Nathan and Calasio arranged the words according to the Hebrew roots, the derivatives following simply according to the order in which they occur in the Hebrew books; the Buxtorfs, father and son, introduced order into the derivatives by a grammatical classification of the verbs and nouns.
Nathan dan Calasio mengatur kata-kata sesuai dengan akar kata Ibrani, dengan derivatif hanya menurut urutan di mana mereka ditemukan dalam buku-buku bahasa Ibrani; Buxtorfs, ayah dan anak, memperkenalkan urutan derivatif oleh klasifikasi gramatikal kata kerja dan kata benda.