[
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-01",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1a",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Ἔτους δευτέρου βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ Νεισὰ ἐνύπνιον ἴδεν Μαρδοχαῖος ὁ τοῦ Ἰαείρου τοῦ Σεμεείου τοῦ Κεισαίου ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμείν,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, saw a dream.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The date, and Mordecai's genealogy and tribe.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 3,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 23,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-02",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1b",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἄνθρωπος Ἰουδαῖος οἰκῶν ἐν Σούσοις τῇ πόλει, ἄνθρωπος μέγας, θεραπεύων ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τοῦ βασιλέως·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "a Jewish man living in the city of Susa, a great man, serving at the king's court;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai introduced: a Jew in Susa, serving at court.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 14,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-03",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1c",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἦν δὲ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἧς ᾐχμαλώτευσεν Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐξ Ἰερουσαλὴμ μετὰ Ἰεχονίου τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "He was of the captivity that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judea.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai among Nebuchadnezzar's Jerusalem captives.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 12,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-04",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1d",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ τοῦτο αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐνύπνιον· καὶ ἰδοὺ φωναὶ καὶ θόρυβος, βρονταὶ καὶ σεισμός, τάραχος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And this was his dream: behold, voices and tumult, thunders and earthquake, confusion upon the earth.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The dream begins: cosmic tumult.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וזה חלומו והנה קולות ושאון רעם ורעש ומהומה רבה בארץ",
    "confidence": "low",
    "notes": "שאון for θόρυβος is well attested but weakens the 3-gram overlap with קול/המון forms likelier in reception."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 8,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-05",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1e",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο δράκοντες μεγάλοι ἕτοιμοι προῆλθον ἀμφότεροι παλαίειν· καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν φωνὴ μεγάλη,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And behold, two great dragons came forward, both ready to fight, and their voice became great,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Two great dragons come forward, ready to fight.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "והנה שני תנינים גדולים באו שניהם נכונים להאבק ויהי קולם גדול",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "נאבק (Gen 32:25) renders παλαίειν precisely but is rare and would score low lexically."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 9,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-06",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1f",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ τῇ φωνῇ αὐτῶν ἡτοιμάσθη πᾶν ἔθνος εἰς πόλεμον ὥστε πολεμῆσαι δικαίων ἔθνος.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and at their voice every nation prepared for war, to make war against a righteous nation.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "At their voice, every nation musters for war against a righteous nation.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-07",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1g",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡμέρα σκότους καὶ γνόφου, θλίψις καὶ στενοχωρία, κάκωσις καὶ τάραχος μέγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And behold, a day of darkness and gloom, affliction and distress, oppression and great confusion upon the earth;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "A day of darkness and affliction.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 13,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-08",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 8,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1h",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐταράχθη δίκαιον πᾶν ἔθνος, φοβούμενοι τὰ ἑαυτῶν κακά, καὶ ἡτοιμάσθησαν ἀπολέσθαι·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and every righteous nation was troubled, fearing its own evils, and they prepared to perish;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The righteous nation, in fear, prepares to perish.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויחרד כל גוי צדיק ויראו את רעותיהם ויכונו למות",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "חרד for ἐταράχθη; למות for ἀπολέσθαι is sense-for-sense where אבד would be literal."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 9,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-09",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 9,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1h-i",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸς τὸν θεόν. ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς βοῆς αὐτῶν ἐγένετο ὡσανεὶ ἀπὸ μικρᾶς πηγῆς ποταμὸς μέγας, ὕδωρ πολύ·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And they cried out to God. And from their cry there came, as if from a small spring, a great river, much water;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "They cry to God; a small spring becomes a great river.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויצעקו אל ה' ומקול צעקתם היה כמו ממעין קטן נהר גדול ומים רבים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Adds קול, absent in the Greek; kept as a low-priority match string only."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-10",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 10,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1k",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "φῶς καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἀνέτειλεν, καὶ οἱ ταπεινοὶ ὑψώθησαν καὶ κατέφαγον τοὺς ἐνδόξους.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "there was light, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and devoured the honored.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Light and sunrise; the lowly are exalted, and devour the honored.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 5,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 16,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-11",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 11,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1l",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ διεγερθεὶς Μαρδοχαῖος ἑωρακὼς τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο, καὶ τί ὁ θεὸς βεβούλευται ποιῆσαι, εἶχεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ ἤθελεν ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτὸ ἕως τῆς νυκτός.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And Mordecai, having woken and seen this dream, and what God had resolved to do, kept it in his heart, and in every matter he wanted to understand it, until night.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai wakes and ponders the dream's meaning all day.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 3,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-12",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 12,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1m",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἡσύχασεν Μαρδοχαῖος ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ μετὰ Γαβάθα καὶ Θαρρὰ τῶν δύο εὐνούχων τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν φυλασσόντων τὴν αὐλήν,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And Mordecai rested at the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the king's two eunuchs who guarded the court,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai rests at court with the two eunuchs, Gabatha and Tharra.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 3,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-13",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 13,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1n",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἤκουσέν τε αὐτῶν τοὺς λογισμοὺς καὶ τὰς μερίμνας αὐτῶν ἐξηραύνησεν, καὶ ἔμαθεν ὅτι ἑτοιμάζουσιν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιβαλεῖν Ἀρταξέρξῃ τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ ὑπέδειξεν τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ αὐτῶν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and he overheard their reasonings and searched out their designs, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands on Artaxerxes the king, and he informed the king about them;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "He overhears their plot against the king and reports it.