4 And let the maiden who pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Original Language
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 2:4. 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
63
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.
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּיטַב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּ֣חַת וַשְׁתִּ֑י וַיִּיטַ֧ב הַדָּבָ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃ ס
14 word entries
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
תִּיטַב֙
בְּעֵינֵ֣י
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ
תַּ֣חַת
וַיִּיטַ֧ב
הַדָּבָ֛ר
בְּעֵינֵ֥י
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ
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.
ܘܥܠܝܡܬܐ ܕܬܫܦܪ ܩܕܡ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ܆ ܬܡܠܟ ܚܠܦ ܘܫܬܝ. ܘܫܦ̣ܪܬ ܡܠܬܐ ܒܥ̈ܝܢܝ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ. ܘܥ̣ܒܕ ܗܟܢܐ.
13 word entries
ܘܥܠܝܡܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܠܝܡܬܐ
- Transliteration
- w'lymt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܕܬܫܦܪ
- 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
- ܕܬܫܦܪ
- Transliteration
- dtshpr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1019
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ܆
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܬܡܠܟ
- 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
- ܬܡܠܟ
- Transliteration
- tmlk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܚܠܦ
- 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
- ܚܠܦ
- Transliteration
- hlp
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 128
ܘܫܬܝ
- 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
- ܘܫܬܝ
- Transliteration
- wshty
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܫܦ̣ܪܬ
- 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
- ܘܫܦܪܬ
- Transliteration
- wshprt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܡܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- meltha
- Morphology
- noun, feminine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- word, matter
- Occurrences
- 116
ܒܥ̈ܝܢܝ
- 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
- ܒܥܝܢܝ
- Transliteration
- b'yny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 45
ܡ̇ܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- malka
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- king
- Occurrences
- 1870
ܘܥ̣ܒܕ
- 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
- ܘܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- w'bd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 265
ܗܟܢܐ
- 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
- ܗܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hkn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 718
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.
וְעוּלֶמְתָּא דִי תִשְׁפַּר קֳדָם מַלְכָּא תֵּעוּל לְמֶחְסַן מַלְכוּתָא חֲלַף וַשְׁתִּי וּשְׁפַר פִּתְגָמָא קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וַעֲבַד הָכִי׃
16 word entries
וְעוּלֶמְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עולמתא
- Transliteration
- w'wlmt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 21
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
תִשְׁפַּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תשפר
- Transliteration
- tshpr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 3
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
מַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- mlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition מ + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- from king
- Occurrences
- 2509
תֵּעוּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תעול
- Transliteration
- t'wl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 20
לְמֶחְסַן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מחסן
- Transliteration
- lmchsn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 6
מַלְכוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכותא
- Transliteration
- mlkwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 173
חֲלַף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חלף
- Transliteration
- chlp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 157
וַשְׁתִּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שתי
- Transliteration
- wshty
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 44
וּשְׁפַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שפר
- Transliteration
- wshpr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 27
פִּתְגָמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פתגמא
- Transliteration
- ptgm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 356
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
מַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- mlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition מ + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- from king
- Occurrences
- 2509
וַעֲבַד
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- עבד
- Transliteration
- w'bd
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal or nominal root עבד
- Gloss
- and made, did, served
- Occurrences
- 1208
הָכִי׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הכי
- Transliteration
- hky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 9
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.
Et quæcumque inter omnes oculis regis placuerit, ipsa regnet pro Vasthi. Placuit sermo regi: et ita, ut suggesserant, jussit fieri.
20 word entries
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
quaecumque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quicumque
- Transliteration
- quaecumque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 303
inter
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- inter
- Transliteration
- inter
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 502
omnes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- omnis
- Transliteration
- omnes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5506
oculis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- oculus
- Transliteration
- oculis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 682
regis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
placuerit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- placeo
- Transliteration
- placuerit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 232
ipsa
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ipse
- Transliteration
- ipsa
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 2134
regnet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regno
- Transliteration
- regnet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 342
pro
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pro
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1148
Vasthi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Uasthi
- Transliteration
- Vasthi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 9
placuit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- placeo
- Transliteration
- placuit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 232
sermo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sermo
- Transliteration
- sermo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 626
regi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
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
ita
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ita
- Transliteration
- ita
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 439
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 4533
suggesserant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suggero
- Transliteration
- suggesserant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 8
iussit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iubeo
- Transliteration
- iussit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 140
fieri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fio
- Transliteration
- fieri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 449
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.
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But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
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For many are called, but few are chosen.
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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And the saying, pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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