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Esther 9

World English Bible, Verse 23

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23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:23. 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 53
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.

וְקִבֵּל֙ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־הֵחֵ֖לּוּ לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַ֥ב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

11 word entries
וְקִבֵּל֙
Lemma
c/6901
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6901
Occurrences
8
הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים
Lemma
d/3064
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3064
Occurrences
58
אֵ֥ת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֲשֶׁר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
הֵחֵ֖לּוּ
Lemma
2490 c
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2490
Occurrences
90
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
243
וְאֵ֛ת
Lemma
c/853
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
2230
אֲשֶׁר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
כָּתַ֥ב
Lemma
3789
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3789
Occurrences
125
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
Lemma
4782
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4782
Occurrences
43
אֲלֵיהֶֽם
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
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.

ܘܩ̇ܒܠܘ ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܡܕܡ ܕܫ̇ܪܝܘ ܠܡܥܒܕ. ܘܡܕܡ ܕܟ̣ܬܒ ܡܘܪܕܟܝ.

9 word entries
ܘܩ̇ܒܠܘ
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
wqblw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
16
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.
Transliteration
yhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
102
ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
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
'lyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
349
ܡܕܡ
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
ܡܕܡ
Transliteration
mdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
406
ܕܫ̇ܪܝܘ
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
dshryw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܠܡܥܒܕ
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
lm'bd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
152
ܘܡܕܡ
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
wmdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
60
ܕܟ̣ܬܒ
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
dktb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
14
ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
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
mwrdky
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
29
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.

וְקַבִּילוּ עֲלַוֵיהוֹן כּוּלְהוֹן יְהוּדָאִין כַּחֲדָא יַת דִי שְׁרִיאוּ לְמֶעְבַּד וְיַת דִי גְזַר כְּתַב מָרְדְכַי בְּגִינְהוֹן׃

15 word entries
וְקַבִּילוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wqbylw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
131
עֲלַוֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lwyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
50
כּוּלְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kwlhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
156
יְהוּדָאִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwd'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
29
כַּחֲדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חדא
Transliteration
kchd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
562
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
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
שְׁרִיאוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shry'w
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
14
לְמֶעְבַּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lm'bd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
278
וְיַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וית
Transliteration
wyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1320
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
גְזַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גזר
Transliteration
gzr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
78
כְּתַב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כתב
Transliteration
ktb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
מָרְדְכַי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mrdky
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
55
בְּגִינְהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bgynhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
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.

Susceperuntque Judæi in solemnem ritum cuncta quæ eo tempore facere cœperant, et quæ Mardochæus litteris facienda mandaverat.

18 word entries
susceperuntque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
susceperuntque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
184
{susceperuntque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{susceperuntque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
Iudaei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaei
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362
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
sollemnem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sollemnem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
31
ritum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ritus
Transliteration
ritum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
36
cuncta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cunctus
Transliteration
cuncta
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
586
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
tempore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
facere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
coeperant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
coepio
Transliteration
coeperant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
262
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
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
Mardocheus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Mardocheus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
47
litteris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
littera
Transliteration
litteris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
46
facienda
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facienda
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
mandaverat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mando
Transliteration
mandaverat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
118
Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • 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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