8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 1:8. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַדָּ֖ת אֵ֣ין אֹנֵ֑ס כִּי־כֵ֣ן ׀ יִסַּ֣ד הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עַ֚ל כָּל־רַ֣ב בֵּית֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּרְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ־וָאִֽישׁ׃
וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה
כַדָּ֖ת
אֹנֵ֑ס
כִּי
יִסַּ֣ד
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
עַ֚ל
כָּל
רַ֣ב
בֵּית֔וֹ
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
כִּרְצ֥וֹן
אִישׁ
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.
ܘܡܫܬܝܐ ܒܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܠܝܬ ܕܐ̇ܠܝܨ. ܡܛܠ ܕܗܟܢܐ ܦܩ̇ܕ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ. ܠܟܠ ܕܪܒ ܒܒܝܬܗ ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ ܨܒܝܢܐ ܠܟܠܢܫ .
ܘܡܫܬܝܐ
- 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
- ܘܡܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- wmshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 8
ܒܢܡܘܣܐ
- 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
- ܒܢܡܘܣܐ
- Transliteration
- bnmws'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 26
ܘܠܝܬ
- 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
- ܘܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- wlyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 221
ܕܐ̇ܠܝܨ
- 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
- ܕܐܠܝܨ
- Transliteration
- d'lys
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
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
ܕܗܟܢܐ
- 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
- ܕܗܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- dhkn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 83
ܦܩ̇ܕ
- 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
- ܦܩܕ
- Transliteration
- pqd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 82
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܠܟܠ
- 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
- ܠܟܠ
- Transliteration
- lkl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 86
ܕܪܒ
- 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
- ܕܪܒ
- Transliteration
- drb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 30
ܒܒܝܬܗ
- 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
- ܒܒܝܬܗ
- Transliteration
- bbyth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 120
ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ
- 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
- ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ
- Transliteration
- dn'bdwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܨܒܝܢܐ
- 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
- ܨܒܝܢܐ
- Transliteration
- sbyn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 15
ܠܟܠܢܫ
- 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
- ܠܟܠܢܫ
- Transliteration
- lklnsh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
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.
וְשָׁקוּתָא כְּהִלְכָתָא מִנְהַג גוּפָא וְלֵית דַאֲנִיס אֲרוּם כֵּן שָׂם טְעֵם מַלְכָּא עַל כָּל דְאִתְמַנָא אַפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס עַל בַּיְתֵיהּ לְמֶעְבַּד כִּרְעוּת גַבְרָא בַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכִרְעוּת גְבַר מִן כָּל אוּמָא וְלִישָׁן׃
וְשָׁקוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שקותא
- Transliteration
- wshqwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
כְּהִלְכָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלכתא
- Transliteration
- khlkt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 12
מִנְהַג
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נהג
- Transliteration
- mnhg
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
גוּפָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גופא
- Transliteration
- gwp'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
וְלֵית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לית
- Transliteration
- wlyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 629
דַאֲנִיס
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אניס
- Transliteration
- d'nys
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 10
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
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
שָׂם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שם
- Transliteration
- shm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 5
טְעֵם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טעם
- Transliteration
- t'm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 9
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
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
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
דְאִתְמַנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתמנא
- Transliteration
- d'tmn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 11
אַפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אפיטרופוס
- Transliteration
- 'pytrwpws
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
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
בַּיְתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתיה
- Transliteration
- bytyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 381
לְמֶעְבַּד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מעבד
- Transliteration
- lm'bd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 278
כִּרְעוּת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רעות
- Transliteration
- kr'wt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 27
גַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
בַר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- br
- Morphology
- noun masculine singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 2734
יִשְׂרָאֵל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ישראל
- Transliteration
- yshr'l
- Morphology
- proper noun
- Gloss
- Israel
- Occurrences
- 2312
וְכִרְעוּת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כרעות
- Transliteration
- wkr'wt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
גְבַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גבר
- Transliteration
- gbr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 627
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
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
אוּמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אומא
- Transliteration
- 'wm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 8
וְלִישָׁן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לישן
- Transliteration
- wlyshn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, sed sicut rex statuerat, præponens mensis singulos de principibus suis ut sumeret unusquisque quod vellet.
nec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nec
- Transliteration
- nec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 750
erat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
nolentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nolo
- Transliteration
- nolentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 620
cogeret
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cogo
- Transliteration
- cogeret
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 31
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
bibendum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bibo
- Transliteration
- bibendum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 319
sed
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sed
- Transliteration
- sed
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1637
sic
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sic
- Transliteration
- sic
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 584
rex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- rex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
statuerat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- statuo
- Transliteration
- statuerat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 128
praeponens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praepono
- Transliteration
- praeponens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 66
mensis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mensis
- Transliteration
- mensis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 302
singulos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- singulus
- Transliteration
- singulos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 357
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
principibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- princeps
- Transliteration
- principibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 830
suis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
sumeret
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sumo
- Transliteration
- sumeret
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 141
unusquisque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- unusquisque
- Transliteration
- unusquisque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 278
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
vellet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- vellet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
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
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