\documentclass{article} \usepackage[osf,p]{libertinus} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage[pdfusetitle,hidelinks]{hyperref} \usepackage[noend,nofamiliar,noeledsec,series={A}]{reledmac} \usepackage{ifluatex} \ifluatex \usepackage[main=english,bidi=basic]{babel} \babelprovide[import=he]{hebrew} \babelfont{rm}{Libertinus Serif} \babelfont[hebrew]{rm}{Ezra SIL} \newcommand{\texthebrew}[2][]{\foreignlanguage{hebrew}{#2}} \newenvironment{hebrew}[2][]{\begin{otherlanguage}{hebrew}}{\end{otherlanguage}} \usepackage{metalogo} \else \usepackage{polyglossia} \setmainlanguage{english} \setotherlanguage{hebrew} \newfontfamily{\hebrewfont}[Scale=0.9]{Ezra SIL} \fi \Xarrangement{paragraph} \Xbeforeinserting{\LTR} \Xlemmaseparator{[}%Will be reversed by Ezra SIL font \Xafterlemmaseparator{0.5em} \Xbeforelemmaseparator{0.25em} \Xwrapcontent{\textenglish} \Xwraplemma{\RL} \linenumincrement{2} \firstlinenum{1} \title{Editing right-to-left text with left-to-right notes} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{abstract} In this file, we provide an example of an edition with right-to-left text and left-to-right notes, using \XeLaTeX. \begin{itemize} \item The `hebrew' environment allows us to write Hebrew right-to-left. \item \verb+\Xbeforeinserting{\LTR}+ makes the critical notes be typeset left-to-right. \item \verb+\Xwraplemma{\RL}+ ensures the lemmas, which are in Hebrew, are typeset right-to-left. \item \verb+\Xwrapcontent{\textenglish}+ ensures the content of the note is marked as English text. \item As the `Ezra SIL' font transforms a `]' to a `[', we use a `[' as lemma separator, that will be typeset as `]' by `Ezra SIL'. So the need for \verb+\Xlemmaseparator+ is not directly linked to reledmac. \end{itemize} \end{abstract} \begin{hebrew} \beginnumbering \pstart \edtext{בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א}{\Afootnote{Some comment}} אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ \edtext{וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה}{\Afootnote{Some comment}} \edtext{ תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְהֹ֑ום וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור וַֽיְהִי־אֹֽור׃ }{\Afootnote{Some comment on a long lemma}} וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאֹ֖ור כִּי־טֹ֑וב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָאֹ֖ור וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ \edtext{וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀}{\Afootnote{Some comment}} לָאֹור֙ יֹ֔ום וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר יֹ֥ום אֶחָֽד׃ פ \edtext{וַיַּ֤רְא אֱלֹהִים֙}{\Afootnote{Some comment}} אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְהִנֵּה־טֹ֖וב מְאֹ֑ד וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר יֹ֥ום הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃ פ \pend \endnumbering \end{hebrew} \end{document}