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Esther 8

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 8:16. 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 41
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Source

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃

6 word entries
לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים
Lemma
l/3064
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3064
Occurrences
7
הָֽיְתָ֥ה
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
אוֹרָ֖ה
Lemma
219 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H219
Occurrences
2
וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה
Lemma
c/8057
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8057
Occurrences
15
וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן
Lemma
c/8342
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8342
Occurrences
2
וִיקָֽר
Lemma
c/3366
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3366
Occurrences
2
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Source

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.

ܘܥܠ ܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ ܗ̣ܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܚܕܘܬܐ. ܘܐܝܩܪܐ ܘܕܝܨܐ.

7 word entries
ܘܥܠ
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
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
687
ܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ
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
yhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
102
ܗ̣ܘܐ
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
ܢܘܗܪܐ
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
nwhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
67
ܘܚܕܘܬܐ
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
whdwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
ܘܐܝܩܪܐ
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'yqr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
23
ܘܕܝܨܐ
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
wdys'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
10
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
Source

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.

לִיהוּדָאֵי הֲוַת רְשׁוּתָא לְמֶעְסַק בְּאוֹרַיְתָא וּלְמִיטַר שַׁבַּיָא וּמוֹעֲדַיָא וּלְמִגְזַר עוּרְלַת בְּנֵיהוֹן וּלְאַחֲתָא תְּפִילִין עַל יְדֵיהוֹן וְעַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן׃

17 word entries
לִיהוּדָאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lyhwd'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
52
הֲוַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הות
Transliteration
hwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
264
רְשׁוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rshwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
לְמֶעְסַק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lm'sq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
12
בְּאוֹרַיְתָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
b'wryt'
Morphology
prefixed preposition ב + noun feminine singular emphatic
Gloss
in/with law, Torah
Occurrences
299
וּלְמִיטַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wlmytr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
שַׁבַּיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
36
וּמוֹעֲדַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmw'dy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
וּלְמִגְזַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wlmgzr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
עוּרְלַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wrlt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
בְּנֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bnyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
60
וּלְאַחֲתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wl'cht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
תְּפִילִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tpylyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
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
יְדֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ydyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
112
וְעַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ועל
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
516
רֵישֵׁיהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ryshyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
44
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Judæis autem nova lux oriri visa est, gaudium, honor, et tripudium.

11 word entries
Iudaeis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaeis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
nova
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nouus
Transliteration
nova
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
312
lux
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lux
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
oriri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
orior
Transliteration
oriri
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
145
visa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
visa
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
gaudium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gaudium
Transliteration
gaudium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
honor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
honor
Transliteration
honor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
102
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
tripudium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tripudium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
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.

Psalms 97:11

Light arises for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

8 relevance votes

Psalms 18:28

You are my lamp, Lord , my God who enlightens my darkness.

7 relevance votes

Esther 9:17

This was on the thirteenth day of Adar. On the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 112:4

To the upright arises light in the darkness; full of favor and pity and kindness are they.

4 relevance votes

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat nor drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will fast as well. Then I will go in to the king, although it is contrary to the law, and if I die, I die.”

3 relevance votes
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