Hebrew Letters

A libre and open-source software written in C# that helps for the lettriq letter-by-letter study and analysis of Hebrew words.

Table of content

1. Functionalities
2. Review
3. Requirements
4. Download
5. Screenshots
6. Videos
7. Frequently asked questions
8. Command-line options
9. Keyboard shortcuts
10. Future improvements
11. Changelog

Functionalities

• Hebrew letters database with their customizable meanings.
• Analyze a word letter-by-letter to get a sentence describing its sense.
• Online research with Pealim, Sefaria, Shorashim, Wiktionary, Translator, etc.
• Store results in a notebook that can also be used in Hebrew Words.
• Copy analysis to the clipboard or take a screenshot.
• English, French.

Review

Softpedia.com

“An easy-to-use and intuitive way to study and translate Hebrew words”

Requirements

• Screen 1024x768 or higher
• Windows 10 x32/x64 or higher
• Framework .NET 4.8.1
• SQLite 3.49.1

Download

What’s new in the latest version 6

• SQLite ODBC Driver is no more needed.
• Overall performances are optimized.
• Some fixes and improvements.
• Update web links.

Last release

Screenshots

Videos

Frequently asked questions

What code analyzers are used in addition to Visual Studio?

What to do if the check update tells that the SSL certificate is wrong or expired?

The software verifies the validity of the certificate of the update server in addition to the SHA-512 checksum of the installation file before downloading and running it.

You can manually check the latest version available online in case of problem.

What to do if the application does not work normally despite restoring settings?

Use the Start Menu link:

 Ordisoftware\Hebrew Letters\Reset Hebrew Letters settings

This will erase all settings as well as those of old versions, which should resolve issues if there is a conflict, otherwise please contact support.

What is the Windows double-buffering?

When enabled, this will speed up rendering of the main form when it is displayed, but it may cause a slight black flicker.

When disabled, top menu and some controls painting may cause latency, and dynamic items can be generated slowly the larger the number.

Command-line options

• Change interface language (does not change the meanings of letters unless restoring them):

  Ordisoftware.Hebrew.Letters.exe --lang [en|fr]

• Enable or disable future functionalities preview:

  Ordisoftware.Hebrew.Calendar.exe --withpreview | --nopreview

• Analyze a word in Hebrew Unicode chars or else Hebrew font chars like “בראשית“ and “ty>arb“:

  Ordisoftware.Hebrew.Letters.exe --word [word]

  Or without any other option:

  Ordisoftware.Hebrew.Letters.exe [word]

  All diacritics and case are removed, and if the word can’t be processed it is set to empty.

  If any Hebrew Unicode chars is present, all non Unicode are removed, else Hebrew font chars are used and all non-font chars are removed.

This program does not use IPC intercom yet since multiple instances can run at the same time.

How to run a word contextual analysis from any application such as browser or text editor?

It is possible to use AutoHotKey to define for example this Shift + Ctrl + Alt + H command on a selected word:

!^+H::
  clipboardOld := ClipboardAll
  ControlGetFocus, ctrl
  Send, ^c
  sleep 100
  word := Clipboard
  Clipboard := clipboardOld
  appPath := "C:\Program Files\Ordisoftware\Hebrew Letters\Bin\"
  appExe := "Ordisoftware.Hebrew.Letters.exe"
  sleep 200
  Run %appPath%%appExe% "%word%"
  return

Keyboard shortcuts

Future improvements

• Add gematria for final letters.
• Add export analysis as MSWord table.
• Add option to set primary source for check update between author website or GitHub.
• Add reset only some columns to factory defaults.
• Add backup and restore database, meanings and notebook.
• Add export letters data to TXT/CSV/JSON/XML.
• Add import letters data from TXT/CSV/JSON/XML.
• Add export and import analyzed words.
• Add export analysis items to MSWord table.
• Add merge meanings and notebooks from another database
• Add print letters data.
• Add print notebook data.
• Add find gematria possible combinations.
• Rewrite advanced TextBox to support multiple undo/redo.
• Optimize combo boxes creation.

Changelog

In progress - Version 7.0

• Upgrade to framework 4.8.1 and discontinuation of Windows 7 support.
• Add analyzed words data table and notebook view to save results.
• Add concordance, transcription, dictionary and comment fields for word analysis.
• Add search online concordance.
• Add final values to the input panel.

  • Add gematria for words with final values.

• Add button to reverse the current analyzed word.
• Add shorcuts to copy word in unicode to clipboard.
• Add menu item for system calculator
• Add an option to display a warning when selecting the meaning of a letter while the sentence has been changed.
• Use dedicated folder in application’s document folder for exports and imports settings and themes.
• Replace on-the-fly readme.html creation with MarkDig by a generated with VS.
• Improve web update checker security.
• Improve IPC interoperability security.
• Update some nuget dependencies.
• Update web links with many sites and study menu items.

