5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 7:5. 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.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה מִ֣י ה֥וּא זֶה֙ וְאֵֽי־זֶ֣ה ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־מְלָא֥וֹ לִבּ֖וֹ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כֵּֽן׃
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר
הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה
וְאֵֽי
אֲשֶׁר
מְלָא֥וֹ
לִבּ֖וֹ
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
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.
ܘܥ̣ܢܐ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ. ܘܐܡ̣ܪ. ܠܐܣܬܝܪ ܡܠܟܬܐ. ܡܢ̣ܘ ܗܢܐ. ܐܘ ܐ̇ܝܢܘ ܕܐܬܬܪܝܡ ܠܒܗ ܠܡܥܒܕ ܗܟܢܐ.
ܘܥ̣ܢܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܢܐ
- Transliteration
- w'n'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 162
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
ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- 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
- ܐܚܫܝܪܝܫ
- Transliteration
- 'hshyrysh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 25
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
- 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
- ܘܐܡܪ
- Transliteration
- w'mr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1697
ܠܐܣܬܝܪ
- 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
- ܠܐܣܬܝܪ
- Transliteration
- l'styr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 14
ܡܠܟܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܟܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mlkt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 21
ܡܢ̣ܘ
- 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
- ܡܢܘ
- Transliteration
- mnw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 227
ܗܢܐ
- 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
- ܗܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 876
ܐܘ
- 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
- ܐܘ
- Transliteration
- 'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 396
ܐ̇ܝܢܘ
- 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
- ܐܝܢܘ
- Transliteration
- 'ynw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܕܐܬܬܪܝܡ
- 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
- ܕܐܬܬܪܝܡ
- Transliteration
- d'ttrym
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܠܒܗ
- 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
- ܠܒܗ
- Transliteration
- lbh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 91
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
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
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.
וַאֲמַר מַלְכָּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ וַאֲמַר לְאֶסְתֵּר מַלְכְּתָא מַן הוּא דֵין וּבְאֵידֵין אֲתַר הוּא גַבְרָא חֲצִיפָא וְחַיָבָא וּמְרוֹדָא דִי אַמְלְכִינֵיהּ לְבָבֵיהּ לְמֶעְבַּד כְּדֵין׃
וַאֲמַר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אמר
- Transliteration
- w'mr
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
- Gloss
- and said, spoke
- Occurrences
- 3728
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
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אחשורוש
- Transliteration
- 'chshwrwsh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 35
וַאֲמַר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אמר
- Transliteration
- w'mr
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
- Gloss
- and said, spoke
- Occurrences
- 3728
לְאֶסְתֵּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתר
- Transliteration
- l'str
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 80
מַלְכְּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכתא
- Transliteration
- mlkt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 34
מַן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
הוּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- hw'
- Morphology
- personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
דֵין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דין
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 684
וּבְאֵידֵין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- באידין
- Transliteration
- wb'ydyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
אֲתַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתר
- Transliteration
- 'tr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 216
הוּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוא
- Transliteration
- hw'
- Morphology
- personal/demonstrative pronoun
- Gloss
- he, it
- Occurrences
- 992
גַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
חֲצִיפָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חציפא
- Transliteration
- chtsyp'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
וְחַיָבָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חיבא
- Transliteration
- wchyb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 46
וּמְרוֹדָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מרודא
- Transliteration
- wmrwd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
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
אַמְלְכִינֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמלכיניה
- Transliteration
- 'mlkynyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
לְבָבֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בביה
- Transliteration
- lbbyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 12
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
כְּדֵין׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דין
- Transliteration
- kdyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 684
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Respondensque rex Assuerus, ait: Quis est iste, et cujus potentiæ, ut hæc audeat facere?
respondensque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- respondeo
- Transliteration
- respondensque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 851
{respondensque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {respondensque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
rex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- rex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
Asuerus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Asuerus
- Transliteration
- Asuerus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 12
ait
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aio
- Transliteration
- ait
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1222
quis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
iste
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iste
- Transliteration
- iste
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 877
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
cuius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- cuius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
potentiae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- potentia
- Transliteration
- potentiae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 52
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
haec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- haec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
audeat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audeo
- Transliteration
- audeat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 48
facere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facio
- Transliteration
- facere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4719
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
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