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויקשב אל דבריהם ויחקר את מזמותם וידע כי נכונים לשלח יד במלך ויגד הדבר למלך",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "מזמה for μέριμνα is loose; retained as an alternate search string."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 1,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-14",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 14,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1o",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐξήτασεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς δύο εὐνούχους. καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες ἀπήχθησαν,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And the king examined the two eunuchs. And having confessed, they were led away,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The eunuchs are examined, confess, and are led away.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויחקר המלך את שני הסריסים ויודו ויולכו למות",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "חקר for ἐξήτασεν; הודה for ὁμολογέω; ויולכו for ἀπήχθησαν, with למות supplied from MT 2:23's ויתלו."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "וידרש המלך את שני הסריסים ויענו ויוצאו ויתלו על עץ",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Sense-for-sense, importing MT 2:23's ויתלו שניהם על עץ; interpretive but the likely reception form."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-15",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 15,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1p",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἔγραψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς λόγους τούτους εἰς μνημόσυνον, καὶ Μαρδοχαῖος ἔγραψεν περὶ τῶν λόγων τούτων·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and the king wrote these things down for a record, and Mordecai wrote concerning these matters;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Both the king and Mordecai record the incident.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויכתב המלך את הדברים האלה לזכרון ומרדכי כתב על הדברים האלה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Literal; לזכרון for εἰς μνημόσυνον (Exod 17:14), and MT Esth 6:1's ספר הזכרונות stands behind it."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויכתבו הדברים האלה בספר הזכרונות דברי הימים ומרדכי כתב על אדות הדברים האלה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Harmonised to MT Esth 6:1's full phrase; weaker as retroversion, stronger as a reception search string."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 14,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 16,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1q",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐπέταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Μαρδοχαίῳ θεραπεύειν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ δόματα περὶ τούτων.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and the king appointed Mordecai to serve at the court, and gave him gifts for this.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king appoints Mordecai to court service and rewards him.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויצו המלך את מרדכי לשרת בחצר ויתן לו מתנות על אלה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "מתנות for δόματα; על אלה for περὶ τούτων."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויפקד המלך על מרדכי לשרת בחצר המלך ויתן לו משאת בעבור זאת",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "משאת for a royal gift per Esth 2:18; פקד for ἐπέταξεν."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-01.01-17",
  "section": "Addition A",
  "letter": "A",
  "seq": 17,
  "rahlfs_ref": "1:1r",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.prologue",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 1:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἦν Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου Βουγαῖος ἔνδοξος ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐζήτησεν κακοποιῆσαι τὸν Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν δύο εὐνούχων τοῦ βασιλέως.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Now Haman son of Hammedatha the Bougaean was honored before the king, and he sought to harm Mordecai and his people on account of the king's two eunuchs.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Haman, honored by the king, seeks revenge on Mordecai for the eunuchs' downfall.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-01",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13a",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Τῆς δὲ ἐπιστολῆς ἐστὶν τὸ ἀντίγραφον τόδε· Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοπάρχαις ὑποτεταγμένοις τάδε γράφει.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Now this is the copy of the letter: The great king Artaxerxes writes this to the rulers of the hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia, and to the subordinate governors.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The edict's address: the great king writes to all his governors.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 16,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-02",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13b",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πολλῶν ἐπάρξας ἐθνῶν καὶ πάσης ἐπικρατήσας οἰκουμένης, ἐβουλήθην, μὴ τῷ θράσει τῆς ἐξουσίας ἐπαιρόμενος ἐπιεικέστερον δὲ καὶ μετὰ ἠπιότητος ἀεὶ διεξάγων, τοὺς τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀκυμάτους διὰ παντὸς καταστῆσαι βίους, τήν τε βασιλείαν ἥμερον καὶ πορευτὴν μέχρι περάτων παρεξόμενος ἀνανεώσασθαί τε τὴν ποθουμένην τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις εἰρήνην.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Having ruled over many nations and gained mastery of the whole inhabited world, I resolved -- not puffed up by the arrogance of power, but always conducting myself with fairness and gentleness -- to establish for my subjects a life forever free from turmoil, and, by making the kingdom peaceable and passable to its very ends, to restore the peace desired by all mankind.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king's stated policy: peaceable, gentle rule for the good of all.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אני אשר מלכתי על גוים רבים ומשלתי בכל הארץ לא רם לבי בגאון עזי כי אם בנחת ובענוה התהלכתי תמיד ואמר לתת שלוה לעבדי כל הימים ולעשות את מלכותי שקטה ועברה עד קצות הארץ ולחדש את השלום אשר כל האדם מבקשים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Sense-for-sense: the Greek is a Hellenistic chancellery periphrasis with no one-to-one Hebrew original; rendered in BH court idiom (רם לב, שלוה, שקט)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "מלכתי על עמים רבים ואמשל בכל הארץ ולא גבה לבי בעז ממשלתי כי בחסד ובנחת נהגתי תמיד להשקיט את חיי הנתונים תחתי ולתת את המלכות שלוה ועברה עד קצותיה ולהשיב את השלום אשר יתאוו לו כל בני אדם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Alternative with גבה לב (2 Chr 26:16) and התאוה for ποθουμένην."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-03",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13c",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων πῶς ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρας, σωφροσύνῃ παρʼ ἡμῖν διενέγκας καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτως καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδειγμένος καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρας ἀπενηνεγμένος, Ἁμὰν ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "When I inquired of my counselors how this might be brought to completion, Haman -- who excels among us in good sense, has shown himself unwaveringly loyal and steadfastly faithful, and has been awarded the second place of honor in the kingdom -- pointed out to us",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Haman, second in honor, is introduced as the king's trusted advisor.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ואשאל את יעצי איך יעשה הדבר הזה עד תמו והמן אשר גדל בחכמה מכלנו ונאמן באהבתו ובאמונתו ואשר נתן לו המשנה בכל המלכות הודיע לנו",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Sense-for-sense; המשנה per Esth 10:3's משנה למלך אחשורוש."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ואדרש מיועצי במה יבא הדבר הזה לקצו והמן הנבון מכלנו והנאמן בחסדו ובאמונתו אשר לקח את כבוד המשנה למלכות הראה לנו",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Alternative with דרש/נבון; γέρας as כבוד."