Selected Dictionaries

Comparison

Criteria C A D L P
General target language (vis-à-vis source language, which is Hebrew) Hebrew English English English Russian
directionality unidirectional (for speakers of Hebrew) unidirectional (for speakers of English) / bidirectional (both for speakers of English and for speakers of Hebrew)? unidirectional (for speakers of English) (/ bidirectional (both for speakers of English and for speakers of Hebrew)) unidirectional (for speakers of English) (/ bidirectional (both for speakers of English and for speakers of Hebrew)) unidirectional (for speakers of Russian) (/ bidirectional (both for speakers of Russian and for speakers of Hebrew))
Entries order of entries strictly alphabetical by root (verbs) / alphabetical (other parts of speech) strictly alphabetical strictly alphabetical strictly alphabetical
estimated number of entries ca. 35000 ca. 52000 ca. 23000 ca. 20000 ca. 21000
encyclopedic entries reasonable with relatively long explanations reasonable with short explanations none none none
colloquialisms adequate none reasonable reasonable scant
Spelling type unvocalized "full" spelling / vocalized "defective" spelling vocalized "defective" spelling vocalized "full" spelling "full" spelling with auxiliary vocalization "full" spelling with auxiliary vocalization
variants indicated in main entries and footers (with cross-references) not indicated indicated in main entries indicated with cross-references not indicated
Pronunciation קמץ pronounced as /o/ always written with חולם not indicated indicated indirectly as a spelling variant with חולם always written with חולם not indicated
שווא pronounced as zero not indicated not indicated not indicated indicated by lack of vocalization (but not in word-initial positions) indicated by lack of vocalization
accent indicated for singulars (but not always) not indicated indicated for singulars and sometimes for plurals not indicated not indicated
Form parts of speech 19 10 11 10 not indicated
inflections indicated indicated indicated indicated indicated
cross-references between inflections none none none only for irregular forms of nouns in plural none
cross-references between derivatives of the same root existent (grouped as a "word family") none none none none
Meaning order of meanings synchronic synchronic synchronic synchronic synchronic
registers 8 6 9 4 4
valency indirectly in examples indirectly in examples indicated for verbs, sporadically for nouns and adjectives indicated for verbs, sporadically for nouns and adjectives not indicated
phrases adequate adequate reasonable reasonable scant
collocations indirectly in examples indirectly in examples none none none
examples reasonable scant none none none