---
language:
- he
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
pretty_name: Dicta Unvocalized Hebrew Wordlist
size_categories:
- 1M<n<10M
tags:
- hebrew
- lexicon
- morphology
- wordlist
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: wordlist-v1.0.0.parquet
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: id
    dtype: int64
  - name: lemma_id
    dtype: int64
  - name: word
    dtype: string
  - name: haser
    dtype: string
  - name: maleh_forms
    list: string
  - name: lex
    dtype: string
  - name: lex_maleh
    dtype: string
  - name: root
    dtype: string
  - name: pos
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': ADJECTIVE
          '1': ADVERB
          '2': AT_PREP
          '3': CONJUNCTION
          '4': COPULA
          '5': EXISTENTIAL
          '6': INTERJECTION
          '7': INTERROGATIVE
          '8': NEGATION
          '9': NOUN
          '10': NUMERAL
          '11': PARTICIPLE
          '12': PREFIX
          '13': PREPOSITION
          '14': PRONOUN
          '15': PROPERNAME
          '16': QUANTIFIER
          '17': SHEL_PREP
          '18': TITULAR
          '19': VERB
  - name: binyan
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': HIFIL
          '1': HITPAEL
          '2': HUFAL
          '3': NIFAL
          '4': PAAL
          '5': PIEL
          '6': PUAL
  - name: gender
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': FEMININE
          '1': MASCULINE
          '2': MASCULINEFEMININE
  - name: number
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': DUAL
          '1': PLURAL
          '2': SINGULAR
          '3': SINGULARPLURAL
  - name: person
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': '1'
          '1': '2'
          '2': '3'
          '3': ANY
  - name: tense
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': BAREINFINITIVE
          '1': FUTURE
          '2': IMPERATIVE
          '3': PAST
          '4': PRESENT
          '5': TOINFINITIVE
  - name: status
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': ABSOLUTE
          '1': ABSOLUTECONSTRUCT
          '2': CONSTRUCT
  - name: suffix_function
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': ACCUSATIVENOMINATIVE
          '1': POSSESIVEPRONOUN
  - name: suffix_gender
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': FEMININE
          '1': MASCULINE
          '2': MASCULINEFEMININE
  - name: suffix_number
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': PLURAL
          '1': SINGULAR
  - name: suffix_person
    dtype:
      class_label:
        names:
          '0': '1'
          '1': '2'
          '2': '3'
  - name: shortened_form
    dtype: bool
  - name: inversive_vav
    dtype: bool
  - name: extended_form
    dtype: bool
  - name: poetry
    dtype: bool
  - name: aramaic
    dtype: bool
  - name: pre_modern_form
    dtype: bool
  - name: loazi_word
    dtype: bool
  - name: passive
    dtype: bool
  - name: tanakh
    dtype: bool
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_examples: 4056791
---

# Dicta Unvocalized Hebrew Wordlist

Every distinct unvocalized (nikud-stripped) Hebrew word form Dicta knows, with its
morphology, lemma, and root. There is no compact natural key: rows are distinguished only by the
full combination of `word` + `lex` + morphology + `root` + the linguistic flags. Use `id` as the row key.

## Loading

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("dicta-il/wordlist", split="train")
# every categorical column loads as a ClassLabel (int codes); .int2str decodes any of them:
ds.features["pos"].int2str(ds[0]["pos"])   # -> e.g. "VERB"; same for binyan, gender, tense, ...
```

## Columns

| column | type | notes |
|---|---|---|
| `id` | int | per-row id |
| `lemma_id` | int | one per unique vocalized `lex` (rows sharing a lemma share it) |
| `word` | string | the word's most common full spelling, with matres lectionis (maleh). Not unique — rows can share a `word` with different lemma/morphology |
| `haser` | string? | defective (haser) spelling — without matres lectionis — if distinct |
| `maleh_forms` | list[string] | additional maleh spellings (with matres lectionis) believed to be in use, if any |
| `lex` | string | vocalized lemma (dictionary form) |
| `lex_maleh` | string | unvocalized maleh spelling of the lemma |
| `root` | string? | consonantal root |
| `pos` | ClassLabel | part of speech |
| `binyan` | ClassLabel | verb stem |
| `gender`, `number`, `person`, `tense`, `status` | ClassLabel | inflectional morphology |
| `suffix_function`, `suffix_gender`, `suffix_number`, `suffix_person` | ClassLabel | pronominal suffix, null if none |
| `shortened_form`, `inversive_vav`, `extended_form`, `poetry`, `aramaic`, `pre_modern_form`, `loazi_word`, `passive`, `tanakh` | bool | linguistic flags |

Categorical columns are `ClassLabel`: the Parquet stores integer codes and the label
names live in the file's feature metadata (recovered automatically by `datasets`).

### Label glossary (non-obvious values)

- `pos`: `SHEL_PREP` = של and inflections thereof; `AT_PREP` = את and inflections thereof; `TITULAR` = title (e.g. ר', מר).
- `person` / `suffix_person`: `ANY` = unspecified person.
- `gender`: `MASCULINEFEMININE` = either.
- `status`: `ABSOLUTECONSTRUCT` = form valid as both absolute and construct.
- `suffix_function`: `POSSESIVEPRONOUN` (possessive) vs `ACCUSATIVENOMINATIVE` (object/subject clitic). Note: tagging of function words that carry suffixes is inconsistent.

## Maintainers: label stability (read before updating)

Categorical columns are `ClassLabel`, and each integer code is the **position** of its name in the
label list. When regenerating or extending this dataset — **by any means** — you must **only append
new label values at the end**. Never reorder or insert: doing so silently remaps existing codes and
breaks every consumer that compares against integers across versions.