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-04",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13d",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην φυλαῖς ἀναμεμίχθαι δυσμενῆ λαόν τινα, τοῖς νόμοις ἀντίθετον πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος, τά τε τῶν βασιλέων παραπέμποντας διηνεκῶς προστάγματα, πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατατίθεσθαι τὴν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν κατευθυνομένην ἀμέμπτως συναρχίαν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "that a certain hostile people is mixed in among all the tribes throughout the inhabited world, opposed in its laws to every nation, continually disregarding the ordinances of kings, so as to obstruct the blameless joint government we direct.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Haman's charge: a hostile people mixed among the nations, defying royal law.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ישנו עם אחד מפזר ומפרד בין כל משפחות הארץ ודתיהם שנות מכל עם ואת דתי המלך אינם עשים למען לא תכון הממשלה אשר אנחנו מישרים באין דפי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Deliberately built on MT Esth 3:8, which the Greek is expanding: ישנו עם אחד מפזר ומפרד ... ודתיהם שנות מכל עם ואת דתי המלך אינם עשים. Strongest Level-1 anchor in Addition B."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "עם אחד מפזר ומפרד בכל שבטי הארץ ודתיו מתנגדות לכל גוי והם מעבירים תמיד את מצות המלכים לבלתי תכון הממשלה אשר אנחנו מנהלים בתם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Closer to the Greek's own wording, at the cost of the MT 3:8 overlap."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 26,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-05",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13e",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "διειληφότες οὖν τόδε τὸ ἔθνος μονώτατον ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ παντὶ διὰ παντὸς ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον, διαγωγὴν νόμων ξενίζουσαν παραλλάσσον, καὶ δυσνοοῦν τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασιν τὰ χείριστα συντελοῦν κακὰ καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ τὴν βασιλείαν εὐσταθίας τυγχάνειν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Having therefore understood that this nation, alone among all, stands set in constant opposition to every man, following a strange way of life at variance with the laws, ill-disposed to our affairs, working the worst evils so that the kingdom may not attain stability --",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king's judgment: this nation stands alone in opposition to all mankind.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ובהבינינו כי העם הזה לבדו עמד לשטן לכל אדם תמיד ודתיו זרות ומשנות מכל ולבו רע על דברינו ועשה רעות גדלות לבלתי תכון המלכות",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "עמד לשטן (Ps 109:6, Zech 3:1) for ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ κείμενον; sense-for-sense."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ונדע כי הגוי הזה הוא לבדו מכל הגוים מתיצב לנגד כל אדם ודרכי דתיו נכריות ושנות ורעה בלבו על מעשינו ויעש את הרעות הגדולות לבלתי היות שלוה למלכות",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Alternative with נכרי for ξενίζουσαν."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 12,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-06",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13f",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "προστετάχαμεν οὖν τοὺς σημαινομένους ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ὑπὸ Ἁμὰν τοῦ τεταγμένου ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ δευτέρου πατρὸς ἡμῶν, πάντας σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις ἀπολέσαι ὁλορριζεὶ ταῖς τῶν ἐχθρῶν μαχαίραις ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "we have therefore ordered that those signified to you in the writings of Haman, who is set over affairs and is a second father to us, be destroyed root and branch, together with their wives and children, by the swords of their enemies, without any pity or sparing, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, of the current year,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The decree: destroy them all, with wives and children, on 14 Adar.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "על כן צוינו כי כל הנקבים לכם בכתבים אשר כתב המן הממנה על הדברים והוא אב שני לנו יאבדו כלם עם נשיהם וטפם בחרב איביהם עד שרשם ואין חמלה ואין חוס בארבעה עשר לחדש השנים עשר הוא חדש אדר בשנה הזאת",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Built on MT Esth 3:13's own decree formula (להשמיד להרג ולאבד ... טף ונשים ביום אחד בשלושה עשר לחדש שנים עשר הוא חדש אדר) with the Greek's date and root-and-branch clause."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ונצוה להשמיד להרג ולאבד את כל המסמנים לכם בכתבי המן הממנה על המלאכה והוא כאב שני לנו ואת נשיהם ואת טפם בחרב שנאיהם עד שרשם ולא תחוס עינכם עליהם בארבעה עשר לחדש שנים עשר הוא חדש אדר בשנה הזאת",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Uses the MT triple verb להשמיד להרג ולאבד; strongest reception-search form."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 19,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-03.13-07",
  "section": "Addition B",
  "letter": "B",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "3:13g",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.3.1a-7a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 3:13",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ὅπως οἱ πάλαι καὶ νῦν δυσμενεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ βιαίως εἰς τὸν ᾅδην κατελθόντες εἰς τὸν μετέπειτα χρόνον εὐσταθῆ καὶ ἀτάραχα παρέχωσιν ἡμῖν διὰ τέλους τὰ πράγματα.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "so that those hostile of old and now, having gone down by force to Hades in a single day, may leave our affairs settled and undisturbed for all time to come.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The declared purpose: to make the kingdom secure once for all.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "למען ירדו השנאים מאז ועתה ביום אחד שאולה בחזקה ויהיו לנו הדברים נכונים ושקטים עד עולם",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ירד שאולה (Gen 37:35, Num 16:30) for εἰς ᾅδην κατελθόντες — the one clean Hebrew equivalence in Addition B's peroration."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "למען ירדו איבינו מקדם ומהיום ביום אחד חיים שאולה ותהיינה ממלכתנו שלוה ושקטה לעולם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "חיים שאולה per Num 16:30 and Ps 55:16; βιαίως rendered as the Korah idiom."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-01",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17a",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐδεήθη Κυρίου, μνημονεύων πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, κύριε βασιλεῦ, πάντων κρατῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ σου τὸ πᾶν ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀντιδοξῶν σοι ἐν τῷ θέλειν σε σῶσαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And he besought the Lord, remembering all the works of the Lord, and said: O Lord, Lord, king who holds all things in your power, for the whole world is in your dominion, and there is no one to oppose you when you wish to save Israel;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai invokes the Lord as king over all, sole and unopposed.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויתפלל אל יהוה ויזכר את כל מעשי יהוה ויאמר אדני אדני המלך המושל בכל כי הכל בידך ואין אשר יעמד לפניך בחפצך להושיע את ישראל",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Literal; אדני אדני for Κύριε κύριε, אין אשר יעמד לפניך for οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀντιδοξῶν σοι (Deut 7:24, 2 Chr 20:6)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויתחנן אל יהוה ויזכר את כל מעשיו ויאמר אדני המלך המושל בכל כי בידך הכל ואין מי יעמד לנגדך בחפצך להושיע את ישראל",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant with התחנן and מי יעמד; 2 Chr 20:6's ואין עמך להתיצב stands behind both."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויעתר אל יהוה ויזכר את כל אשר עשה יהוה ויאמר אדני אדני מלך כל השלטון כי הכל ברשותך ואין מתקומם לך ברצותך להושיע את ישראל",
    "confidence": "low",
