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Esther 9

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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.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:17. 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 71
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.

בְּיוֹם־שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֑ר וְנ֗וֹחַ בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃

14 word entries
בְּיוֹם
Lemma
b/3117
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
662
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה
Lemma
7969
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7969
Occurrences
309
עָשָׂ֖ר
Lemma
6240
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6240
Occurrences
336
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ
Lemma
l/2320
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2320
Occurrences
104
אֲדָ֑ר
Lemma
143
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H143
Occurrences
8
וְנ֗וֹחַ
Lemma
c/5117
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal infinitive absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5117
Occurrences
26
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה
Lemma
b/702
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H702
Occurrences
19
עָשָׂר֙
Lemma
6240
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6240
Occurrences
336
בּ֔וֹ
Lemma
b
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
1362
וְעָשֹׂ֣ה
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal infinitive absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
692
אֹת֔וֹ
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
י֖וֹם
Lemma
3117
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
731
מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה
Lemma
4960
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4960
Occurrences
31
וְשִׂמְחָֽה
Lemma
c/8057
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8057
Occurrences
15
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.

ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܕܪ܆ ܘܐܬܬܢܝܚܘ ܒܐܪ̈ܒܥܣܪܐ ܒܗ ܒܝܪܚܐ.

7 word entries
ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪܐ
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
btlt'sr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܒܐܝܪܚ
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
b'yrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
7
ܐܕܪ܆
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
ܐܕܪ
Transliteration
'dr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
10
ܘܐܬܬܢܝܚܘ
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'ttnyhw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܒܐܪ̈ܒܥܣܪܐ
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
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.
Transliteration
byrh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
108
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.

בְּיוֹם תְּלַת עַסְרֵי לְיֶרַח אֲדָר הֲוָה קְטוֹל בְּזַרְעִית דַעֲמָלֵק וּנְיָיחָא הֲוָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאַרְבַּע עֲשַׂר בֵּיהּ וּמֶעְבַּד יָתֵיהּ יוֹם מִשְׁתַּיָא וְחֶדְוָא׃

20 word entries
בְּיוֹם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יום
Transliteration
bywm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
899
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
עַסְרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'sry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
66
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
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
קְטוֹל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
64
בְּזַרְעִית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bzr'yt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
50
דַעֲמָלֵק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'mlq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
33
וּנְיָיחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wnyych'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
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
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
lyshr'l
Morphology
prefixed preposition ל + proper noun
Gloss
to/for Israel
Occurrences
2312
בְּאַרְבַּע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'rb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
114
עֲשַׂר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עשר
Transliteration
'shr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
בֵּיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביה
Transliteration
byh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
359
וּמֶעְבַּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wm'bd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
278
יָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
381
יוֹם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יום
Transliteration
ywm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
899
מִשְׁתַּיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshty'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
25
וְחֶדְוָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchdw'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
57
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.

Dies autem tertiusdecimus mensis Adar primus apud omnes interfectionis fuit, et quartadecima die cædere desierunt. Quem constituerunt esse solemnem, ut in eo omni tempore deinceps vacarent epulis, gaudio, atque conviviis.

30 word entries
dies
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
dies
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
tertiusdecimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tertiusdecimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1
mensis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mensis
Transliteration
mensis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
302
adar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
adar
Transliteration
adar
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
12
unus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unus
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
apud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
apud
Transliteration
apud
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
300
omnes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnes
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
interfectionis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
interfectionis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
17
fuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
quartodecimo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quartodecimo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
6
die
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
die
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
caedere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caedo
Transliteration
caedere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
89
desierunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
desino
Transliteration
desierunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
25
quem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quem
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
constituerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
constituerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
313
esse
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
esse
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
sollemnem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sollemnem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
31
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
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
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
omni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omni
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
deinceps
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
deinceps
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
26
tempore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
vacarent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uaco
Transliteration
vacarent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
18
epulis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
epulae
Transliteration
epulis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
15
gaudio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gaudium
Transliteration
gaudio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
atque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
atque
Transliteration
atque
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
755
conviviis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
conviviis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
67
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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.

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Esther 9:1

Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),

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Esther 9:21

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

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Esther 8:9

Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

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Esther 9:18

But the Jews who were in Susa assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Esther 3:12

Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.

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