4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:4. 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
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
כִּֽי־גָ֤דוֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְשָׁמְע֖וֹ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּכָל־הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת כִּֽי־הָאִ֥ישׁ מָרְדֳּכַ֖י הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְגָדֽוֹל׃ פ
כִּֽי
גָ֤דוֹל
בְּבֵ֣ית
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
וְשָׁמְע֖וֹ
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
בְּכָל
הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת
כִּֽי
הָאִ֥ישׁ
הוֹלֵ֥ךְ
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.
ܡܛܠ ܕܝ̣ܪܒ ܡܘܪܕܟܝ ܒܝܬ ܡܠܟܐ. ܘܫܡܗ ܐ̇ܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܒܟܠܗܝܢ ܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܡܘܪܕܟܝ ܐ̇ܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܘܝܪܒ.
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
ܕܝ̣ܪܒ
- 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
- ܕܝܪܒ
- Transliteration
- dyrb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- 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
- ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- mwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 29
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
ܡܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܘܫܡܗ
- 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
- ܘܫܡܗ
- Transliteration
- wshmh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 49
ܐ̇ܙܠ
- 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
- ܐܙܠ
- Transliteration
- 'zl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 147
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
ܒܟܠܗܝܢ
- 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
- ܒܟܠܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- bklhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 34
ܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mlkwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 101
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
ܕܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dgbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 109
ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- 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
- ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- mwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 29
ܐ̇ܙܠ
- 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
- ܐܙܠ
- Transliteration
- 'zl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 147
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
ܘܝܪܒ
- 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
- ܘܝܪܒ
- Transliteration
- wyrb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
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.
אֲרוּם אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס וְרַב וְסַרְכָן מָרְדְכַי בְּבֵית מַלְכָּא וּמַטְבְּעֵיהּ נְפַק בְּכָל פִּלְכַיָא אֲרוּם גַבְרָא מָרְדְכַי רַב בֵּית אַבָּא לְמַלְכָּא וַאֲזֵיל וּמִתְרַבְרָב׃
אֲרוּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארום
- Transliteration
- 'rwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 997
אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אפוטרופוס
- Transliteration
- 'pwtrwpws
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
וְרַב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ורב
- Transliteration
- wrb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
וְסַרְכָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סרכן
- Transliteration
- wsrkn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 10
מָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רדכי
- Transliteration
- mrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 55
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
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
וּמַטְבְּעֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מטבעיה
- Transliteration
- wmtb'yh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
נְפַק
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- נפק
- Transliteration
- npq
- Morphology
- verbal root נפק
- Gloss
- went out, came forth
- Occurrences
- 177
בְּכָל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בכל
- Transliteration
- bkl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 382
פִּלְכַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלכיא
- Transliteration
- plky'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
אֲרוּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארום
- Transliteration
- 'rwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 997
גַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
מָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רדכי
- Transliteration
- mrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 55
רַב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רב
- Transliteration
- rb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 175
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
אַבָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אבא
- Transliteration
- 'b'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 153
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
וַאֲזֵיל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזיל
- Transliteration
- w'zyl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 149
וּמִתְרַבְרָב׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מתרברב
- Transliteration
- wmtrbrb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
quem principem esse palatii, et plurimum posse cognoverant: fama quoque nominis ejus crescebat quotidie, et per cunctorum ora volitabat.
quem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
principem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- princeps
- Transliteration
- principem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 830
esse
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- esse
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
palatii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Palatium
- Transliteration
- palatii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
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
plurimum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multum
- Transliteration
- plurimum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 75
posse
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- possum
- Transliteration
- posse
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 881
cognoverant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cognosco
- Transliteration
- cognoverant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 369
fama
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fama
- Transliteration
- fama
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 33
quoque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quoque
- Transliteration
- quoque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 773
nominis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nominis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
crescebat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cresco
- Transliteration
- crescebat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 96
cotidie
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cotidie
- Transliteration
- cotidie
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 6
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
per
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- per
- Transliteration
- per
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1915
cunctorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cunctus
- Transliteration
- cunctorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 586
ora
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- os
- Transliteration
- ora
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 657
volitabat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolito
- Transliteration
- volitabat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2
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 Chronicles 11:9
And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.
6 relevance votes2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and David became stronger and stronger, but those on Saul's side became more and more feeble.
6 relevance votesPsalms 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
3 relevance votesProverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
3 relevance votesJoshua 6:27
So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.
3 relevance votes1 Chronicles 14:17
And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.
3 relevance votesZephaniah 3:19
See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.
3 relevance votes1 Samuel 2:30
For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
3 relevance votesPsalms 18:43
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
3 relevance votesMatthew 4:24
And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.
2 relevance votesIsaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
1 relevance votes