    "notes": "רשות is Mishnaic; retained only as a lexical net for later reception literature, which does use it."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 7,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 12,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-02",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17b",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ὅτι σὺ ἐποίησας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ πᾶν θαυμαζόμενον ἐν τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν, καὶ κύριος εἶ πάντων, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἀντιτάξεταί σοι τῷ κυρίῳ·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "for you made heaven and earth and every wondrous thing under heaven, and you are Lord of all, and there is none who will set himself against you the Lord.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "God as maker of heaven and earth, Lord of all.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי אתה עשית את השמים ואת הארץ ואת כל נפלאות תחת השמים ואתה אדון לכל ואין אשר יתיצב לפניך יהוה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "עשית את השמים ואת הארץ is the fixed BH creation formula (2 Kgs 19:15, Neh 9:6)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי אתה עשית שמים וארץ וכל הנפלאות אשר תחת השמים ואתה אדון על כל ואין מי יתיצב לפניך אדני",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Anarthrous variant matching Neh 9:6's אתה עשית את השמים; equally plausible."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-03",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17c",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "σὺ πάντα γινώσκεις, σὺ οἶδας, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν ὕβρει οὐδὲ ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ οὐδὲ ἐν φιλοδοξίᾳ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ προσκυνεῖν τὸν ὑπερήφανον Ἀμάν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "You know all things; you know, Lord, that it was not out of insolence, nor out of pride, nor out of love of glory, that I did this -- that I would not bow down to the arrogant Haman.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai denies pride or ambition drove his refusal to bow to Haman.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אתה ידעת הכל אתה ידעת יהוה כי לא בזדון ולא בגאוה ולא בכבוד עשיתי זאת לבלתי השתחות להמן הגא",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "לא השתחוה להמן is MT Esth 3:2's own verb; the triple negation matches the Greek exactly."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אתה יודע כל אתה ידעת אדני כי לא בגאון ולא ברום לבב ולא בתאות כבוד עשיתי את הדבר הזה לבלתי כרע ולהשתחות להמן הגאה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "כרע ולהשתחות is MT Esth 3:2/3:5's exact pair — the likeliest anchor for a rabbinic parallel."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "לך נודע הכל ואתה ידעת יהוה כי לא בגבה לב ולא בגאוה ולא לכבודי עשיתי זאת אשר לא השתחויתי להמן הגאה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant with גבה לב; slightly freer."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 11,
   "soft_yes": 6,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-04",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17d",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ὅτι ηὐδόκουν φιλεῖν πέλματα ποδῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς σωτηρίαν Ἰσραήλ, ἀλλὰ ἐποίησα τοῦτο ἵνα μὴ θῶ δόξαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράνω δόξης θεοῦ· καὶ οὐ προσκυνήσω οὐδένα πλὴν σοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου, καὶ οὐ ποιήσω αὐτὰ ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the salvation of Israel; but I did this so that I might not set the glory of a man above the glory of God; and I will bow down to no one except you, my Lord, and I will not do this out of pride.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "He would have kissed Haman's feet for Israel's sake, but will not exalt a man above God.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי ברצון נשקתי את כפות רגליו לתשועת ישראל אך עשיתי זאת לבלתי שים כבוד אדם למעלה מכבוד אלהים ולא אשתחוה לאיש בלתי לך אדני ולא אעשה זאת בגאוה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "כפות רגלים per Deut 2:5 / Josh 3:13; כבוד אדם / כבוד אלהים renders the Greek's antithesis directly."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי חפצתי לנשק את כפות רגליו למען הושע ישראל אבל עשיתי זאת לבלתי תת כבוד בשר ודם על כבוד האלהים ולא אשתחוה לאיש זולתך אדני ולא אעשה כן בגאון",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "בשר ודם is Mishnaic and marked as such; retained as a reception-search string, not as the Vorlage."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 12,
   "soft_yes": 7,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-05",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17e",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ θεὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραάμ, φεῖσαι τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ὅτι ἐπιβλέπουσιν ἡμῖν εἰς καταφθορὰν καὶ ἐπεθύμησαν ἀπολέσαι τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κληρονομίαν σου·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And now, Lord God, King, God of Abraham, spare your people, for they look upon us for our destruction and have desired to destroy your inheritance from the beginning;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "He asks God to spare his people, threatened with destruction from the beginning.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה יהוה אלהים המלך אלהי אברהם חוסה על עמך כי נתנו עינם בנו לכלותנו ויאמרו לאבד נחלתך מאז",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "חוסה על עמך (Joel 2:17); נחלה for κληρονομία is fixed."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה אדני אלהים מלך אלהי אברהם חמל על עמך כי הם מביטים עלינו לשחתנו ויתאוו להשמיד את נחלתך אשר מראשית",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "ἐξ ἀρχῆς as מראשית attached to the inheritance rather than the desire; the Greek is ambiguous and both readings are kept."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 8,
   "rejected": 8,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-06",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17f",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν μερίδα σου ἣν σεαυτῷ ἐλυτρώσω ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· ἐπάκουσον τῆς δεήσεώς μου καὶ ἱλάσθητι τῷ κλήρῳ σου, καὶ στρέψον τὸ πένθος ἡμῶν εἰς εὐωχίαν, ἵνα ζῶντες ὑμνῶμέν σου τὸ ὄνομα, Κύριε, καὶ μὴ ἀφανίσῃς στόμα αἰνούντων σοι.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Do not overlook your portion, which you redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt; hear my supplication and be merciful to your inheritance, and turn our mourning into feasting, that living we may hymn your name, Lord, and do not blot out the mouths of those who praise you.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "He asks God not to forget Israel, redeemed from Egypt; turn mourning to feasting.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אל תעזב את חלקך אשר פדית לך מארץ מצרים שמע תחנתי וסלח לנחלתך והפך אבלנו לששון למען נחיה ונהלל את שמך יהוה ואל תסגר פי מהלליך",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "אשר פדית מארץ מצרים (Deut 9:26); ונהפוך הוא / והפך אבל לששון resonates with MT Esth 9:22's ונהפוך; the strongest reception hook in Addition C."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אל תבז את חלקך אשר גאלת לך מארץ מצרים האזינה לתחנתי וכפר לנחלתך והפך את אבלנו לשמחה למען נחיה ונשירה את שמך אדני ואל תשבית פי מהלליך",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "גאל variant, and כפר for ἱλάσθητι; equally defensible."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 6,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 11,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-07",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17g",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Καὶ Ἐσθὴρ ἡ βασίλισσα κατέφυγεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἐν ἀγῶνι θανάτου κατειλημμένη, καὶ ἀφελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς δόξης αὐτῆς ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτια στενοχωρίας καὶ πένθους, καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑπερηφάνων ἡδυσμάτων σποδοῦ καὶ κοπριῶν ἔπλησεν τὴν κεφαλήν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And Queen Esther fled for refuge to the Lord, seized by mortal anguish; and taking off the garments of her glory, she put on garments of distress and mourning, and instead of proud perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Esther takes off her royal robes and puts on mourning, ashes on her head.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ותתפלל אסתר המלכה אל יהוה בהאחזה בחבלי מות ותסר את בגדי כבודה ותלבש בגדי צרה ואבל ותחת בשמי גאון מלאה ראשה אפר ואשפת",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "בגדי אבל / אפר ואפר על ראש are the BH mourning idioms (2 Sam 14:2, Esth 4:1's שק ואפר)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותנס אסתר המלכה אל יהוה כי אחזוה חבלי מות ותפשט את בגדי תפארתה ותלבש שק ואבל ותחת בשמים ומרקחות מלאה את ראשה אפר ודמן",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "שק ואפר from MT Esth 4:1, applied to Esther; ties the unit to the MT mourning scene it parallels."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותברח אסתר המלכה אל אלהיה בהיותה נתונה בצרת מות ותסר את בגדי הדרה ותלבש בגדי עני ואבל ותשם אפר ואשפת על ראשה תחת שמן ששון",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "שמן ששון (Isa 61:3) for ὑπερήφανα ἡδύσματα; elegant but interpretive."