{
"verseID": "Esther.8.9",
"source": "וַיִקָּרְא֣וּ סֹפְרֵֽי־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בָּֽעֵת־הַ֠הִיא בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ סִיוָ֗ן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ בּוֹ֒ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכָל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה מָרְדֳּכַ֣י אֶל־הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים וְאֶ֣ל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ וְשָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֗וּשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּמֵאָה֙ מְדִינָ֔ה מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ וְאֶ֨ל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyiqqārĕ'û* *sōpĕrê*-the *melek* in the *'ēt*-the *hî'* in the *ḥōdeš* the *šĕlîšî* it-*ḥōdeš* *sîwān* in *šĕlôšâ* and *'eśrîm* in it and *wayyikkātēb* according to all-which-*ṣiwwâ* *mordŏkay* to-the *yĕhûdîm* and to the *'ăḥašdarpĕnîm*-and the *paḥôt* and *śārê* the *mĕdînôt* which from *hōddû* and unto-*kûš* *šeba'* and *'eśrîm* and *mē'â* *mĕdînâ* *mĕdînâ* and *mĕdînâ* according to *kĕtābāh* and *'am* and *'am* according to *lĕšōnô* and to-the *yĕhûdîm* according to *kĕtābām* and according to *lĕšônām*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqārĕ'û*": "niphal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine plural - and they were called/summoned",
"*sōpĕrê*": "masculine plural construct - scribes of",
"*'ēt*": "feminine singular construct - time of",
"*hî'*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - that",
"*ḥōdeš*": "definite noun, masculine singular - month",
"*šĕlîšî*": "definite ordinal, masculine singular - third",
"*sîwān*": "proper noun - Sivan",
"*šĕlôšâ*": "number, masculine singular - three",
"*'eśrîm*": "number - twenty",
"*wayyikkātēb*": "niphal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and it was written",
"*ṣiwwâ*": "piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he commanded",
"*'ăḥašdarpĕnîm*": "masculine plural - satraps",
"*paḥôt*": "masculine plural - governors",
"*śārê*": "masculine plural construct - officials of",
"*mĕdînôt*": "feminine plural - provinces",
"*hōddû*": "proper noun - India",
"*kûš*": "proper noun - Ethiopia/Cush",
"*šeba'*": "number, masculine singular - seven",
"*mē'â*": "number, feminine singular - hundred",
"*mĕdînâ*": "feminine singular - province",
"*kĕtābāh*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its script",
"*'am*": "masculine singular - people",
"*lĕšōnô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its language",
"*kĕtābām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their script",
"*lĕšônām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their language"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiqqārĕ'û*": "were summoned/called",
"*sōpĕrê*": "scribes/secretaries",
"*'ăḥašdarpĕnîm*": "satraps/provincial governors",
"*paḥôt*": "governors/officials",
"*śārê*": "officials/princes/nobles",
"*mĕdînâ* *kĕtābāh*": "province in its script/according to its writing",
"*'am* *lĕšōnô*": "people in its language/according to its tongue"
}
}