11 Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 2:11. 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.
וּבְכָל־י֣וֹם וָי֔וֹם מָרְדֳּכַי֙ מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ לִפְנֵ֖י חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית־הַנָּשִׁ֑ים לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וּמַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה בָּֽהּ׃
וּבְכָל
י֣וֹם
וָי֔וֹם
מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ
לִפְנֵ֖י
חֲצַ֣ר
בֵּית
הַנָּשִׁ֑ים
לָדַ֨עַת֙
אֶת
שְׁל֣וֹם
וּמַה
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה
בָּֽהּ
- Lemma
- b
- Morphology
- Hebrew: preposition + suffix
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Occurrences
- 1362
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.
ܘܟܠ ܝܘܡ ܝܘܡ ܡ̇ܘܪܕܟܝ ܡܗܠܟ ܗܘܐ ܩܕܡ ܕܪܬ ܢܫ̈ܐ. ܠܡܕܥ ܫܪܒܐ ܕܐܣܬܝܪ. ܘܡܢܐ ܡܬܥܒܕ ܠܗ̇.
ܘܟܠ
- 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
- ܘܟܠ
- Transliteration
- wkl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 225
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
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
ܡ̇ܘܪܕܟܝ
- 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
- ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- mwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 29
ܡܗܠܟ
- 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
- ܡܗܠܟ
- Transliteration
- mhlk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 26
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1800
ܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1019
ܕܪܬ
- 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
- ܕܪܬ
- Transliteration
- drt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
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
ܠܡܕܥ
- 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
- ܠܡܕܥ
- Transliteration
- lmd'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 23
ܫܪܒܐ
- 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
- ܫܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- shrb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܐܣܬܝܪ
- 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
- ܕܐܣܬܝܪ
- Transliteration
- d'styr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܘܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- wmn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 67
ܡܬܥܒܕ
- 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
- ܡܬܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- mt'bd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܠܗ̇
- 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
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2252
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.
וּבְכָל יוֹמָא וְיוֹמָא מָרְדְכַי הֲוָה מְצַלֵי וַאֲזַל קֳדָם דָרְתָא דִי בְבֵית נְשַׁיָא לְמִידַע יַת שְׁלָמָא דְאֶסְתֵּר וּמַה אִתְעֲבֵד בָּהּ׃
וּבְכָל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בכל
- Transliteration
- wbkl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 382
יוֹמָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יום
- Transliteration
- ywm'
- Morphology
- noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- day
- Occurrences
- 899
וְיוֹמָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יום
- Transliteration
- wywm'
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- and day
- Occurrences
- 899
מָרְדְכַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רדכי
- Transliteration
- mrdky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 55
הֲוָה
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוה
- Transliteration
- hwh
- Morphology
- verbal root הוה
- Gloss
- was, became, happened
- Occurrences
- 1114
מְצַלֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צלי
- Transliteration
- mtsly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 81
וַאֲזַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אזל
- Transliteration
- w'zl
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אזל
- Gloss
- and went, departed
- Occurrences
- 220
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
דָרְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רתא
- Transliteration
- drt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 33
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
בְבֵית
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בית
- Transliteration
- bbyt
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun construct/absolute
- Gloss
- in/with house, household
- Occurrences
- 2611
נְשַׁיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נשיא
- Transliteration
- nshy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
לְמִידַע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מידע
- Transliteration
- lmyd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 25
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
שְׁלָמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שלמא
- Transliteration
- shlm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 94
דְאֶסְתֵּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתר
- Transliteration
- d'str
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 80
וּמַה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ומה
- Transliteration
- wmh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 82
אִתְעֲבֵד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתעבד
- Transliteration
- 't'bd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
בָּהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בה
- Transliteration
- bh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 209
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
qui deambulabat quotidie ante vestibulum domus, in qua electæ virgines servabantur, curam agens salutis Esther, et scire volens quid ei accideret.
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
deambulabat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deambulo
- Transliteration
- deambulabat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6
cotidie
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cotidie
- Transliteration
- cotidie
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 6
ante
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ante
- Transliteration
- ante
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 594
vestibulum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uestibulum
- Transliteration
- vestibulum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 59
domus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- domus
- Transliteration
- domus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1989
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
qua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
electae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eligo
- Transliteration
- electae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 325
virgines
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uirgo
- Transliteration
- virgines
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 85
servabantur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- seruo
- Transliteration
- servabantur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 128
curam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cura
- Transliteration
- curam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 41
agens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ago
- Transliteration
- agens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 366
salutis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- salus
- Transliteration
- salutis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 186
Hester
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Hester
- Transliteration
- Hester
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 32
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
scire
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scio
- Transliteration
- scire
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 693
volens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- volens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
quid
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quid
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
ei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
accideret
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accido
- Transliteration
- accideret
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 63
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.
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He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
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