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 10,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-08",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 8,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17h",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἐταπείνωσεν σφόδρα, καὶ πάντα τόπον κόσμου ἀγαλλιάματος αὐτῆς ἔπλησε στρεπτῶν τριχῶν αὐτῆς·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and she humbled her body greatly, and every place that had adorned her rejoicing she filled with her disheveled hair;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She humbles her body and disorders her hair.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ותענה את נפשה מאד וכל מקום עדי משושה מלאה בפרע שערה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ענה נפש is the BH self-affliction idiom (Lev 16:29); פרע שער per Lev 13:45, Num 5:18."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותשפל את גופה עד מאד וכל מקום אשר התקשטה בו לשמחתה כסתה בשער ראשה הפרוע",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Sense-for-sense; the Greek here is unusually opaque and no word-for-word reading is secure."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 3,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-09",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 9,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17i",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἐδεῖτο Κυρίου θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριέ μου, ὁ βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν, σὺ εἶ μόνος· βοήθησόν μοι τῇ μόνῃ καὶ μὴ ἐχούσῃ βοηθὸν εἰ μὴ σέ, ὅτι κίνδυνός μου ἐν χειρί μου.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and she besought the Lord God of Israel, and said: My Lord, our king, you alone are God; help me, alone as I am, having no helper but you, for my danger is in my own hand.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She calls on God alone, having no other helper, in mortal danger.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ותתחנן אל יהוה אלהי ישראל ותאמר אדני מלכנו אתה הוא לבדך עזרני אני הבודדה ואין לי עוזר בלתך כי סכנתי בכפי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "אין לי עוזר בלתך echoes Ps 22:12 (אין עוזר); נפשי בכפי (Judg 12:3, 1 Sam 19:5) is the certain idiom behind κίνδυνός μου ἐν χειρί μου."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותתפלל אל יהוה אלהי ישראל ותאמר אדני מלכנו אתה לבדך אלהים עזרה לי היחידה ואין לי עוזר זולתך כי נפשי בכפי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Uses נפשי בכפי explicitly — the reading most likely to match a rabbinic retelling of Esther's prayer."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותבקש מיהוה אלהי ישראל ותאמר אדני מלכנו אתה לבדך הושיעה לי אשר אין לי עזר בלעדיך כי בסכנה נפשי",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Third form; weaker lexically."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-10",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 10,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17j",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἐγὼ ἤκουον ἐκ γενετῆς μου ἐν φυλῇ πατριᾶς μου, ὅτι σύ, Κύριε, ἔλαβες τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐκ πάντων τῶν προγόνων αὐτῶν εἰς κληρονομίαν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοῖς ὅσα ἐλάλησας.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my family, that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their ancestors, for an everlasting inheritance, and did for them all that you had spoken.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She recalls Israel's election from birth and God's ancient promise kept.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אני שמעתי מיום הולדי בשבט משפחתי כי אתה יהוה לקחת את ישראל מכל הגוים ואת אבתינו מכל אבותם לנחלת עולם ותעש להם ככל אשר דברת",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "לקח מכל הגוים per Deut 4:34, 14:2; נחלת עולם per Ps 119:111."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אנכי שמעתי מנעורי בבית אבי כי אתה אדני בחרת בישראל מכל העמים ובאבותינו מכל הדורות לנחלה עולמית ותעש להם כאשר דברת",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "בחר for ἔλαβες assimilates to Deut's election language; interpretive but idiomatic."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-11",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 11,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17k",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ νῦν ἡμάρτομεν ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ παρέδωκας ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐδοξάσαμεν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν. δίκαιος εἶ, Κύριε·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we glorified their gods. You are righteous, Lord;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She confesses Israel's sin and God's justice in their punishment.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה חטאנו לפניך ותתננו ביד איבינו תחת אשר כבדנו את אלהיהם צדיק אתה יהוה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "צדיק אתה יהוה is Jer 12:1 / Ps 119:137 verbatim; נתן ביד איבים is Deuteronomic."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה חטאנו לך ותסגירנו ביד שנאינו יען אשר פארנו את אלהיהם צדיק אתה אדני",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "הסגיר for παρέδωκας (Deut 32:30)."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 11,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-12",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 12,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17l",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ νῦν οὐχ ἱκανώθησαν ἐν πικρασμῷ δουλείας ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἔθηκαν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, ἐξᾶραι ὁρισμὸν στόματός σου καὶ ἀφανίσαι κληρονομίαν σου, καὶ ἐμφράξαι στόμα αἰνούντων σοι καὶ σβέσαι δόξαν οἴκου σου καὶ θυσιαστήριόν σου,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and now they were not satisfied with the bitterness of our slavery, but have set their hands to abolish the decree of your own mouth, and to destroy your inheritance, and to stop the mouths of those who praise you, and to quench the glory of your house and your altar,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She names the enemies' plan: to erase God's decree, silence his praise, quench his altar.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה לא דים במרירות עבדותנו כי שמו את ידם להפר את גזרת פיך ולהשמיד את נחלתך ולסתם פי מהלליך ולכבות את כבוד ביתך ואת מזבחך",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "כבה for σβέσαι, מזבח for θυσιαστήριον; פי מהלליך picks up the same phrase in unit 04.17-06."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה לא הספיק להם מרי עבדותנו כי אם שלחו ידם להעביר את אשר גזר פיך ולהכרית את נחלתך ולאטם פי משבחיך ולהשבית את תפארת ביתך ומזבחך",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; אטם פה per Prov 21:13."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 14,
   "soft_yes": 10,
   "rejected": 13,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-13",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 13,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17m",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἀνοῖξαι στόμα ἐθνῶν εἰς ἀρετὰς ματαίων καὶ θαυμασθῆναι βασιλέα σάρκινον εἰς αἰῶνα.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and to open the mouths of the nations to praise vain things, and to have a mortal king marveled at forever.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Their aim: to make a mortal king worshipped forever instead of God.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ולפתח פי גוים לתהלות הבלים ולפאר מלך בשר עד עולם",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "הבלים for μάταια is the fixed LXX/MT equivalence for idols (Deut 32:21, Jer 8:19)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ולפתח את פי הגוים לשבח את ההבלים ולהיות מלך בשר ודם נערץ לעולם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "מלך בשר ודם is the standard rabbinic phrase — deliberately included as a reception-search string, though it is Mishnaic not BH."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 9,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-14",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 14,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17n",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "μὴ παραδῷς, Κύριε, τὸ σκῆπτρόν σου τοῖς μὴ οὖσιν, καὶ μὴ καταγελασάτωσαν ἐν τῇ πτώσει ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ στρέψον τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν ἐπʼ αὐτούς· τὸν δὲ ἀρξάμενον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς παραδειγμάτισον.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Do not hand over your scepter, Lord, to those who are nothing, and do not let them laugh at our downfall; but turn their own plan back upon them, and make an example of the one who began this against us.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She begs: do not hand the scepter to nothing; turn their plot back on them.