Esther 8:1

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.

• בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day

  baiyomH3117 →2304 times

• הַה֗וּא<the> that

  hahu'H1931 →1879 times

• נָתַ֞ןhe gave

  natanH5414 →2011 times

• הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙Ahasuerus

  ʾachashverovoshH325 →31 times

• לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רto Esther

  leesterH635 →55 times

• הַמַּלְכָּ֔הthe queen

  hamalkahH4436 →35 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

  beitH1004 →2046 times

• הָמָ֖ןHaman

  hamanH2001 →54 times

• צֹרֵ֣ר[the] opposer

  tzorerH6887 →54 times

• הַיְּהוּדִ֑יםof the Jews

  haiyehudiyimH3064 →75 times

• וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יand Mordecai

  umaredokhaiH4782 →60 times

• בָּ֚אhe came

  ba'H935 →2568 times

• לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

  lifneiH6440 →2123 times

• הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• כִּֽי־for

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• הִגִּ֥ידָהshe had told

  higidahH5046 →370 times

• אֶסְתֵּ֖רEsther

  ʾesterH635 →55 times

• מַ֥הwhat?

  mahH4100 →752 times

• הוּא־[was] he

  hu'-H1931 →1879 times

• לָֽהּ׃to her

  lah

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

  Proverbs 13:22

  A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

  it leads to

  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Job 27:16–17

    Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

  • Proverbs 28:8

    He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Psalms 37:25

    I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

  • Psalms 112:2

    His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

• Through

  Psalms 39:6

  Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

  it leads to

  • Luke 12:20–21

    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

  • James 4:14

    You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

• Through

  Esther 2:15

  Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask…

  it leads to

  • Song of Solomon 6:9

    but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.