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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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:18. 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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Word Entries
79
Editorial Notes
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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.
והיהודיים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן נִקְהֲלוּ֙ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר בּ֑וֹ וְנ֗וֹחַ בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃
20 word entries
והיהודיים
וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים
אֲשֶׁר
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן
נִקְהֲלוּ֙
בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה
בּ֔וֹ
- Lemma
- b
- Morphology
- Hebrew: preposition + suffix
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Occurrences
- 1362
וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה
בּ֑וֹ
- Lemma
- b
- Morphology
- Hebrew: preposition + suffix
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Occurrences
- 1362
וְנ֗וֹחַ
בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה
בּ֔וֹ
- Lemma
- b
- Morphology
- Hebrew: preposition + suffix
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Occurrences
- 1362
וְעָשֹׂ֣ה
אֹת֔וֹ
י֖וֹם
מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה
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.
ܘܥܒܕܘܗܝ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܡܫܬܝܐ̣ ܘܕܚܕܘܬܐ.
4 word entries
ܘܥܒܕܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܥܒܕܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- w'bdwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 22
ܝܘܡܐ
- 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
- ܝܘܡܐ
- Transliteration
- ywm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 225
ܕܡܫܬܝܐ̣
- 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
- ܕܡܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- dmshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܘܕܚܕܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܕܚܕܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wdhdwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
וִיהוּדָאִין דִי בְשׁוּשַׁן אִתְכַּנְשׁוּ לְשֵׁיצָאָה יַת בְּנוֹי דַעֲמָלֵק בִּתְלַת עֲשַׂר בֵּיהּ וּבְאַרְבַּע עֲשַׂר בֵּיהּ וְנָחוּ בְּחַמְשָׁא עֲשַׂר בֵּיהּ וּמֶעְבַּד יָתֵיהּ יוֹם מִשְׁתַּיָא וְחֶדְוָא׃
23 word entries
וִיהוּדָאִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יהודאין
- Transliteration
- wyhwd'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- 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
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
אִתְכַּנְשׁוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתכנשו
- Transliteration
- 'tknshw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 35
לְשֵׁיצָאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שיצאה
- Transliteration
- lshyts'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 35
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
בְּנוֹי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נוי
- Transliteration
- bnwy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 101
דַעֲמָלֵק
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עמלק
- Transliteration
- d'mlq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 33
בִּתְלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלת
- Transliteration
- btlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 149
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
וּבְאַרְבַּע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בארבע
- Transliteration
- wb'rb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
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
וְנָחוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נחו
- Transliteration
- wnchw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
בְּחַמְשָׁא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חמשא
- Transliteration
- bchmsh'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 78
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.
- Lemma
- מעבד
- 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.
- Lemma
- יתיה
- 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.
- Lemma
- שתיא
- 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.
- Lemma
- חדוא
- 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.
At hi, qui in urbe Susan cædem exercuerant, tertiodecimo et quartodecimo die ejusdem mensis in cæde versati sunt: quintodecimo autem die percutere desierunt. Et idcirco eumdem diem constituerunt solemnem epularum atque lætitiæ.
32 word entries
at
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- at
- Transliteration
- at
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 286
hii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- hii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
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
urbe
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- urbs
- Transliteration
- urbe
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 365
Susis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Susa
- Transliteration
- Susis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 16
caedem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- caedes
- Transliteration
- caedem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 22
exercuerant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- exerceo
- Transliteration
- exercuerant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 31
tertiodecimo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tertiodecimus
- Transliteration
- tertiodecimo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 6
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
- Lemma
- quartodecimus
- Transliteration
- quartodecimo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 6
eiusdem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- idem
- Transliteration
- eiusdem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 187
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
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
caede
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- caedes
- Transliteration
- caede
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 22
versati
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uersor
- Transliteration
- versati
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 21
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
quintodecimo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quintusdecimus
- Transliteration
- quintodecimo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 21
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
die
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dies
- Transliteration
- die
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2559
percutere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percutere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
desierunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desino
- Transliteration
- desierunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 25
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
idcirco
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- idcirco
- Transliteration
- idcirco
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 147
eandem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- idem
- Transliteration
- eandem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 187
diem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dies
- Transliteration
- diem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2559
constituere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- constituo
- Transliteration
- constituere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 313
sollemnem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sollemnis
- Transliteration
- sollemnem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 31
epularum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- epulae
- Transliteration
- epularum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 15
atque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- atque
- Transliteration
- atque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 755
laetitiae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- laetitia
- Transliteration
- laetitiae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 86
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Esther 9:21
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
3 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 9:1
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),
2 relevance votesEsther 9:15
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.
2 relevance votesEsther 9:11
On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
1 relevance votes
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