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אל תתן יהוה את שבטך לאשר אינם ואל ישחקו במפלתנו אך השב את מחשבתם בראשם ואת המחל עלינו שים לאות",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "השיב מחשבה בראש per Esth 9:25's ישוב מחשבתו הרעה על ראשו — the single closest MT-Esther anchor in the whole prayer."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אל תמסר אדני את שרביטך לאשר לא אלהים המה ואל ילעגו לנו בנפלנו והשב את עצתם עליהם ואת אשר החל עלינו תנהו לדראון",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "שרביט for σκῆπτρον picks up Esther's own golden sceptre; דראון per Isa 66:24 for παραδειγμάτισον."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 7,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 18,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-15",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 15,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17o",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "μνήσθητι, Κύριε, γνώσθητι ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θάρσυνον, βασιλεῦ τῶν θεῶν καὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς ἐπικρατῶν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Remember, Lord; make yourself known in this time of our affliction, and give me courage, king of gods and ruler over every dominion;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She asks for courage before the king, in this time of affliction.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "זכר יהוה הודע בעת צרתנו וחזקני מלך האלהים והמושל בכל ממשלה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "מלך האלהים for βασιλεῦ τῶν θεῶν; זכר/הודע imperatives are standard BH lament."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "זכרנו אדני והודע בעת צרתנו ואמצני מלך על כל האלהים ומושל בכל ראשית",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant with אמץ; ἀρχή taken as dominion."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-16",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 16,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17p",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "δὸς λόγον εὔρυθμον εἰς τὸ στόμα μου ἐνώπιον τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ μετάθες τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς μῖσος τοῦ πολεμοῦντος ἡμᾶς, εἰς συντέλειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ὁμονοούντων αὐτῷ· ἡμᾶς δὲ ῥῦσαι ἐν χειρί σου, καὶ βοήθησόν μοι τῇ μόνῃ καὶ μὴ ἐχούσῃ εἰ μὴ σέ, Κύριε.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Put a well-tuned word in my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hatred of the one making war on us, to the destruction of him and of those who agree with him; but deliver us by your hand, and help me, alone as I am, having no one but you, Lord.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She asks for a well-tuned word to sway the king ('the lion') against the enemy.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "תן דבר נכון בפי לפני האריה והפך את לבו לשנא את הנלחם בנו לכלותו ואת הנלוים אליו ואתנו הצל בידך ועזרני אני הבודדה ואין לי בלתך יהוה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "שים דבר בפה (Num 22:38, Jer 1:9) for δὸς λόγον εἰς τὸ στόμα μου; האריה kept literal as the king."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "שים דברי חן בפי לפני האריה והסב את לבו לשנאה על הצר הצורר אתנו לכלותו ואת כל הנלוים אליו ואותנו הצילה בידך ועזרה לי הבודדה ואין לי זולתך אדני",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "צר וצורר from MT Esth 7:6 (איש צר ואויב) — the phrase a rabbinic parallel would most likely echo."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "תן אמרי שפר בפי לפני הארי והפך את לבבו לשנא את הלוחם בנו עד תמו ותם כל הנלוים אליו ופדנו בידך ועזרני היחידה אשר אין לי בלתך יהוה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "אמרי שפר per Gen 49:21 for λόγον εὔρυθμον; attractive but rare."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 6,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-17",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 17,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17q",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πάντων γνῶσιν ἔχεις, καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἐμίσησα δόξαν ἀνόμων, καὶ βδελύσσομαι κοίτην ἀπεριτμήτων καὶ παντὸς ἀλλοτρίου.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "You have knowledge of all things, and you know that I have hated the glory of the lawless, and I abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of any foreigner.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She states she hates the glory of the lawless and abhors intermarriage.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אתה ידעת הכל ואתה ידעת כי שנאתי את כבוד הרשעים ותעבתי משכב ערלים וכל נכר",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ערל and בן נכר are the exact BH terms for ἀπερίτμητος and ἀλλότριος."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "לך גלוי הכל וידעת כי שנאה נפשי את כבוד בני עולה ואתעב את משכב הערלים ואת כל בן נכר",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "בני עולה for ἄνομοι; slightly freer."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 10,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 8,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-18",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 18,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17r",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "σὺ οἶδας τὴν ἀνάγκην μου, ὅτι βδελύσσομαι τὸ σημεῖον τῆς ὑπερηφανίας μου ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς μου ἐν ἡμέραις ὀπτασίας μου· βδελύσσομαι αὐτὸ ὡς ῥάκος καταμηνίων, καὶ οὐ φορῶ αὐτὸ ἐν ἡμέραις ἡσυχίας μου.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "You know my necessity, that I abhor the sign of my pride that is upon my head on the days I appear in public; I abhor it as a menstrual cloth, and I do not wear it on the days I am at rest.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She hates the royal ornament she must wear in public, like an unclean thing.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "אתה ידעת את אנסי כי תעבתי את אות גאוני אשר על ראשי בימי הראותי תעבתיהו כבגד עדים ולא אשאנו בימי שקטי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "בגד עדים per Isa 64:5 for ῥάκος καταμηνίων — a secure equivalence; אות גאוני for the royal diadem."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אתה ידעת את מצוקתי כי מאסתי את כתר גאותי אשר על ראשי ביום הראותי אותו מאסתי כמו כלי דוה ולא אלבשנו בימי מנוחתי",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "כלי דוה / כתר variant; כתר is MT Esther's own word (2:17)."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 8,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-19",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 19,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17s",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ἡ δούλη σου τράπεζαν Ἁμάν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδόξασα συμπόσιον βασιλέως, οὐδὲ ἔπιον οἶνον σπονδῶν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And your servant has not eaten at the table of Haman, nor have I honored the king's banquet, nor drunk the wine of libations;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She has not eaten at Haman's table nor honored the king's feast.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא אכלה שפחתך משלחן המן ולא כבדתי את משתה המלך ולא שתיתי יין נסכים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "שלחן / משתה המלך / יין נסך are all MT-Esther or Pentateuchal terms (Deut 32:38's יין נסיכם)."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא אכלה אמתך על שלחן המן ולא פארתי את משתה המלך ולא שתיתי מיין הנסכים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "אמה variant for δούλη."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 16,
   "soft_yes": 6,
   "rejected": 15,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-20",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 20,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17t",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ οὐκ ηὐφράνθη ἡ δούλη σου ἀφʼ ἡμέρας μεταβολῆς μου μέχρι νῦν πλὴν ἐπὶ σοί, Κύριε ὁ θεὸς Ἁβραάμ.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and your servant has had no joy from the day of my change until now, except in you, Lord, God of Abraham.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She has had no joy since becoming queen, except in God.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא שמחה שפחתך מיום השתנותי עד עתה בלתי בך יהוה אלהי אברהם",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "יום השתנותי renders ἡμέρας μεταβολῆς μου literally; אלהי אברהם is fixed."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא ששה אמתך מן היום אשר שניתי את מעמדי עד היום הזה כי אם בך אדני אלהי אברהם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Interpretive expansion of μεταβολή as her change of station."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 5,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-04.17-21",
  "section": "Addition C",
