LIT Ancient Biblical Judean

Adding Sound Evidence to symbols-data.json

File location

/symbols/js/symbols-data.json

Where to add

Each symbol object in the "symbols" array already has fields like char, name, meaning, ipa, positionTest, etc.

Add two NEW fields at the end of each symbol object (before the closing }):

"soundEvidence": { ... },
"commentary": "..."

Example — adding to the צ symbol

BEFORE (existing):

{
    "char": "צ",
    "name": "צד",
    "meaning": "Hunt",
    "ipa": "sˤ",
    "positionTest": [ ... ],
    "englishRelation": { ... },
    "image": "tsade.png",
    "learnMoreUrl": "/symbols/tsade.html"
}

AFTER (with sound evidence added):

{
    "char": "צ",
    "name": "צד",
    "meaning": "Hunt",
    "ipa": "sˤ",
    "positionTest": [ ... ],
    "englishRelation": { ... },
    "image": "tsade.png",
    "learnMoreUrl": "/symbols/tsade.html",
    "soundEvidence": {
        "exampleWord": "צדק",
        "exampleMeaning": "righteousness",
        "exampleIPA": "sˤədəq",
        "languages": [
            { "name": "Samaritan (Israelite)", "sound": "/sˤ/", "supported": true },
            { "name": "Yemenite Judean", "sound": "/sˤ/", "supported": true },
            { "name": "Iraqi Jewish (Babylonian)", "sound": "/sˤ/", "supported": true },
            { "name": "Arabic", "sound": "/sˤ/ (ص)", "supported": true },
            { "name": "Ge'ez (liturgical)", "sound": "/sˤ/", "supported": true }
        ]
    },
    "commentary": "Your Itharey commentary text here about the sound evidence."
}

Field reference

soundEvidence (object)

| Field | Type | Description | |——-|——|————-| | exampleWord | string | Judean word demonstrating the sound (e.g. “צדק”) | | exampleMeaning | string | English meaning (e.g. “righteousness”) | | exampleIPA | string | Full IPA of the example word (e.g. “sˤədəq”) | | languages | array | List of language evidence objects |

Each language object

| Field | Type | Description | |——-|——|————-| | name | string | Language name (e.g. “Arabic”) | | sound | string | IPA sound in that language (e.g. “/sˤ/ (ص)”) | | supported | boolean | true = ✓ green check, false = ✗ red mark |

commentary (string)

Plain text for the Itharey Commentary box below the evidence grid.

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