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Esther 8

Bible in Basic English, Verse 14

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14 So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 8:14. 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 53
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.

הָרָצִ֞ים רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים יָֽצְא֛וּ מְבֹהָלִ֥ים וּדְחוּפִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהַדָּ֥ת נִתְּנָ֖ה בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃ פ

13 word entries
הָרָצִ֞ים
Lemma
d/7323
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H7323
Occurrences
20
רֹכְבֵ֤י
Lemma
7392
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7392
Occurrences
40
הָרֶ֨כֶשׁ֙
Lemma
d/7409
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H7409
Occurrences
2
הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים
Lemma
d/327
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + adjective
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H327
Occurrences
2
יָֽצְא֛וּ
Lemma
3318
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3318
Occurrences
539
מְבֹהָלִ֥ים
Lemma
926
Morphology
Hebrew: verb pual participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H926
Occurrences
25
וּדְחוּפִ֖ים
Lemma
c/1765
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle passive
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1765
Occurrences
1
בִּדְבַ֣ר
Lemma
b/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
59
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
וְהַדָּ֥ת
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1881
Occurrences
2
נִתְּנָ֖ה
Lemma
5414
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
1113
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן
Lemma
b/7800
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7800
Occurrences
16
הַבִּירָֽה
Lemma
d/1002
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1002
Occurrences
16
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.

ܘܐ̣ܙܠܘ ܪ̈ܗܛܐ ܘܐܣܦܘ̈ܟܐ ܪ̈ܟܒܝ ܪ̈ܟܫܐ ܘܢܦܩܘ ܡܣܪ̈ܗܒܐܝܬ. ܒܦܬܓܡܐ ܘܒܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܕܐܬܦܩܕ ܒܫܘܫܢ ܒܝܪܬܐ. .

12 word entries
ܘܐ̣ܙܠܘ
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'zlw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
111
ܪ̈ܗܛܐ
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
rht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܘܐܣܦܘ̈ܟܐ
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'spwk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܪ̈ܟܒܝ
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
rkby
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܪ̈ܟܫܐ
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
rksh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
45
ܘܢܦܩܘ
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
wnpqw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
58
ܡܣܪ̈ܗܒܐܝܬ
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
msrhb'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
8
ܒܦܬܓܡܐ
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
bptgm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܘܒܦܘܩܕܢܐ
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
wbpwqdn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܐܬܦܩܕ
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'tpqd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܒܫܘܫܢ
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
bshwshn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܒܝܪܬܐ
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
byrt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
18
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.

רַהִטָנִין דִרְכִיבִין עַל רִכְסָא עַרְטוּלְיָנֵי נְפָקוּ זְרִיזִין וּסְחִיפִין בְּפִתְגָמָא דְמַלְכָּא וּגְזֵירַת דִינָא אִתְיְהִיבַת בְּשׁוּשַׁן בִּירַנְתָּא׃

15 word entries
רַהִטָנִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rhtnyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
דִרְכִיבִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drkybyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
10
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
רִכְסָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rks'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
עַרְטוּלְיָנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rtwlyny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
נְפָקוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npqw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
82
זְרִיזִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zryzyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
וּסְחִיפִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wschypyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
בְּפִתְגָמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bptgm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
356
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
וּגְזֵירַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wgzyrt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
49
דִינָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ינא
Transliteration
dyn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
144
אִתְיְהִיבַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tyhybt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
24
בְּשׁוּשַׁן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bshwshn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
25
בִּירַנְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
byrnt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
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.

Egressique sunt veredarii celeres nuntia perferentes, et edictum regis pependit in Susan.

13 word entries
egressique
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
egressique
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
667
{egressique}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{egressique}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
veredarii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
veredarii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
celeres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
celer
Transliteration
celeres
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
2
nuntios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nuntius
Transliteration
nuntios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
134
perferentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
perfero
Transliteration
perferentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
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
edictum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
edictum
Transliteration
edictum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
12
regis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
pependit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pendeo
Transliteration
pependit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
27
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
Susis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Susa
Transliteration
Susis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
16
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.

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.

Daniel 8:2

And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.

3 relevance votes

Esther 3:15

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

3 relevance votes

Esther 2:3

Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;

2 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

2 relevance votes

Esther 1:2

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

1 relevance votes

1 Samuel 21:8

And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

1 relevance votes

Nehemiah 1:1

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

1 relevance votes
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