2024.05.10 - Version 6.14.1

• Update SSL certificate data for the web update checker.

2022.06.21 - Version 6.14

• Add a top button to close other windows.
• Add menu for transcription guide in Tools menu and others windows.
• Improve transcriptions following a change to better distinguish between He, ‘Het, H’ayin, T’et and Tav.
• Fix hebrew name of a letter no more displayed since a previous version.
• Reorganize and add some web links about Hebrew, Jewish institutions, Rabbis and YouTube.
• Serilog WinForms must remains at v2.3.1

2022.04.05 - Version 6.13

• Add a setting to use Hebrew chars in bold or regular.
• Improve multi-windowing by canceling edition if another process is launched.
• Fix window is blocked in edition mode after changing language in preferences.
• Some fixes.
• Some improvements.
• Some optimizations.
• Massive refactorings with new code analyzers.
• Improve setup to select hebrew font version.
• Update Aish web links for parashot study.
• Update grammar and lettriq method notices.

2022.03.20 - Version 6.12

• Code refactoring.
• Fix some menu items not being disabled when multiple instances are running.
• Disable IPC intercom for non-admin users.
• Update web links with more resources on hieroglyphs.
• Update web links with more resources on Loubavitch.
• Update web links with several changes.
• Update FAQ and Help.
• Add Hebrew font version available on Fonts2u (can be manually installed).

2022.02.22 - Version 6.11

• Add custom word web search.
• Update web links with Tehilim playlist.

2022.02.08 - Version 6.10

• Fix switch to letter’s details context menu item not visible since a previous version.
• Code refactoring.
• Update Judaism web links.

2022.02.01 - Version 6.9

• Refactor and fix code.
• Update web links about languages, Judaism, rabbis and playlists.

2021.12.21 - Version 6.8

• Few fixes and improvements.
• Add Judaism 101 website link.

2021.12.16 - Version 6.7

• Maintenance release.
• Some fixes.
• Refactoring.
• Update web links.
• Update Hebrew applications’ icons.

2021.12.05 - Version 6.6

• Change web check update to use GitHub as an alternative if author’s website is down.
• Improve database management code.
• Fix data not available when the application is started for the very first time since v6.0.
• Fix web check update to not display timeout error in auto check mode.
• Few fixes and improvements.

2021.11.25 - Version 6.5

• Improve about box to dynamically display the list of dependencies and media used.
• Add show only log files having errors in trace form.
• Few fixes and improvements.
• Code refactoring.

2021.11.21 - Version 6.4

• Few fixes.
• Code refactoring.
• French and English corrections.
• Reorganize web links to avoid problems on small screens.

2021.11.14 - Version 6.3

• Add menu in Tools to open export folder.
• Add menu in Tools to optimize database.
• Fix Windows version detection.
• French and English corrections.
• Upgrade to Visual Studio 2022 and C# 10.
• Update setup for Framework .NET 4.8
• Code refactoring.

2021.11.09 - Version 6.2

• Fix getting CPU usage for multiple instances.
• Fix memory size calculation in usage statistics.
• Some fixes and improvements.
• Code refactoring and quality improvement.
• Update system menu.
• Update sqlite-net-pcl nuget.
• Update SQLitePCL.raw nuget.

2021.10.17 - Version 6.1

• Maintenance release.
• Some fixes.
• Refactoring.
• Update web links.

2021.08.05 - Version 6.0

• Switch from SQLite ODBC Driver to SQLite-Net with SQLitePCLraw nugets.
• Optimize overall performances.
• Replace proprietary simple TraceListener by SeriLog.
• Improve trace form.
• Some fixes and improvements.
• Code refactoring and quality improvement.

2021.04.30 - Version 5.3

• Fix drop down menus shown on another monitor instead of the same screen.
• Improve web check update timeout to 5s.
• Code refactoring and quality improvement.

2021.03.27 - Version 5.2

• Fix exception in analysis meanings combo boxes introduced in previous version.
• Update web links.

2021.03.19 - Version 5.1

• Improve analysis labels to be click-able to switch to letter’s details.
• Update web links.

