2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 2:2. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ נַעֲרֵֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָ֑יו יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ נְעָר֥וֹת בְּתוּל֖וֹת טוֹב֥וֹת מַרְאֶֽה׃
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ
נַעֲרֵֽי
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
מְשָׁרְתָ֑יו
יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ
לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
נְעָר֥וֹת
בְּתוּל֖וֹת
טוֹב֥וֹת
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܗ ܥܠܝܡ̈ܘܗܝ ܠܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܘܡܫ̈ܡܫܢܘܗܝ܆ ܢܒܥܘܢ ܠܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܥܠܝܡ̈ܬܐ ܕܫܦܝ̣ܪ̈ܢ ܒܚܙܘܗܝܢ.
ܘܐܡܪܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܡܪܘ
- Transliteration
- w'mrw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 256
ܠܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2252
ܥܠܝܡ̈ܘܗܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܝܡܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'lymwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 7
ܠܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- lmlk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 267
ܘܡܫ̈ܡܫܢܘܗܝ܆
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܫܡܫܢܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wmshmshnwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5
ܢܒܥܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܒܥܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nb'wn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 9
ܠܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- lmlk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 267
ܥܠܝܡ̈ܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܝܡܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'lymt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 14
ܕܫܦܝ̣ܪ̈ܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܫܦܝܪܢ
- Transliteration
- dshpyrn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܒܚܙܘܗܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܚܙܘܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- bhzwhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 2
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
וַאֲמַרוּ עוּלֵמֵי דְמַלְכָּא מְשׁוּמְשָׁנוֹי יִבְעוּן לִצְרוֹךְ מַלְכָּא עֻלֵמָן בְּתוּלְתָּן שַׁפִּירָן דְחֵיזוּ׃
וַאֲמַרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרו
- Transliteration
- w'mrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 310
עוּלֵמֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עולמי
- Transliteration
- 'wlmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 4
דְמַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- dmlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- of/that king
- Occurrences
- 2509
מְשׁוּמְשָׁנוֹי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שומשנוי
- Transliteration
- mshwmshnwy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
יִבְעוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יבעון
- Transliteration
- yb'wn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 29
לִצְרוֹךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צרוך
- Transliteration
- ltsrwk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 36
מַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- mlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition מ + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- from king
- Occurrences
- 2509
עֻלֵמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלמן
- Transliteration
- 'lmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
בְּתוּלְתָּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תולתן
- Transliteration
- btwltn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
שַׁפִּירָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שפירן
- Transliteration
- shpyrn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 10
דְחֵיזוּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חיזו
- Transliteration
- dchyzw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 38
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
dixeruntque pueri regis ac ministri ejus: Quærantur regi puellæ virgines ac speciosæ,
dixeruntque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixeruntque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
{dixeruntque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {dixeruntque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
pueri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puer
- Transliteration
- pueri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 312
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
ac
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ac
- Transliteration
- ac
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 184
ministri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- minister
- Transliteration
- ministri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 88
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
quaerantur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quaero
- Transliteration
- quaerantur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 420
regi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
puellae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puella
- Transliteration
- puellae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 72
virgines
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uirgo
- Transliteration
- virgines
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 85
ac
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ac
- Transliteration
- ac
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 184
speciosae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- speciosus
- Transliteration
- speciosae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 39
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate tradition
The current Greek Brenton source archive does not expose this as the same canonical book. Related Greek Esther/Ezra traditions are tracked under separate or alternate structures where available.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
1 Kings 1:2
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
4 relevance votesGenesis 12:14
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
3 relevance votesEsther 6:14
While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
3 relevance votesEsther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
2 relevance votesEsther 1:14
and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
2 relevance votes