15 The Jews who were in Susa gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Susa; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:15. 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.
וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ היהודיים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן גַּ֠ם בְּי֣וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֔ר וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃
וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ
היהודיים
הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים
אֲשֶׁר
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן
בְּי֣וֹם
אַרְבָּעָ֤ה
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ
וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ
בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן
אִ֑ישׁ
וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה
שָׁלְח֖וּ
אֶת
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.
ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ ܕܒܫܘܫܢ. ܐܦ ܒܐܪܒܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܒܗ ܒܝܪܚܐ܆ ܘܩܛܠܘ ܒܫܘܫܢ ܬܠܬ ܡܐܐ ܓܒܪ̈ܝܢ. ܘܠܒܙܬܐ̣ ܠܐ ܐܘܫܛܘ ܐܝܕ̈ܝܗܘܢ.
ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ
- 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
- ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ
- Transliteration
- w'tknshw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 55
ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ
- 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
ܕܒܫܘܫܢ
- 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
- ܕܒܫܘܫܢ
- Transliteration
- dbshwshn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܐܦ
- 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
- ܐܦ
- Transliteration
- 'p
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 586
ܒܐܪܒܥܣܪ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܒܐܪܒܥܣܪܐ
- Transliteration
- b'rb'sr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 11
ܒܗ
- 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
- ܒܗ
- Transliteration
- bh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 571
ܒܝܪܚܐ܆
- 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
- ܒܝܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- byrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 108
ܘܩܛܠܘ
- 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
- ܘܩܛܠܘ
- Transliteration
- wqtlw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 31
ܒܫܘܫܢ
- 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
- ܒܫܘܫܢ
- Transliteration
- bshwshn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܬܠܬ
- 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
- ܬܠܬ
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 59
ܡܐܐ
- 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
- ܡܐܐ
- Transliteration
- m''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 161
ܓܒܪ̈ܝܢ
- 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
- ܓܒܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- gbryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 132
ܘܠܒܙܬܐ̣
- 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
- ܘܠܒܙܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wlbzt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܠܐ
- 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
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2566
ܐܘܫܛܘ
- 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
- ܐܘܫܛܘ
- Transliteration
- 'wshtw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܐܝܕ̈ܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'ydyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 61
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.
וְאִיתְכַּנָשׁוּ יְהוּדָאִין דִי בְשׁוּשָׁן אוּף בְּיוֹמָא אַרְבַּע עֲסַר לְיֶרַח אֲדָר וּקְטָלוּ בְשׁוּשַׁן תְּלַת מְאָה גוּבְרִין מִדְבֵית עֲמָלֵק וּבַעֲדָאָה לָא אוֹשִׁיטוּ יַת יְדֵיהוֹן׃
וְאִיתְכַּנָשׁוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- איתכנשו
- Transliteration
- w'ytknshw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
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
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
בְשׁוּשָׁן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שושן
- Transliteration
- bshwshn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 25
אוּף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אוף
- Transliteration
- 'wp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 78
בְּיוֹמָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יום
- Transliteration
- bywm'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ב + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- in/with day
- Occurrences
- 899
אַרְבַּע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארבע
- Transliteration
- 'rb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 114
עֲסַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עסר
- Transliteration
- 'sr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 91
לְיֶרַח
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ירח
- Transliteration
- lyrch
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 30
אֲדָר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אדר
- Transliteration
- 'dr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 16
וּקְטָלוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קטלו
- Transliteration
- wqtlw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 49
בְשׁוּשַׁן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שושן
- Transliteration
- bshwshn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 25
תְּלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלת
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 149
מְאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מאה
- Transliteration
- m'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 241
גוּבְרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גוברין
- Transliteration
- gwbryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 39
מִדְבֵית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דבית
- Transliteration
- mdbyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 93
עֲמָלֵק
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עמלק
- Transliteration
- 'mlq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 33
וּבַעֲדָאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בעדאה
- Transliteration
- wb'd'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
לָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- לא
- Transliteration
- l'
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 2611
אוֹשִׁיטוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אושיטו
- Transliteration
- 'wshytw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
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
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
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Congregatis Judæis quartadecima die mensis Adar, interfecti sunt in Susan trecenti viri: nec eorum ab illis direpta substantia est.
congregatis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- congrego
- Transliteration
- congregatis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 401
Iudaeis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iudaei
- Transliteration
- Iudaeis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 362
quartadecima
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quartusdecimus
- Transliteration
- quartadecima
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 17
adar
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- adar
- Transliteration
- adar
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 12
mensis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mensis
- Transliteration
- mensis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 302
die
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dies
- Transliteration
- die
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2559
interfecti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interficio
- Transliteration
- interfecti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 407
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
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
Susis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Susa
- Transliteration
- Susis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 16
trecenti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- trecenti
- Transliteration
- trecenti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 70
viri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uir
- Transliteration
- viri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1641
nec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nec
- Transliteration
- nec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 750
eorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
direpta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diripio
- Transliteration
- direpta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 51
substantia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- substantia
- Transliteration
- substantia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 92
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
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.
Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
3 relevance votesEsther 8:11
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
3 relevance votesHebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
2 relevance votesEsther 9:16
The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
2 relevance votesEsther 9:13
Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
2 relevance votesEsther 9:2
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.
2 relevance votes1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
2 relevance votes