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Esther 9

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3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Esther 9:3. 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 71
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.

וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְעֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־מָרְדֳּכַ֖י עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

17 word entries
וְכָל
Lemma
c/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
749
שָׂרֵ֨י
Lemma
8269
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8269
Occurrences
272
הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת
Lemma
d/4082
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4082
Occurrences
12
וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים
Lemma
c/d/323
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H323
Occurrences
1
וְהַפַּח֗וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6346
Occurrences
3
וְעֹשֵׂ֤י
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
692
הַמְּלָאכָה֙
Lemma
d/4399
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4399
Occurrences
41
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
Lemma
l/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
201
מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים
Lemma
5375
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5375
Occurrences
386
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים
Lemma
d/3064
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3064
Occurrences
58
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
נָפַ֥ל
Lemma
5307
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5307
Occurrences
229
פַּֽחַד
Lemma
6343
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6343
Occurrences
32
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
Lemma
4782
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4782
Occurrences
43
עֲלֵיהֶֽם
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
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.

ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܕܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ. ܘܪ̈ܒܝ ܚܝ̈ܠܐ ܘܡܪ̈ܘܬܐ. ܘܥ̇ܒ̈ܕܝ ܥ̇ܒܕܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܡܝܩܪܝܢ ܠܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܢܦ̣ܠܬ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ.

16 word entries
ܘܟܠܗܘܢ
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
wklhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
210
ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ
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
rwrbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
119
ܕܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܐ
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
dmdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
62
ܘܪ̈ܒܝ
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
wrby
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
ܚܝ̈ܠܐ
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
hyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
331
ܘܡܪ̈ܘܬܐ
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
wmrwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܘܥ̇ܒ̈ܕܝ
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
w'bdy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
21
ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
209
ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ
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
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
ܡܝܩܪܝܢ
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
myqryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
2
ܠܝܗܘܕ̈ܝܐ
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
lyhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
24
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܢܦ̣ܠܬ
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
dnplt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܕܚܠܬܐ
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
dhlt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
58
ܕܡ̇ܠܟܐ
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
dmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
458
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
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.

וְכָל רַבָּנֵי פִלְכַיָא וְאִסְטַרְטִילוּסִין וְהֵיפַרְכִין וְעַבְדֵי עֲבִידְתָּא דִי לְמַלְכָּא מְמַנָן עֲלַוֵיהוֹן יַת יְהוּדָאִין אֲרוּם נְפַל פַּחְדָא דְמָרְדְכַי עֲלַוֵיהוֹן׃

18 word entries
וְכָל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וכל
Transliteration
wkl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
550
רַבָּנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rbny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
98
פִלְכַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
plky'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
וְאִסְטַרְטִילוּסִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'strtylwsyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
וְהֵיפַרְכִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
whyprkyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
וְעַבְדֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
w'bdy
Morphology
verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
made, did, served
Occurrences
1208
עֲבִידְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bydt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
35
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
לְמַלְכָּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מלך
Transliteration
lmlk'
Morphology
prefixed preposition ל + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
to/for king
Occurrences
2509
מְמַנָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מנן
Transliteration
mmnn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
54
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
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
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
אֲרוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
997
נְפַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נפל
Transliteration
npl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
57
פַּחְדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pchd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
דְמָרְדְכַי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmrdky
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
42
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
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.

Nam et provinciarum judices, et duces, et procuratores, omnisque dignitas quæ singulis locis ac operibus præerat, extollebant Judæos timore Mardochæi,

20 word entries
nam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nam
Transliteration
nam
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
211
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
provinciarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
provinciarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
55
iudices
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iudex
Transliteration
iudices
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
101
duces
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dux
Transliteration
duces
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
245
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
procuratores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
procuratores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
omnisque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnisque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
{omnisque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{omnisque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
dignitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
dignitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
12
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
singulis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
singulis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
357
locis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
locus
Transliteration
locis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
773
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
operibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
operibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
praeerat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praesum
Transliteration
praeerat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
54
extollebant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
extollo
Transliteration
extollebant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
26
Iudaeos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iudaei
Transliteration
Iudaeos
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
362
timore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
timor
Transliteration
timore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
209
Mardochei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Mardochei
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
47
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.

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.

Ezra 8:36

And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side of the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.

5 relevance votes

Daniel 3:2

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to convene the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sherifs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

2 relevance votes

Esther 8:9

Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is , the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day of it; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Cush, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

2 relevance votes

Esther 8:5

And said, If it shall please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing shall seem right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:

2 relevance votes

Esther 3:12

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

2 relevance votes
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