16 Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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Esther 2
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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.
וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃
16 word entries
וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙
בֵּ֣ית
מַלְכוּת֔וֹ
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ
הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
בִּשְׁנַת
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.
ܘܥܠܬ ܐܣܬܝܪ ܩܕܡ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ ܠܒܝܬ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܀ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܥܣܪܐ ܕܗ̣ܘ ܟܢܘܢ ܐܚܪܝ. ܒܫܢܬ ܐܪܒܥ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܗ܆
16 word entries
ܘܥܠܬ
- 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
- ܘܥܠܬ
- Transliteration
- w'lt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 23
ܐܣܬܝܪ
- 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
- ܐܣܬܝܪ
- Transliteration
- 'styr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 32
ܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1019
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.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- 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
- ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- Transliteration
- 'hshyrysh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 25
ܠܒܝܬ
- 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
- ܠܒܝܬ
- Transliteration
- lbyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 190
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.
- Lemma
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
܀
- 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.
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܝܪܚܐ
- 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
- ܒܝܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- byrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 108
ܕܥܣܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܥܣܪܐ
- Transliteration
- d'sr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܗ̣ܘ
- 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
- ܕܗܘ
- Transliteration
- dhw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 90
ܟܢܘܢ
- 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
- ܟܢܘܢ
- Transliteration
- knwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 5
ܐܚܪܝ
- 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
- ܐܚܪܝ
- Transliteration
- 'hry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܒܫܢܬ
- 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
- ܒܫܢܬ
- Transliteration
- bshnt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 88
ܐܪܒܥ
- 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
- ܐܪܒܥ
- Transliteration
- 'rb'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 27
ܠܡܠܟܘܬܗ܆
- 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
- ܠܡܠܟܘܬܗ
- Transliteration
- lmlkwth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 20
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.
וְאִדְבָּרַת אֶסְתֵּר לְוַת מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ לְאִתְּתָא וְאָעֵל יָתָהּ לְבֵית אִדְרוֹן בֵּית מַלְכוּתֵיהּ בְּיַרְחָא עֲשִׂירָאָה הוּא יַרְחָא דְטֵבֵת בְּשַׁתָּא שְׁבִיעֲתָא לְמַלְכוּתֵיהּ׃
20 word entries
וְאִדְבָּרַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אדברת
- Transliteration
- w'dbrt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
אֶסְתֵּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתר
- Transliteration
- 'str
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 80
לְוַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לות
- Transliteration
- lwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 430
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
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
לְאִתְּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתתא
- Transliteration
- l'tt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 180
וְאָעֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אעל
- Transliteration
- w''l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
יָתָהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתה
- Transliteration
- yth
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 120
לְבֵית
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בית
- Transliteration
- lbyt
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ל + noun construct/absolute
- Gloss
- to/for house, household
- Occurrences
- 2611
אִדְרוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אדרון
- Transliteration
- 'drwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
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
מַלְכוּתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכותיה
- Transliteration
- mlkwtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 42
בְּיַרְחָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ירחא
- Transliteration
- byrch'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 115
עֲשִׂירָאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עשיראה
- Transliteration
- 'shyr'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 12
הוּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- hw'
- Morphology
- personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
יַרְחָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ירחא
- Transliteration
- yrch'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 115
דְטֵבֵת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טבת
- Transliteration
- dtbt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 5
בְּשַׁתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שתא
- Transliteration
- bsht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 126
שְׁבִיעֲתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שביעתא
- Transliteration
- shby't'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 4
לְמַלְכוּתֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מלכותיה
- Transliteration
- lmlkwtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 14
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.
Ducta est itaque ad cubiculum regis Assueri mense decimo, qui vocatur Tebeth, septimo anno regni ejus.
16 word entries
ducta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- duco
- Transliteration
- ducta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 271
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
itaque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- itaque
- Transliteration
- itaque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 371
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
cubiculum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cubiculum
- Transliteration
- cubiculum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 40
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
Asueri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Asuerus
- Transliteration
- Asueri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 12
mense
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mensis
- Transliteration
- mense
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 302
decimo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- decimus
- Transliteration
- decimo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 125
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
vocatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uoco
- Transliteration
- vocatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 652
tebeth
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tebeo
- Transliteration
- tebeth
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
septimo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- septimus
- Transliteration
- septimo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 135
anno
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- annus
- Transliteration
- anno
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 831
regni
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regnum
- Transliteration
- regni
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 499
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
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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
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Esther 8:9
On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is the month of Sivan), the king’s secretaries were summoned and as Mordecai instructed an edict was issued to the Jews, to the satraps and provincial governors and the rulers of each of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia in their own script and their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
3 relevance votesEzra 7:8
2 relevance votesEsther 2:3
and let the king appoint commissioners to all the provinces of his kingdom to gather them all to Susa the royal residence. Let them be brought into the women’s quarters under the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who has charge of the women. Then give them what is needed to make them beautiful,
2 relevance votesEsther 2:1
Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
2 relevance votes