16 The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 8:16. 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
41
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.
לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃
6 word entries
לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים
הָֽיְתָ֥ה
אוֹרָ֖ה
וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה
וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן
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.
ܘܥܠ ܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ ܗ̣ܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܚܕܘܬܐ. ܘܐܝܩܪܐ ܘܕܝܨܐ.
7 word entries
ܘܥܠ
- 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
- ܘܥܠ
- Transliteration
- w'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 687
ܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ
- 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
- ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
- Transliteration
- yhwdy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 102
ܗ̣ܘܐ
- 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
ܢܘܗܪܐ
- 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
- ܢܘܗܪܐ
- Transliteration
- nwhr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 67
ܘܚܕܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܚܕܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- whdwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 22
ܘܐܝܩܪܐ
- 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
- ܘܐܝܩܪܐ
- Transliteration
- w'yqr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 23
ܘܕܝܨܐ
- 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
- ܘܕܝܨܐ
- Transliteration
- wdys'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 10
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.
לִיהוּדָאֵי הֲוַת רְשׁוּתָא לְמֶעְסַק בְּאוֹרַיְתָא וּלְמִיטַר שַׁבַּיָא וּמוֹעֲדַיָא וּלְמִגְזַר עוּרְלַת בְּנֵיהוֹן וּלְאַחֲתָא תְּפִילִין עַל יְדֵיהוֹן וְעַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן׃
17 word entries
לִיהוּדָאֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יהודאי
- Transliteration
- lyhwd'y
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 52
הֲוַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הות
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 264
רְשׁוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשותא
- Transliteration
- rshwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 3
לְמֶעְסַק
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מעסק
- Transliteration
- lm'sq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 12
בְּאוֹרַיְתָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אוריתא
- Transliteration
- b'wryt'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun feminine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- in/with law, Torah
- Occurrences
- 299
וּלְמִיטַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- למיטר
- Transliteration
- wlmytr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
שַׁבַּיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שביא
- Transliteration
- shby'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 36
וּמוֹעֲדַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מועדיא
- Transliteration
- wmw'dy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 5
וּלְמִגְזַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- למגזר
- Transliteration
- wlmgzr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
עוּרְלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עורלת
- Transliteration
- 'wrlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
בְּנֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ניהון
- Transliteration
- bnyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 60
וּלְאַחֲתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לאחתא
- Transliteration
- wl'cht'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
תְּפִילִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תפילין
- Transliteration
- tpylyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
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
יְדֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ידיהון
- Transliteration
- ydyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 112
וְעַל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ועל
- Transliteration
- w'l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 516
רֵישֵׁיהוֹן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רישיהון
- Transliteration
- ryshyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 44
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.
Judæis autem nova lux oriri visa est, gaudium, honor, et tripudium.
11 word entries
Iudaeis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iudaei
- Transliteration
- Iudaeis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 362
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
nova
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nouus
- Transliteration
- nova
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 312
lux
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lux
- Transliteration
- lux
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 154
oriri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- orior
- Transliteration
- oriri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 145
visa
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- visa
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
gaudium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gaudium
- Transliteration
- gaudium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 142
honor
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- honor
- Transliteration
- honor
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 102
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
tripudium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tripudium
- Transliteration
- tripudium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
Psalms 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
8 relevance votesProverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
8 relevance votesPsalms 18:28
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
7 relevance votesIsaiah 35:10
Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
4 relevance votesEsther 9:17
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
4 relevance votesPsalms 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
4 relevance votesEsther 4:16
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
3 relevance votes