall to uninstall.

Usage

usage: hbl [options] <word>

Look up the Strong's lexicon of a Hebrew word.
Options:
 -n, --number               Display the Strong's number.
 -u, --unicode              Display the word in unicode.
 -t, --transliteration      Display the transliteration.
 -p, --pronunciation        Display the pronunciation.
 -s, --strongs-definition   Display the Strong's definiton.
 -k, --kjv-definition       Display the KJV definition.
 -o, --origin               Display the origin of the word.
 -S, --strict               Output only, if the word has an exact match, otherwise exit(1).
 -q, --quiet                Only display the attributes. Each attribute will be seperated with a tab.
                            The order of each attribute is number, unicode, transliteration, pronunciation, strongs-definition, kjv-definition, origin.
 -d, --default              Select the first similar word without asking anything.
 -r, --rtl                  Reverse the Hebrew letters, in case your terminal does not support Right-to-Left languages.
 -h, --help                 Show this message

When no options are supplied the program will output the Strong's number, unicode, pronunciation, KJV definition, Strong's definition and origin.
Examples:
    Only output the KJV definition of אַח
        hbl -k אַח
    You can find some words using the rough transliteraion of it
        hbl adonay

Issues

If the Hebrew words appear reversed, your terminal probably does not support Right-to-Left text. You can try to use the --rtl flag, which just reverses the strings, as a workaround. Note that you won't be able to properly copy the Hebrew words in the output of the command then.

Credits

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary by James Strong, 1890. Corrected and reformatted to XML by Open Scriptures. (CC BY 4.0)