9 And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 1:9. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים בֵּ֚ית הַמַּלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס
הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה
עָשְׂתָ֖ה
מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה
נָשִׁ֑ים
בֵּ֚ית
הַמַּלְכ֔וּת
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
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.
ܘܘܫܬܝ ܡܠܟܬܐ ܥܒ̣ܕܬ ܡܫܬܝܐ ܪܒܐ ܠܟܠܗܝܢ ܢܫ̈ܐ. ܒܝܬ ܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܚܫܝܪܝܫ
ܘܘܫܬܝ
- 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
- ܘܘܫܬܝ
- Transliteration
- wwshty
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܡܠܟܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mlkt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 21
ܥܒ̣ܕܬ
- 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
- ܥܒܕܬ
- Transliteration
- 'bdt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 105
ܡܫܬܝܐ
- 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
- ܡܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- mshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 18
ܪܒܐ
- 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
- ܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- rb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 334
ܠܟܠܗܝܢ
- 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
- ܠܟܠܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- lklhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 26
ܢܫ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- nsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 93
ܒܝܬ
- 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
- ܒܝܬ
- Transliteration
- beth
- Morphology
- noun, construct form
- Gloss
- house of
- Occurrences
- 480
ܡܠܟܘܬܗ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܘܬܗ
- Transliteration
- mlkwth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 36
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.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- dmlk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 458
ܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- 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
- ܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- Transliteration
- hshyrysh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
אוּף וַשְׁתִּי מַלְכְּתָא רַשִׁיעֲתָא עָבְדָא מִשְׁתֵּא נְשַׁיָא בְּבֵית מַלְכוּתָא אֲתַר קִיטוֹן בֵּית דְמוּךְ דִי לְמַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃
אוּף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אוף
- Transliteration
- 'wp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 78
וַשְׁתִּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שתי
- Transliteration
- wshty
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 44
מַלְכְּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכתא
- Transliteration
- mlkt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 34
רַשִׁיעֲתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשיעתא
- Transliteration
- rshy't'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
עָבְדָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבדא
- Transliteration
- 'bd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 75
מִשְׁתֵּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שתא
- Transliteration
- msht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 126
נְשַׁיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נשיא
- Transliteration
- nshy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
בְּבֵית
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בית
- Transliteration
- bbyt
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun construct/absolute
- Gloss
- in/with house, household
- Occurrences
- 2611
מַלְכוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכותא
- Transliteration
- mlkwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 173
אֲתַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתר
- Transliteration
- 'tr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 216
קִיטוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קיטון
- Transliteration
- qytwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
בֵּית
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בית
- Transliteration
- byt
- Morphology
- noun construct/absolute
- Gloss
- house, household
- Occurrences
- 2611
דְמוּךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מוך
- Transliteration
- dmwk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 5
דִי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- די
- Transliteration
- dy
- Morphology
- relative/genitive particle
- Gloss
- of, that, which
- Occurrences
- 1711
לְמַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- lmlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ל + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- to/for king
- Occurrences
- 2509
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אחשורוש
- Transliteration
- 'chshwrwsh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 35
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Vasthi quoque regina fecit convivium feminarum in palatio, ubi rex Assuerus manere consueverat.
Vasthi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Uasthi
- Transliteration
- Vasthi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 9
quoque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quoque
- Transliteration
- quoque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 773
regina
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regina
- Transliteration
- regina
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 47
fecit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facio
- Transliteration
- fecit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4719
convivium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conuiuium
- Transliteration
- convivium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 67
feminarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- femina
- Transliteration
- feminarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 42
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
palatio
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- palatium
- Transliteration
- palatio
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 11
ubi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ubi
- Transliteration
- ubi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 354
rex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- rex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
Asuerus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Asuerus
- Transliteration
- Asuerus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 12
manere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- maneo
- Transliteration
- manere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 277
consueverat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consuesco
- Transliteration
- consueverat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 24
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.
Esther 5:8
If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.
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And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.
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