Esther
Chapter 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Verse 6
All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
OEB
Jump to another chapter in Esther
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Jump to a verse in Esther 8
All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Open English Bible, US Edition

Esther 8

Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 6

Show original chapter

6 For how can I bear to look upon the evil that will come to my people? How can I bear to see their destruction?”

Original Language

Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 8:6. 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 55
Editorial Notes 0
How to read this study data

Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.

Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ ס

14 word entries
כִּ֠י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
אֵיכָכָ֤ה
Lemma
349 c
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H349
Occurrences
3
אוּכַל֙
Lemma
3201
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3201
Occurrences
183
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי
Lemma
c/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
487
בָּרָעָ֖ה
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
23
אֲשֶׁר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
יִמְצָ֣א
Lemma
4672
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
305
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
עַמִּ֑י
Lemma
5971 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
682
וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה
Lemma
c/349 c
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H349
Occurrences
1
אוּכַל֙
Lemma
3201
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3201
Occurrences
183
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי
Lemma
c/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
487
בְּאָבְדַ֖ן
Lemma
b/13
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H13
Occurrences
1
מוֹלַדְתִּֽי
Lemma
4138
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4138
Occurrences
15
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.

ܐܝܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܨ̇ܝܐ ܐܢܐ ܕܐ̇ܚܙܐ. ܒܒܝܫ̣ܬܐ ܕܬܓܕܫ ܠܥܡܝ. ܘܐܝܟܢܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܐܢܐ ܕܐ̇ܚܙܐ ܒܐܒܕܢܐ ܕܫܪܒܬܝ.

14 word entries
ܐܝܟܢܐ
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
'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
202
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
455
ܡܨ̇ܝܐ
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
msy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
4
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܕܐ̇ܚܙܐ
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'hz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܒܒܝܫ̣ܬܐ
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
bbysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
13
ܕܬܓܕܫ
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
dtgdsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܠܥܡܝ
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
l'my
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
37
ܘܐܝܟܢܐ
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'ykn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
23
ܡܫܟܚܐ
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
mshkh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
16
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܕܐ̇ܚܙܐ
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'hz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܒܐܒܕܢܐ
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
b'bdn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
3
ܕܫܪܒܬܝ
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
dshrbty
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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.

אֲרוּם אֵיכְדֵין אֵכוּל לְסוֹבָרָא וּלְמֶחְמֵי בְּבִישְׁתָּא דִי תִתְדָן יַת עַמִי וְהֵיכְדֵין אֵכוּל לְמִתְעֲתָּדָא וּלְמֶחֱמֵי בְּעִידָן דְיוֹבְדוּן גְנִיסַת יַלְדוּתִי׃

18 word entries
אֲרוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
997
אֵיכְדֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ykdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
67
אֵכוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'kwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
לְסוֹבָרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lswbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
19
וּלְמֶחְמֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wlmchmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
בְּבִישְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bbysht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
27
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
תִתְדָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ttdn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
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
עַמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עמי
Transliteration
'my
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
427
וְהֵיכְדֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
whykdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
אֵכוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'kwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
לְמִתְעֲתָּדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmt'td'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
וּלְמֶחֱמֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wlmchmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
בְּעִידָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'ydn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
27
דְיוֹבְדוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dywbdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
גְנִיסַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gnyst
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
16
יַלְדוּתִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yldwty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
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.

Quomodo enim potero sustinere necem et interfectionem populi mei?

9 word entries
quomodo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quomodo
Transliteration
quomodo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
284
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
potero
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
potero
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
sustinere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sustinere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
130
necem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nex
Transliteration
necem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
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
interfectionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
interfectionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
17
populi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
populus
Transliteration
populi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2030
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
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.

Esther 7:4

for I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and completely annihilated! If we had been merely sold into slavery I would not have disturbed your peace, because such a fate would not have affected the interests of the king.”

5 relevance votes

Romans 10:1

My friends, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for my people is for their salvation.

3 relevance votes

Esther 9:1

Now in the twelfth month (that is the month of Adar), on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and his decree was about to be put into execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, then the tables were turned so that the Jews had the mastery over those who hated them.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 44:34

For how can I go up to my father, if the boy is not with me, and see the pain and sorrow that would come upon my father.”

2 relevance votes
Chapter 8 of 10 Verse 6 of 17