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Esther 4

American Standard Version, Verse 2

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2 and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 4:2. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 61
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיָּב֕וֹא עַ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לָב֛וֹא אֶל־שַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּלְב֥וּשׁ שָֽׂק׃

13 word entries
וַיָּב֕וֹא
Lemma
c/935
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
984
עַ֖ד
Lemma
5704
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5704
Occurrences
1038
לִפְנֵ֣י
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
שַֽׁעַר
Lemma
8179
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8179
Occurrences
159
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
כִּ֣י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
אֵ֥ין
Lemma
369
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H369
Occurrences
460
לָב֛וֹא
Lemma
l/935
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
124
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
שַׁ֥עַר
Lemma
8179
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8179
Occurrences
159
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
בִּלְב֥וּשׁ
Lemma
b/3830
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3830
Occurrences
4
שָֽׂק
Lemma
8242
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8242
Occurrences
33
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

ܘܐ̣ܬܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܬܪܥܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ. ܘܠܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܕܐܢܫ ܢܠܒܫ ܣܩܐ ܘܢܐܬܐ ܠܬܪܥܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ.

13 word entries
ܘܐ̣ܬܐ
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.
Transliteration
w't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
171
ܥܕܡܐ
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.
Transliteration
'dm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
606
ܠܬܪܥܐ
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.
Transliteration
ltr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
34
ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
ܘܠܝܬ
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.
Transliteration
wlyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
221
ܗܘܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1800
ܢܡܘܣܐ
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.
Transliteration
nmws'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
152
ܕܐܢܫ
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.
Transliteration
d'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܢܠܒܫ
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.
Transliteration
nlbsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܣܩܐ
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
ܣܩܐ
Transliteration
sq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
41
ܘܢܐܬܐ
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.
Transliteration
wn't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
24
ܠܬܪܥܐ
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.
Transliteration
ltr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
34
ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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.

וַאֲתָא עַד קֳדָם תְּרַע פַּלְטִירָא דְמַלְכָּא אֲרוּם לֵית רְשׁוּ לִגְבַר לְמֵיעַל לִתְרַע פַּלְטִירָא דְמַלְכָּא כַּד לְבִישׁ לְבוּשָׁא דְשָׂק׃

18 word entries
וַאֲתָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אתא
Transliteration
w't'
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אתא
Gloss
and came
Occurrences
341
עַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עד
Transliteration
'd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
885
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
תְּרַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תרע
Transliteration
tr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
141
פַּלְטִירָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pltyr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
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
אֲרוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
997
לֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לית
Transliteration
lyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
629
רְשׁוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רשו
Transliteration
rshw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
20
לִגְבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
lgbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
627
לְמֵיעַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmy'l
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
55
לִתְרַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תרע
Transliteration
ltr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
141
פַּלְטִירָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pltyr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
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
כַּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כד
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
581
לְבִישׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביש
Transliteration
lbysh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
184
לְבוּשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbwsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
14
דְשָׂק׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דשק
Transliteration
dshq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

et hoc ejulatu usque ad fores palatii gradiens. Non enim erat licitum indutum sacco aulam regis intrare.

17 word entries
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
heiulatu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
heiulatu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
usque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
usque
Transliteration
usque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1221
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
fores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
foris
Transliteration
fores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
110
palatii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
palatii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
14
gradiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gradior
Transliteration
gradiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
49
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
licitum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
licet
Transliteration
licitum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
58
indutum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
induo
Transliteration
indutum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
124
sacco
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
saccus
Transliteration
sacco
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
43
aulam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aula
Transliteration
aulam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
26
regis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
intrare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
intro
Transliteration
intrare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
235
Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • 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.

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