2021.03.07 - Version 5.0

• Optimize ComboBoxes creation (the old system is really much slower on Windows 10 than 7).
• Add Windows double-buffering drawing to optimize startup.
• Add context menu on letters’ buttons to allow inserting a letter or open its data.
• Add link to hebrew.ch shorashim database.
• Add create and save a screenshot of the form.
• Add open new window top menu button.
• Add concurrency control to avoid database editing when multiple instances are running.
• Add permanent database file locking while running.
• Add usage statistics form in tools menu.
• Add option to enable or disable the web links menu.
• Add option to enable or disable message boxes sounds.
• Add option to set automatic web check update frequency.
• Add option to set application’s volume.
• Add Option to set color theme.
• Add import and export settings.
• Add sounds to clipboard actions.
• Add keyboard shortcuts notice in windows settings menu.
• Add news in version notice in the Information menu.
• Add show usage statistics from about box.
• Add check update from about box.
• Add command-line options (see FAQ).
• Fix pasting Hebrew font chars removes special final letters.
• Fix pasting Unicode chars removes special final letters.
• Improve data edition.
• Improve copy and paste to support both Hebrew font and Unicode chars from context menu and keyboard.
• Improve search box to add Left and Right keys to switch between lists.
• Improve check update to allow auto update or direct download or open app web page.
• Improve check update to verify the SSL certificate of the website and the checksum of the setup file.
• Improve debugger to support logging.
• Improve exception form to view log.
• Improve message boxes.
• Improve keyboard shortcuts.
• Improve UI/UX.
• Rework of the preferences form design to have a Tab Control with pages with more options.
• Change all TextBox for TextBoxEx to have the new context menu.
• Remove advanced undo/redo due to a problem that requires a complete rewrite to have the cursor not misplaced in certain cases.
• Add Markdig NuGet package.
• Add FileHelpers NuGet package.
• Add Newtonsoft.Json NuGet package.
• Add MoreLINQ NuGet package.
• Add Enums.NET NuGet package.
• Add Global Shortcut Manager dependency.
• Add InputSimulatorStandard NuGet package.
• Add Serilog NuGet package.
• Add Serilog-sinks-file NuGet package.
• Add Serilog-sinks-winforms NuGet package.
• Replace simple command-line parser by CommandLineParser NuGet package.
• The application now automatically creates the ODBC DSN in the Windows registry.
• Files and code refactoring.
• Incorporate common code written since more than one year for Calendar.
• Update to SQLite 3.32.3 ODBC Driver.
• Update to Framework .NET 4.7.2 and supported Windows only 7 SP1 or higher.
• Update setup.
• Update web links.
• Update help.

2020.04.23 - Version 4.1

• Add select all (Ctrl+A) and undo/redo support for text boxes.
• Add undo/redo & copy/cut/paste context menu for text boxes.
• Add backspace key management for text boxes.
• Fix copy/cut/paste of Hebrew text box.
• Fix inserting a letter at the caret when clicking on letters buttons.
• Add option to set the max length of the text box of the Hebrew input panel.
• Improve auto optimize database at startup that is done once a week.
• Improve debugger to create a GitHub issue.
• Optimize startup time.

2020.04.19 - Version 4.0

• Exit application at startup if user choose to download a newer version.
• Add lettriq analysis method notice.
• Add grammar guide from Hebrew Words.
• Add menu for web links about Judaism.
• Add option to auto optimize database at startup.
• Add option to auto sort meanings combo box items.
• Add option to use Escape key to close app.
• Add option to enable debugger.
• Add debugger (exception information form).
• Fix paste from clipboard to overwrite the selected text.
• Fix selected row in meanings array when the last item is deleted.
• Improve search term result dialog box.
• Improve UI/UX.
• Code refactoring.
• Move online providers values from code to files in the application documents folder.
• Update help.

2020.04.07 - Version 3.1

• Add option to change the sentence font size.
• Improve search term form.
• Improve copy meanings to clipboard.
• Remove diacritics from Unicode clipboard content.

2020.03.14 - Version 3.0

• Add search a term.
• Add letters values in the input panel.
• Add copy/cut/paste for the input box.
• Add copy Hebrew Unicode to clipboard button.
• Add paste from Unicode clipboard content button.
• Add online search from several providers (Pealim, Google, Bing, Wiktionary, Sefaria, Reverso, Glosbe, Dict.com).
• Add links to Shorashon and Lexilogos.

2019.10.27 - Version 2.9

• Improve meanings by trimming leading and trailing spaces.

2019.10.21 - Version 2.8

• Fix french translation of parameters labels lost in previous version.
• Update help.

2019.10.18 - Version 2.7

• Improve UI.
• Some fixes.
• Some code refactorings.
• Setup install SQLite ODBC Driver if not present.

2019.09.25 - Version 2.6

• Add option to choose language.
• Fix meanings can’t be edited or deleted.
• Fix meanings list.
• Improve UI.
• Update help.
• Some code refactorings.

2019.09.19 - Version 2.5

• Add option to disable startup check update.
• Some code refactorings.

2019.09.15 - Version 2.4

• Fix starting form location.

2019.09.04 - Version 2.3

• Update controls tabs.

2019.08.28 - Version 2.2

• Fix letters English names.

2019.08.27 - Version 2.1

• Improve raw export to clipboard of a word’s meanings.

2019.08.22 - Version 2.0

• Upgrade DB to improve letters description.
• Add raw export to clipboard of a word’s meanings.
• Some improvements.

2019.05.22 - Version 1.1

• Add check update.

2019.01.24 - Version 1.0

• Initial release.