12 on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 8:12. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד בְּכָל־מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃
בְּי֣וֹם
בְּכָל
מְדִינ֖וֹת
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ
חֹ֥דֶשׁ
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.
ܒܚܕ ܝܘܡ. ܕܒܟܠܗܝܢ ܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܗ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ. ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܬܪܥܣܪ ܕܗ̣ܘ ܐܕܪ̣.
ܒܚܕ
- 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
- ܒܚܕ
- Transliteration
- bhd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 24
ܝܘܡ
- 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
- ܝܘܡ
- Transliteration
- ywm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 46
ܕܒܟܠܗܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܒܟܠܗܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dbklhyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܗ
- 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
- ܡܕܝܢܬܗ
- Transliteration
- mdynth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 23
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
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
ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ
- 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
- ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ
- Transliteration
- btlt'sr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 10
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
ܕܬܪܥܣܪ
- 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
- ܕܬܪܥܣܪ
- Transliteration
- dtr'sr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 11
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
ܐܕܪ̣
- 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
- ܐܕܪ
- Transliteration
- 'dr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 10
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.
בְּיוֹמָא חַד בְּכָל פִּלְכָא דְמַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ בִּתְלַת עֲסַר יוֹמִין לְיֶרַח תְּרֵי עֲסַר הוּא יַרְחָא דַאֲדָר׃
בְּיוֹמָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יום
- Transliteration
- bywm'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- in/with day
- Occurrences
- 899
חַד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חד
- Transliteration
- chd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 373
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
פִּלְכָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלכא
- Transliteration
- plk'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 12
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
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
בִּתְלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלת
- Transliteration
- btlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 149
עֲסַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עסר
- Transliteration
- 'sr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 91
יוֹמִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יומין
- Transliteration
- ywmyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 171
לְיֶרַח
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ירח
- Transliteration
- lyrch
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 30
תְּרֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תרי
- Transliteration
- try
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 57
עֲסַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עסר
- Transliteration
- 'sr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 91
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
דַאֲדָר׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אדר
- Transliteration
- d'dr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 16
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Et constituta est per omnes provincias una ultionis dies, id est tertiadecima mensis duodecimi Adar.
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
constituta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- constituo
- Transliteration
- constituta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 313
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
per
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- per
- Transliteration
- per
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1915
omnes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- omnis
- Transliteration
- omnes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5506
provincias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- prouincia
- Transliteration
- provincias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 55
una
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- unus
- Transliteration
- una
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 1077
ultionis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ultio
- Transliteration
- ultionis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 52
dies
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dies
- Transliteration
- dies
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2559
id
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- id
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
tertiadecima
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tertiadecimus
- Transliteration
- tertiadecima
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 8
mensis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mensis
- Transliteration
- mensis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 302
duodecimi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- duodecimus
- Transliteration
- duodecimi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 23
adar
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- adar
- Transliteration
- adar
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 12
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.
Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
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