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Esther 1

Bible in Basic English, Verse 8

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8 And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 1:8. 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 80
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.

וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַדָּ֖ת אֵ֣ין אֹנֵ֑ס כִּי־כֵ֣ן ׀ יִסַּ֣ד הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עַ֚ל כָּל־רַ֣ב בֵּית֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּרְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ־וָאִֽישׁ׃

16 word entries
וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8360
Occurrences
1
כַדָּ֖ת
Lemma
k/1881
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1881
Occurrences
5
אֵ֣ין
Lemma
369
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H369
Occurrences
460
אֹנֵ֑ס
Lemma
597
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H597
Occurrences
1
כִּי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
כֵ֣ן
Lemma
3651 c
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3651
Occurrences
502
יִסַּ֣ד
Lemma
3245
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3245
Occurrences
31
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
עַ֚ל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
כָּל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
רַ֣ב
Lemma
7227 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7227
Occurrences
27
בֵּית֔וֹ
Lemma
1004 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1004
Occurrences
1121
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
243
כִּרְצ֥וֹן
Lemma
k/7522
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7522
Occurrences
8
אִישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
וָאִֽישׁ
Lemma
c/376
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
203
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.

ܘܡܫܬܝܐ ܒܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܠܝܬ ܕܐ̇ܠܝܨ. ܡܛܠ ܕܗܟܢܐ ܦܩ̇ܕ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ. ܠܟܠ ܕܪܒ ܒܒܝܬܗ ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ ܨܒܝܢܐ ܠܟܠܢܫ .

14 word entries
ܘܡܫܬܝܐ
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
wmshty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
ܒܢܡܘܣܐ
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
bnmws'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
26
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
ܕܐ̇ܠܝܨ
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'lys
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܗܟܢܐ
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
dhkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
83
ܦܩ̇ܕ
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
ܦܩܕ
Transliteration
pqd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
82
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
ܠܟܠ
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
ܠܟܠ
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
86
ܕܪܒ
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
ܕܪܒ
Transliteration
drb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
30
ܒܒܝܬܗ
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
bbyth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
120
ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ
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
dn'bdwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܨܒܝܢܐ
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
sbyn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܠܟܠܢܫ
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
lklnsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
8
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.

וְשָׁקוּתָא כְּהִלְכָתָא מִנְהַג גוּפָא וְלֵית דַאֲנִיס אֲרוּם כֵּן שָׂם טְעֵם מַלְכָּא עַל כָּל דְאִתְמַנָא אַפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס עַל בַּיְתֵיהּ לְמֶעְבַּד כִּרְעוּת גַבְרָא בַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכִרְעוּת גְבַר מִן כָּל אוּמָא וְלִישָׁן׃

28 word entries
וְשָׁקוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wshqwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
כְּהִלְכָתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
khlkt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
12
מִנְהַג
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נהג
Transliteration
mnhg
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
גוּפָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gwp'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
וְלֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לית
Transliteration
wlyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
629
דַאֲנִיס
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'nys
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
10
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
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
שָׂם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שם
Transliteration
shm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
טְעֵם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טעם
Transliteration
t'm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
9
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
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
2135
דְאִתְמַנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'tmn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
אַפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'pytrwpws
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
בַּיְתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
381
לְמֶעְבַּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lm'bd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
278
כִּרְעוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kr'wt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
27
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
בַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
br
Morphology
noun masculine singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
2734
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yshr'l
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Israel
Occurrences
2312
וְכִרְעוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wkr'wt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
גְבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
gbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
627
מִן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
2135
אוּמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
8
וְלִישָׁן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wlyshn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
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.

Nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, sed sicut rex statuerat, præponens mensis singulos de principibus suis ut sumeret unusquisque quod vellet.

22 word entries
nec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nec
Transliteration
nec
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
750
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
nolentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
nolentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
cogeret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cogo
Transliteration
cogeret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
31
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
bibendum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bibo
Transliteration
bibendum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
319
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
sic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sic
Transliteration
sic
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
584
rex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
rex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
statuerat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
statuo
Transliteration
statuerat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
128
praeponens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praeponens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
66
mensis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mensis
Transliteration
mensis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
302
singulos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
singulos
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
357
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
principibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
suis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
sumeret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sumo
Transliteration
sumeret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
141
unusquisque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
unusquisque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
278
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
vellet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
vellet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
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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.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 35:8

And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;

1 relevance votes

John 2:8

Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

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