Esther 10
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וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אחשרש אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ מַ֛ס עַל הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם
and to put · the king · Ahasuerus · Ahasuerus · forced labor · upon · the land · and islands of · the sea
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2
וְכָל מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה תָקְפּוֹ֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ וּפָרָשַׁת֙ גְּדֻלַּ֣ת מָרְדֳּכַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר גִּדְּל֖וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הֲלוֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֨פֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים לְמַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס
and all of · work of · power his · and strength his · and declaration of · greatness of · Mordecai · which · to grow him · the king · not · they · written · upon · book of · words of · the days · to/for kings of · Media · and Persia
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3
כִּ֣י מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וְגָדוֹל֙ לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְרָצ֖וּי לְרֹ֣ב אֶחָ֑יו דֹּרֵ֥שׁ טוֹב֙ לְעַמּ֔וֹ וְדֹבֵ֥ר שָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל זַרְעֽוֹ
that · Mordecai · the Jew · second · to/for the king · Ahasuerus · and great · to/for the Jews · and pleased · to/for multitude of · brothers his · seeking · good · to/for people his · and speaking · peace · to/for all of · seed his
Septuagint runs longer here
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- 3 Verses
- 47 Hebrew words
- 38 Distinct lemmas
1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 10:3. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Esther 10 contains 3 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Esther, or return to the book of Esther for the full chapter list.