23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
Source Text Study
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.
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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׃
וְקִבֵּל֙
הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים
אֵ֥ת
אֲשֶׁר
הֵחֵ֖לּוּ
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת
וְאֵ֛ת
אֲשֶׁר
כָּתַ֥ב
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.
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.
- Lemma
- ܘܩܒܠܘ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܝܗܘܕܝܐ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܕܫܪܝܘ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܥܒܕ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܕܡ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܕܟܬܒ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ܡܘܪܕܟܝ
- Transliteration
- mwrdky
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 29
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׃
וְקַבִּילוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קבילו
- 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.
- Lemma
- עלויהון
- 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.
- Lemma
- ולהון
- 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.
- Lemma
- יהודאין
- 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.
- Lemma
- שריאו
- 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.
- Lemma
- מעבד
- 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.
- Lemma
- רדכי
- 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.
- Lemma
- גינהון
- Transliteration
- bgynhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
susceperuntque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suscipio
- 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
- Lemma
- sollemnis
- 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
- Lemma
- Mardocheus
- 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
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.