  "letter": "C",
  "seq": 21,
  "rahlfs_ref": "4:17u",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1a-30a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 4:17",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἰσχύων ἐπὶ πάντας, εἰσάκουσον φωνὴν ἀπηλπισμένων καὶ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν πονηρευομένων, καὶ ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τοῦ φόβου μου.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "O God, whose strength is over all, hear the voice of the despairing, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked, and deliver me from my fear.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Final plea: hear the despairing, deliver us from the wicked.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "האלהים החזק על כל שמע קול נואשים והצילנו מיד מרעים והצילני מיראתי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "הציל מיד is the fixed BH deliverance idiom; מרעים per Ps 22:17."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "אלהים אשר לך העז על כל האזינה את קול היאשים והצילנו מיד עשי הרעה והצילני מפחדי",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "פחד for φόβος variant."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-01",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1a",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ ὡς ἐπαύσατο προσευχομένη, ἐξεδύσατο τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς θεραπείας καὶ περιεβάλετο τὴν δόξαν αὐτῆς·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And it came to pass on the third day, when she had finished praying, that she took off the garments of her service and put on her glory.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "On the third day, Esther exchanges her mourning clothes for royal splendor.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 3,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 14,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-02",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1b",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ γενηθεῖσα ἐπιφανής, ἐπικαλεσαμένη τὸν πάντων ἐπόπτην θεὸν καὶ σωτῆρα, παρέλαβεν τὰς δύο ἅβρας, καὶ τῇ μὲν μιᾷ ἐπηρείδετο ὡς τρυφερευομένη, ἡ δὲ ἑτέρα ἐπηκολούθει κουφίζουσα τὴν ἔνδυσιν αὐτῆς·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And becoming radiant, having called upon the God who watches over and saves all, she took her two maids; on one she leaned as though delicately, while the other followed, lightening her clothing;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Radiant, calling on God, she takes her two maids to lean on.",
  "retroversions": [],
  "retroversions_withheld": 2,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 9,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-03",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1c",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ αὐτὴ ἐρυθριῶσα ἀκμῇ κάλλους αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς ἱλαρὸν ὡς προσφιλές, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῆς ἀπεστενωμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and she herself, blushing in the height of her beauty, her face cheerful, as one beloved, though her heart was constricted with fear.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She blushes with beauty, her face joyful though her heart is gripped by fear.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "והיא אדמה ברב יפיה ופניה שמחים כאהובה ולבה צר מפחד",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "צר לב / פחד pair is BH; אדם for ἐρυθριῶσα per Lam 4:7's אדמו עצם."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ופניה האדימו ביפיה העצום ומראה פניה טוב כאשה אהובה ולבה מצר מפני היראה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Freer; the Greek's ἀκμῇ κάλλους has no tight Hebrew counterpart."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-04",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1d",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα πάσας τὰς θύρας κατέστη ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσαν στολὴν τῆς ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ ἐνεδεδύκει, ὅλος διὰ χρυσοῦ καὶ λίθων πολυτελῶν, καὶ ἦν φοβερὸς σφόδρα.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And passing through every door, she stood before the king; and he was sitting upon the throne of his kingdom, clothed in the full robe of his splendor, entirely in gold and precious stones, and he was very fearsome.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "She passes through every door and stands before the enthroned, splendidly clothed king.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ותבא בכל הדלתות ותעמד לפני המלך והוא יושב על כסא מלכותו ולבוש כל בגדי הדרו כלו זהב ואבנים יקרות והוא נורא מאד",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "כסא מלכותו is MT Esth 5:1 verbatim (יושב על כסא מלכותו); אבנים יקרות per 1 Kgs 10:2."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותעבר את כל השערים ותתיצב לפני המלך והוא ישב על כסא מלכותו ולבוש את כל לבוש תפארתו מעשה זהב ואבני חפץ ומראהו נורא מאד",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "אבני חפץ per Isa 54:12; שער for θύρα is possible but דלת is nearer."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 11,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-05",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1e",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἄρας τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πεπυρωμένον δόξῃ ἐν ἀκμῇ θυμοῦ ἔβλεψεν· καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ βασίλισσα καὶ μετέβαλεν τὸ χρῶμα αὐτῆς ἐν ἐκλύσει, καὶ κατεπέκυψεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆς ἅβρας τῆς προπορευομένης.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And lifting his face, inflamed with glory, he looked upon her in the height of anger; and the queen collapsed and changed color in a faint, and sank down upon the head of the maid who went before her.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king's face burns with anger at the sight of her; she collapses in a faint.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וישא את פניו הבערים בכבוד ויבט בחרון אפו ותפל המלכה וישתנה מראה פניה בהתעלפה ותשען על ראש הנערה ההלכת לפניה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "חרון אף for ἀκμῇ θυμοῦ; התעלף per Jonah 4:8, Amos 8:13 for ἐκλύσει."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "וירם את פניו הבערות ככבוד ויבט בעז אפו ותפל המלכה ויהפכו פניה בעלפה ותכרע על ראש השפחה ההלכת לפניה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; ויהפכו פניה echoes Dan 10:8."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.01-06",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:1f",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:1",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ μετέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς πραΰτητα, καὶ ἀγωνιάσας ἀνεπήδησεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀγκάλας αὐτοῦ μέχρις οὗ κατέστη, καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὴν λόγοις εἰρηνικοῖς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Τί ἐστιν, Ἐσθήρ; ἐγὼ ὁ ἀδελφός σου· θάρσει, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃς, ὅτι κοινὸν τὸ πρόσταγμα ἡμῶν ἐστίν· πρόσελθε.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "But God changed the king's spirit to gentleness; and, alarmed, he sprang up from his throne, and took her up in his arms until she recovered, and he comforted her with peaceable words and said to her: What is it, Esther? I am your brother; take courage, you shall not die, for our order applies only to commoners. Come near.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "God turns the king's anger to gentleness; he catches her and reassures her, 'you shall not die.'",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויהפך אלהים את רוח המלך לרכה ויחרד וידלג מכסאו וישאה על זרעותיו עד אשר שבה אליה נפשה וידבר על לבה דברי שלום ויאמר לה מה לך אסתר אני אחיך חזקי לא תמותי כי לכל אנחנו גזרנו קרבי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ויהפך אלהים את רוח המלך is the interpretive centre of Addition D and the phrase most likely to be echoed in reception; דבר על לב per Gen 34:3."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויסב אלהים את לב המלך לרחמים ויבהל ויקם ממהר מעל כסאו ויקחה בזרעותיו עד אשר השיבה את רוחה וינחמה בדברי שלום ויאמר לה מה לך אסתר אחיך אני אל תיראי לא תמותי כי דתנו לכל היא גשי הנה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ויסב את לב per 1 Kgs 18:37 / Ezra 6:22; אל תיראי for θάρσει."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "וישנה האלהים את רוח המלך לנחת ויחרד וינתר מכסאו וישאה על חיקו עד שובה ויאמר אליה דברי נחומים מה לך אסתר אני אחיך חזקי ואל תמותי כי גזרתנו לכל היא קרבי אלי",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Third form; חיק for ἀγκάλας."