large el files and performance: replace words from lists

Hello I would like to have a lisp pkg which would replace certain words in a text.[1] For this I need two things, - a function which does the replacement and - a list containing words with and without niqqud. Concerning the first, I have already a function, which is loosely based on iso-accentuate, or a function (TeX-to-char) which was provided by Aidan some years ago, which replaces latex symbols by its UTF8 equivalents. I am not sure which code is more efficient, I'll will to post the central part of the code later. However what bothers me more is the second part. I obtained the hebrew bible in UTF8 format and could then generate the desired list. However it seems to me that this list would be huge, at least 2000 to 3000 words if not more. What is a reasonable size limit for such a list??? Is 2000 words to big? or must I divide the list in several parts (and files) and write corresponding functions? Footnotes: [1] to be precise, to substitute hebrew words by hebrew words with vowels, so called niqqud _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta