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Esther 1

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20 When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 1:20. 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 81
Editorial Notes 0
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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.

וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא וְכָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן לְמִגָּד֖וֹל וְעַד־קָטָֽן׃

18 word entries
וְנִשְׁמַע֩
Lemma
c/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
250
פִּתְגָ֨ם
Lemma
6599
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6599
Occurrences
2
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
אֲשֶֽׁר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
יַעֲשֶׂה֙
Lemma
6213 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
1634
בְּכָל
Lemma
b/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
453
מַלְכוּת֔וֹ
Lemma
4438
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4438
Occurrences
58
כִּ֥י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
רַבָּ֖ה
Lemma
7227 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7227
Occurrences
362
הִ֑יא
Lemma
1931
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
1188
וְכָל
Lemma
c/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
749
הַנָּשִׁ֗ים
Lemma
d/802
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
143
יִתְּנ֤וּ
Lemma
5414
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
1113
יְקָר֙
Lemma
3366
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3366
Occurrences
7
לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן
Lemma
l/1167
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1167
Occurrences
7
לְמִגָּד֖וֹל
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1419
Occurrences
2
וְעַד
Lemma
c/5704
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5704
Occurrences
224
קָטָֽן
Lemma
6996 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6996
Occurrences
21
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.

ܘܢܫܬܡܥ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ. ܘܢܥܒܪ܆ ܒܟܘܠܗ̇ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܪܒܐ ܗܝ. ܘܟܘܠܗܝܢ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܢܥ̈ܒܕܢ ܐܝܩܪܐ ܠܓܒܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ܆ ܡܢ ܪܒܐ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܙܥܘܪܐ.

18 word entries
ܘܢܫܬܡܥ
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
wnshtm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܦܬܓܡܐ
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
ptgm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
285
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.
Transliteration
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
ܘܢܥܒܪ܆
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
wn'br
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
12
ܒܟܘܠܗ̇
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
bkwlh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܡܠܟܘܬܐ
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
mlkwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
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
ܕܪܒܐ
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
drb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܘܟܘܠܗܝܢ
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
wkwlhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
ܢܫ̈ܐ
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
ܢܫܐ
Transliteration
nsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
93
ܢܥ̈ܒܕܢ
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
n'bdn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܐܝܩܪܐ
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
'yqr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
43
ܠܓܒܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ܆
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
lgbryhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܪܒܐ
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
ܪܒܐ
Transliteration
rb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
334
ܘܥܕܡܐ
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'dm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
240
ܠܙܥܘܪܐ
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
lz'wr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
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.

וְיִשְׁתְּמַע פִּתְגָם גְזֵירַת מַלְכָּא דִי יַעֲבֵיד מַלְכוּתֵיהּ אֲרוּם גְזֵרְתָּא רַבָּא הִיא וּמִן בָּתַר כֵּן כָּל נְשַׁיָא יִתְּנוּן רְבוּ וִיקָר לְמָרֵיהוֹן לְמִן רַבָּא וְעַד זְעִירָא׃

24 word entries
וְיִשְׁתְּמַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wyshtm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
10
פִּתְגָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ptgm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
245
גְזֵירַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gzyrt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
49
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
יַעֲבֵיד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
y'byd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
73
מַלְכוּתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mlkwtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
42
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
גְזֵרְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gzrt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
רַבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רבא
Transliteration
rb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
305
הִיא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
היא
Transliteration
hy'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
she, it
Occurrences
241
וּמִן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ומן
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
310
בָּתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בתר
Transliteration
btr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
428
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
2135
נְשַׁיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nshy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
56
יִתְּנוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytnwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
23
רְבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רבו
Transliteration
rbw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
וִיקָר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יקר
Transliteration
wyqr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
82
לְמָרֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmryhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
לְמִן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למן
Transliteration
lmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
40
רַבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רבא
Transliteration
rb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
305
וְעַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ועד
Transliteration
w'd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
181
זְעִירָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
z'yr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
35
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.

Et hoc in omne (quod latissimum est) provinciarum tuarum divulgetur imperium, et cunctæ uxores, tam majorum quam minorum, deferant maritis suis honorem.

21 word entries
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
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
omne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omne
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
latissimum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
latus
Transliteration
latissimum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
162
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
provinciarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
provinciarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
55
tuarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
divulgetur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diuulgo
Transliteration
divulgetur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
imperium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
imperium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
78
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
cunctae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cunctus
Transliteration
cunctae
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
586
uxores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uxor
Transliteration
uxores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
505
tam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tam
Transliteration
tam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
112
maiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maiores
Transliteration
maiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
6
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quam
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
426
minorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
paruus
Transliteration
minorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
136
deferant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
defero
Transliteration
deferant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
61
maritis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maritus
Transliteration
maritis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
31
suis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
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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.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

6 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

5 relevance votes

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

5 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 17:13

All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 21:21

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.

2 relevance votes
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