3 Then the king’s courtiers, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”
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Esther 3
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 3:3. 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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Westminster Leningrad Codex
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ עַבְדֵ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ אַתָּ֣ה עוֹבֵ֔ר אֵ֖ת מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
13 word entries
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ
עַבְדֵ֥י
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
אֲשֶׁר
בְּשַׁ֥עַר
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י
עוֹבֵ֔ר
אֵ֖ת
מִצְוַ֥ת
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.
ܘܐܡ̇ܪܝܢ ܥ̈ܒ̣ܕܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܕܒܬܪܥܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ. ܠܡܢܐ ܥ̇ܒܪ ܐܢܬ ܥܠ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ.
12 word entries
ܘܐܡ̇ܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- w'mryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 135
ܥ̈ܒ̣ܕܐ
- 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
- ܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- 'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 209
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
ܕܒܬܪܥܐ
- 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
- ܕܒܬܪܥܐ
- Transliteration
- dbtr''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
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
ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- 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
- ܠܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- lmwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܠܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- lmn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 117
ܥ̇ܒܪ
- 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
- ܥܒܪ
- Transliteration
- 'br
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 78
ܐܢܬ
- 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
- ܐܢܬ
- Transliteration
- ant
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, second singular
- Gloss
- you
- Occurrences
- 901
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3346
ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
- 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
- ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
- Transliteration
- pwqdn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 62
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
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.
וַאֲמַרוּ עַבְדֵי מַלְכָּא דִי בִתְרַע פַּלְטְרִין דְמַלְכָּא לְמָרְדְכַי מַה דֵין אַתְּ עֲבַר יַת תַּפְקֵדְתָּא דְמַלְכָּא׃
15 word entries
וַאֲמַרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרו
- Transliteration
- w'mrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 310
עַבְדֵי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- עבד
- Transliteration
- 'bdy
- Morphology
- verbal or nominal root עבד
- Gloss
- made, did, served
- Occurrences
- 1208
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
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
בִתְרַע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תרע
- Transliteration
- btr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 141
פַּלְטְרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלטרין
- Transliteration
- pltryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
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
לְמָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מרדכי
- Transliteration
- lmrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 42
מַה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מה
- Transliteration
- mh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 417
דֵין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דין
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 684
אַתְּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- את
- Transliteration
- 't
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 423
עֲבַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבר
- Transliteration
- 'br
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 107
יַת
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ית
- Transliteration
- yt
- Morphology
- accusative/direct object marker
- Gloss
- direct object marker
- Occurrences
- 4303
תַּפְקֵדְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תפקדתא
- Transliteration
- tpqdt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 20
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
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.
Cui dixerunt pueri regis, qui ad fores palatii præsidebant: Cur præter ceteros non observas mandatum regis?
16 word entries
cui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- cui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
dixerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dixerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
pueri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puer
- Transliteration
- pueri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 312
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
fores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- foris
- Transliteration
- fores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 110
palatii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Palatium
- Transliteration
- palatii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
praesidebant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesideo
- Transliteration
- praesidebant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 7
cur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cur
- Transliteration
- cur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 72
praeter
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praeter
- Transliteration
- praeter
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 53
ceteros
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ceteri
- Transliteration
- ceteros
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 10
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
observas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- obseruo
- Transliteration
- observas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 79
mandata
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mandatum
- Transliteration
- mandata
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 242
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
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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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.
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Esther 3:2
All the king’s courtiers who were in the king’s gate used to bow down before Haman, for so the king had commanded, but Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself.
4 relevance votesExodus 1:17
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All the time the virgins were assembled again, Mordecai was sitting as an official at the king’s gate.
2 relevance votes