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    "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
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    "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
    finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

    Results (13)

    Ibn Manẓūr — Names: Ibn ManẓūrIbn Manẓūr, Muḥammad ibn Mukarram ibn ʿAlī, 7th/13th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1042
    Ibn al-Sikkīt — Names: Ibn al-SikkītIbn al-Sikkīt, philologist and lexicographer (d. ca. 243/857)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1124
    al-Jawālīqī — Names: al-Jawālīqīal-Jawālīqī, Abū Manṣūr Mawhūb ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khiḍr (d. 539/1144), lexicographer and traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1330
    al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, Abū Naṣr Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād (d. 393/1002 `or` 398/1007), 10th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1332
    al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmadal-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī, lexicographer, grammarian (d. 175/791)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1385
    al-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqī — Names: al-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqīal-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqī, grammarian, lexicographer and `adīb` (d. 456/1064)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1699
    al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmadal-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, man of letters, grammarian and lexicographer (d. 325/937)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2289
    Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azharī — Names: Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-AzharīAbū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azharī (d. 370/980), lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/264
    ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī — Names: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-BaghdādīʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī, man of letters and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/39
    Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī — Names: Abū Zayd al-AnṣārīAbū Zayd al-Anṣārī, 9th-c. grammarian and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/391
    al-ʿAskarī — Names: al-ʿAskarīal-ʿAskarī, Abū Aḥmad, philologist, lexicographer (d. 382/993)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/581
    Bar Bahlūl — Names: Bar BahlūlBar Bahlūl, author of Syriac lexicon and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/633
    al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb — Names: al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūbal-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb, 8th/14th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/778

      Search Tips

      For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

      Wildcard Characters:

      Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

      "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

      Thus a search for:

      G?wargis  
      returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

      Similarly a search for:

      M?r  
      returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

      "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

      Thus a search for:

      Dayr*  
      returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

      Similarly a search for

      Ab*  
      returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

      Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

      Fuzzy Search Character

      Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

      Thus a search for

      Aba~  
      returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

      Exact Phrase Searches

      To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

      Thus

      "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
      returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

      Proximity Characters

      To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

      Thus

      "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
      finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.