Filter BDB articles using the part of speech designation from Strong

Let’s start with BDB plus Strong data for a token:

using BrownDriverBriggs 
plusentries = bdbplus("בָּרָ֣א")

6-element Vector{BDBplus}:
 בַּר (BDB01437) plus 4 Strong entries
 בַּר² (BDB01438) plus 4 Strong entries
 בָּרָא (BDB01439) plus 1 Strong entry
 בָּרָא² (BDB01442) plus 1 Strong entry
 בַּר³ (BDB01500) plus 4 Strong entries
 בַּר⁴ (BDB01501) plus 4 Strong entries

Let’s separate out those BDB articles that Strong identifies as verb forms. For each entry in plusentries, we therefore want to see if it has a part of speech value of v in any of its associated Strong record.

verbarticles = filter(plusentries) do plusentry
    strongs = strong(plusentry)
    !isempty(filter(st -> pos(st) == "v", strongs))
end

2-element Vector{BDBplus}:
 בָּרָא (BDB01439) plus 1 Strong entry
 בָּרָא² (BDB01442) plus 1 Strong entry

We can extract the BDB articles, and format them as HTML.

bdbarticles = bdb.(verbarticles)
formatted = html_string.(bdbarticles)

2-element Vector{String}:
 "<h3> בָּרָא</h3>\n\n<p>Article  " ⋯ 7853 bytes ⋯ "/sup>.\n</ul>\n</ul></li>\n\n</ul>"
 "<h3> בָּרָא²</h3>\n\n<p>Article  " ⋯ 432 bytes ⋯ "es fat</em>.\n</ul></li>\n\n</ul>"

A useful function

This is useful enough that we could wrap it up in a simple function.

"Find BDB articles for a given token that have a given part of speech code."
function posarticles(tkn, poscode)
    plusentries = bdbplus(tkn)
    posarticles = filter(plusentries) do plusentry
        strongs = strong(plusentry)
        !isempty(filter(st -> pos(st) == poscode, strongs))
    end
    bdb.(posarticles)
end

Main.Notebook.posarticles

posarticles("בָּרָ֣א", "v")

2-element Vector{Article}:
 בָּרָא (BDB01439)
 בָּרָא² (BDB01442)

Results

Here are the results of formatting the articles as HTML strings.

First article

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בָּרָא

Article BDB01439 has 4 senses

• vb. shape, create (cf. Arabic بَرَى, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow; بَرَأَ, create (loan-word); Ph. הברא CIS^{i. 347} incisor, a trade involving cutting; Assyrian barû, make, create, COT^Gloss & Hpt KAT^{2 Gloss 1} but dub.; Sab. ברא found, build, DHM^{ZMG 1883, 413}, synon. בנה; Ba^{ZA 1888, 58}, comp. Assyrian banû, create, beget, with change of liquid; Aramaic בְּרָא, ܒܪܳܐ, create)—
• Qal
  Pf. Gn 1:1 + 19 times; Impf. יִבְרָא Gn 1:21, 27 Nu 16:30; Inf. בְּרֹא Gn 5:1; Imv. בְּרָא ψ 51:12; Pt. בּוֹרֵא Is 42:5 + 10 times; sf. בֹּרַאֲךָ Is 43:1; בּוֹרְאֶיךָ Ec 12:1;—shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, with acc. rei, seldom except in P and Is 2. 1.
  obj. heaven and earth Gn 1:1; 2:3 (P) Is 45:18, 18; mankind Gn 1:27^(×3); 5:1, 2 (P) 6:7 (J) Dt 4:32 ψ 89:48 Is 45:12; the host of heaven Is 40:26; heavens Is 42:5; ends of the earth Is 40:28; north and south ψ 89:13; wind Am 4:13; the תנינים Gn 1:21 (P).
  2.
  the individual man Mal 2:10 (‖ father) Ec 12:1; the smith and the waster Is 54:16^(×2) Israel as a nation Is 43:15; Jacob Is 43:1; the seed of Israel Is 43:7.
  3.
  new conditions and circumstances: righteousness and salvation Is 45:8; darkness and evil Is 45:7; fruit of the lips Is 57:19; a new thing חֲדָשָׁה (a woman encompassing a man) Je 31:22; בְּרִיאָה (swallowing up the Korahites) Nu 16:30 (J); cloud and flame over Zion Is 4:5.
  4.
  of transformations: a clean heart ψ 51:12 (‖ חִדֵּשׁ; new heaven and earth Is 65:17 (in place of old); transformation of nature Is 41:20; with double acc. בורא ירושׁלם גילה transform Jerusalem into rejoicing Is 65:18.
• Niph.
  Pf. 2 fs. נִבְרֵאתְ Ez 21:35; 3 pl. נִבְרְאוּ Ex 34:10 + 2 times; Impf. יִבָּרֵא֑וּן ψ 104:30; Inf. sf. הִבָּרַאֲךָ Ez 28:13; הִבָּֽרְאָךְ Ez 28:15; הִבָּֽרְאָם Gn 2:4; 5:2; Pt. נִבְרָא ψ 102:19;—Pass. 1.
  be created: heaven and earth Gn 2:4 (P); creatures ψ 104:30; mankind Gn 5:2 (P); heavens ψ 148:5.
  2.
  with reference to birth: במקום אשׁר נבראת in the place where thou wast created (i.e. native land) Ez 21:35; יום הבראך day when thou wast created (king of Tyre) Ez 28:13, 15 (cf. היום ילדתיך ψ 2:7); עַם נִבְרָא ψ 102:19 (‖ עַם נוֹלָד ψ 22:32).
  3.
  of something new, astonishing: miracles Ex 34:10 (J); new things, חדשׁית Is 48:6.
• Pi.
  Pf. בֵּרֵאתָ Jos 17:15; בֵּרֵאתוֹ Jos 17:18; Inf. abs. בָּרֵא Ez 21:24^(×2) 23:47;— 1.
  cut down: a forest Jos 17:15, 18 (J); וּבָרֵא אוֹתְהֶן בְּחַרְבוֹתָם Ez 23:47.
  2.
  cut out: יָד hand, as an index Ez 21:24^(×2).

Second article

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בָּרָא²

Article BDB01442 has 2 senses

• vb. be fat (Arabic بَرِئَ be free from disease, debt; v. מרא)—
• Hiph.
  Inf. לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם 1 S 2:29 to make yourselves fat.