3 All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
Original Language
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:3. 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
71
Editorial Notes
0
How to read this study data
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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.
וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְעֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־מָרְדֳּכַ֖י עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
17 word entries
וְכָל
שָׂרֵ֨י
הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת
וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים
וְהַפַּח֗וֹת
וְעֹשֵׂ֤י
הַמְּלָאכָה֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים
אֶת
הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים
כִּֽי
נָפַ֥ל
פַּֽחַד
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.
ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܕܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ. ܘܪ̈ܒܝ ܚܝ̈ܠܐ ܘܡܪ̈ܘܬܐ. ܘܥ̇ܒ̈ܕܝ ܥ̇ܒܕܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܡܝܩܪܝܢ ܠܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܢܦ̣ܠܬ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ.
16 word entries
ܘܟܠܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܘܟܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- wklhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 210
ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ
- 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
- ܪܘܪܒܢܐ
- Transliteration
- rwrbn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 119
ܕܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ
- 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
- ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ
- Transliteration
- dmdynt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 62
ܘܪ̈ܒܝ
- 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
- ܘܪܒܝ
- Transliteration
- wrby
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 8
ܚܝ̈ܠܐ
- 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
- ܚܝܠܐ
- Transliteration
- hyl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 331
ܘܡܪ̈ܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܡܪܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wmrwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܥ̇ܒ̈ܕܝ
- 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
- ܘܥܒܕܝ
- Transliteration
- w'bdy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 21
ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
- 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
ܡܝܩܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܡܝܩܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- myqryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
ܠܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ
- 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
- ܠܝܗܘܕܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lyhwdy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 24
ܡܛܠ
- 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
- ܡܛܠ
- Transliteration
- mtl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2606
ܕܢܦ̣ܠܬ
- 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
- ܕܢܦܠܬ
- Transliteration
- dnplt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 7
ܕܚܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܕܚܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- dhlt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 58
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
ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'lyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 349
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.
וְכָל רַבָּנֵי פִלְכַיָא וְאִסְטַרְטִילוּסִין וְהֵיפַרְכִין וְעַבְדֵי עֲבִידְתָּא דִי לְמַלְכָּא מְמַנָן עֲלַוֵיהוֹן יַת יְהוּדָאִין אֲרוּם נְפַל פַּחְדָא דְמָרְדְכַי עֲלַוֵיהוֹן׃
18 word entries
וְכָל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- וכל
- Transliteration
- wkl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 550
רַבָּנֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רבני
- Transliteration
- rbny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 98
פִלְכַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלכיא
- Transliteration
- plky'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
וְאִסְטַרְטִילוּסִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסטרטילוסין
- Transliteration
- w'strtylwsyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
וְהֵיפַרְכִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- היפרכין
- Transliteration
- whyprkyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
וְעַבְדֵי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- עבד
- Transliteration
- w'bdy
- Morphology
- verbal or nominal root עבד
- Gloss
- made, did, served
- Occurrences
- 1208
עֲבִידְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבידתא
- Transliteration
- 'bydt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 35
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
לְמַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- lmlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ל + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- to/for king
- Occurrences
- 2509
מְמַנָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מנן
- Transliteration
- mmnn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 54
עֲלַוֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלויהון
- Transliteration
- 'lwyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 50
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
יְהוּדָאִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יהודאין
- Transliteration
- yhwd'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 29
אֲרוּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארום
- Transliteration
- 'rwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 997
נְפַל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נפל
- Transliteration
- npl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 57
פַּחְדָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פחדא
- Transliteration
- pchd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 4
דְמָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מרדכי
- Transliteration
- dmrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 42
עֲלַוֵיהוֹן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלויהון
- Transliteration
- 'lwyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 50
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.
Nam et provinciarum judices, et duces, et procuratores, omnisque dignitas quæ singulis locis ac operibus præerat, extollebant Judæos timore Mardochæi,
20 word entries
nam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nam
- Transliteration
- nam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 211
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
provinciarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- prouincia
- Transliteration
- provinciarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 55
iudices
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iudex
- Transliteration
- iudices
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 101
duces
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dux
- Transliteration
- duces
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 245
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
procuratores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- procurator
- Transliteration
- procuratores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 7
omnisque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- omnis
- Transliteration
- omnisque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5506
{omnisque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {omnisque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
dignitas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dignitas
- Transliteration
- dignitas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 12
quae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
singulis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- singulus
- Transliteration
- singulis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 357
locis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- locus
- Transliteration
- locis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 773
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
operibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- opus
- Transliteration
- operibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 656
praeerat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesum
- Transliteration
- praeerat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 54
extollebant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- extollo
- Transliteration
- extollebant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 26
Iudaeos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iudaei
- Transliteration
- Iudaeos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 362
timore
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- timor
- Transliteration
- timore
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 209
Mardochei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Mardocheus
- Transliteration
- Mardochei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 47
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.
Ezra 8:36
They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.
5 relevance votesDaniel 3:2
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
2 relevance votesEsther 8:9
Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
2 relevance votesEsther 8:5
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
2 relevance votesEsther 3:12
Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
2 relevance votes