Esther 1:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• בִּשְׁנַ֤תin year

  bishnatH8141 →877 times

• שָׁלוֹשׁ֙three

  shalovoshH7969 →432 times

• לְמָלְכ֔וֹof reigning his

  lemalekhoH4427 →348 times

• עָשָׂ֣הhe made

  ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

• מִשְׁתֶּ֔הa feast

  mishtehH4960 →46 times

• לְכָל־for all

  lekholH3605 →5413 times

• שָׂרָ֖יוofficials his

  saravH8269 →421 times

• וַעֲבָדָ֑יוand servants his

  vaavadavH5650 →799 times

• חֵ֣יל׀[the] army of

  cheilH2428 →

• פָּרַ֣סPersia

  parasH6539 →28 times

• וּמָדַ֗יand Media

  umadaiH4074 →16 times

• הַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛יםthe nobles

  hapartemimH6579 →

• וְשָׂרֵ֥יand [the] officials of

  vesareiH8269 →421 times

• הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתthe provinces

  hamedinotH4082 →53 times

• לְפָנָֽיו׃[were] <to> before him

  lefanavH6440 →2123 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Mark 6:21

  On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 40:20

    On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Esther 2:18

    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

• Through

  Esther 2:18

  Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

  it leads to

  • Revelation 11:10

    And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Genesis 40:20

  On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

  it leads to

  • Matthew 14:6

    On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

  • Genesis 40:19

    Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

  • Genesis 40:13

    Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

• Through

  1 Kings 3:15

  Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he…

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 8:65

    So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

  • Genesis 41:7

    And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.