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 6,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 15,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.02-01",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:2",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:2",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἄρας τὴν χρυσῆν ῥάβδον ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἠσπάσατο αὐτὴν καὶ εἶπεν· Λάλησόν μοι.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And raising the golden rod, he touched it to her neck, and embraced her and said: Speak to me.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king touches the golden scepter to her neck, embraces her, asks her to speak.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וירם את שרביט הזהב ויגע בצוארה ויחבקה ויאמר דברי אלי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "שרביט הזהב is MT Esth 5:2 verbatim (ויושט המלך לאסתר את שרביט הזהב) — a near-certain verbatim anchor."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויושט המלך את שרביט הזהב ויגע בו על צוארה וישק לה ויאמר דברי אלי",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Uses MT 5:2's own verb ויושט; ἠσπάσατο as נשק rather than חבק."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 2,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.02-02",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 8,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:2a",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:2",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Εἶδόν σε, κύριε, ὡς ἄγγελον θεοῦ, καὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου ἀπὸ φόβου τῆς δόξης σου· ὅτι θαυμαστὸς εἶ, κύριε, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου χαρίτων μεστόν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And she said to him: I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled at the fear of your glory; for you are wonderful, my lord, and your face is full of graces.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Esther tells him she saw him as an angel of God and was overcome by his glory.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ותאמר לו ראיתיך אדני כמלאך אלהים ויבהל לבי מפחד כבודך כי נפלא אתה אדני ופניך מלאים חן",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "כמלאך אלהים per 1 Sam 29:9, 2 Sam 14:17 — a fixed courtly compliment idiom and the likeliest Vorlage."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותאמר אליו ראיתיך אדני כמלאך האלהים ויחרד לבי מיראת כבודך כי נורא אתה אדני ופניך מלאו חן וחסד",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "נורא for θαυμαστός; חן וחסד doubles the Greek's χαρίτων."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-05.02-03",
  "section": "Addition D",
  "letter": "D",
  "seq": 9,
  "rahlfs_ref": "5:2b",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.4.1b-11b",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 5:2",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἐν δὲ τῷ διαλέγεσθαι αὐτὴν ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ ἐκλύσεως· καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐταράσσετο, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ θεραπεία αὐτοῦ παρεκάλει αὐτήν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "But while she was speaking, she fell in a faint; and the king was troubled, and all his attendants comforted her.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "While speaking she faints again; the king and his household comfort her.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויהי בדברה ותפל בהתעלפה ויבהל המלך וכל משרתיו נחמו אתה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Mirrors unit 05.01-05's התעלף deliberately, since the Greek repeats ἐκλύσεως."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויהי כדברה ותפל מעלפה ויחרד המלך וכל עבדיו דברו על לבה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "משרתים vs עבדים for ἡ θεραπεία αὐτοῦ; both defensible."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 2,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-01",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12a",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Ὧν ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα· Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ σατραπείαις χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς τὰ ἡμέτερα φρονοῦσι χαίρειν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Of which the following is a copy of the letter: The great king Artaxerxes, to the rulers of the hundred twenty-seven satrapies of provinces from India to Ethiopia, and to those loyal to our interests, greetings.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The edict's address: king to all satraps and loyal officials.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וזה פתשגן הכתב המלך הגדול אחשורוש אל האחשדרפנים ואל שרי מאה ועשרים ושבע המדינות מהדו ועד כוש ואל אהבי דברינו שלום",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "פתשגן הכתב (MT Esth 3:14, 8:13) and אחשדרפנים (MT 3:12, 8:9) for σατραπείαις — the Addition E address is built from MT 8:9's own list."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "פתשגן הכתב אשר שלח המלך הגדול אחשורוש לשרי שבע ועשרים ומאה מדינות מהדו ועד כוש ולכל הדבקים בנו שלום",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "MT Esth 1:1 numeral order; the deliberate counterpart to the Addition B address (03.13-01) so the two edicts can be compared."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-02",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12b",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πολλοὶ τῇ πλείστῃ τῶν εὐεργετούντων χρηστότητι πυκνότερον τιμώμενοι μεῖζον ἐφρόνησαν, καὶ οὐ μόνον τοὺς ὑποτεταγμένους ἡμῖν ζητοῦσι κακοποιεῖν, τόν τε κόρον οὐ δυνάμενοι φέρειν καὶ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν εὐεργέταις ἐπιχειροῦσι μηχανᾶσθαι·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "Many, honored too often by the great kindness of their benefactors, have grown more arrogant, and not only seek to do harm to those subject to us, but, unable to bear their own satiety, they even attempt to plot against their own benefactors;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Reflection: those honored too much grow arrogant and turn on their benefactors.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "רבים אשר הרבו לכבדם בטוב לב מטיביהם הגדילו לבם ולא די להם לבקש רעה על הנתונים תחתינו כי לא יכלו שאת את שבעם ויזמו מזמות גם על מטיביהם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Sense-for-sense; גדל לב per Obad 1:3, Ezek 28:5."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "רבים מן המכבדים תמיד בחסד רב מעשי הטובה אליהם רם לבבם ולא לבד את עבדינו יבקשו להרע כי גם בשבעם לא יכלו לכלכל ויחשבו תחבלות על עשי הטוב להם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "רם לבב per Deut 8:14 — the Deuteronomic satiety-then-pride sequence the Greek is imitating."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 7,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 8,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-03",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12c",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ τὴν εὐχαριστίαν οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀνταναιροῦντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς τῶν ἀπειραγάθων κόμποις ἐπαρθέντες, τοῦ τὰ πάντα κατοπτεύοντος ἀεὶ θεοῦ μισοπόνηρον ὑπολαμβάνουσιν ἐκφεύξεσθαι δίκην.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and doing away with gratitude, not only among men, but also, puffed up by the boasts of those who have no experience of goodness, they suppose they will escape the justice of the God who always sees all things and hates evil.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "They forget gratitude and think to escape God's justice.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וישביתו את התודה לא מבני אדם לבד כי אם ברום לבם בדברי הבל בלתי ידעי טוב יחשבו להמלט מדין האלהים הצופה את הכל ושונא רע",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "שנא רע per Ps 97:10, Amos 5:15; הצופה את הכל picks up 04.17's divine-sight language."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויסירו את הכרת הטובה מקרב אנשים וגם בהתרוממם בגאות אשר לא ידעו טוב ידמו כי ימלטו ממשפט האל הרואה כל אשר ישנא רשע",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; משפט for δίκην."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-04",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12d",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πολλάκις δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν ἐπʼ ἐξουσίαις τεταγμένων τῶν πιστευθέντων χειρίζειν φίλων τὰ πράγματα παραμυθία μετόχους αἱμάτων ἀθῴων καταστήσασα περιέβαλε συμφοραῖς ἀνηκέστοις,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And often, too, the persuasion of friends entrusted with managing affairs, men set in positions of authority, has made many partners in innocent blood and wrapped them in irreparable disasters,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Trusted officials' persuasion has made many share in innocent bloodshed.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ופעמים רבות גם רבים מן הממנים על השלטון אשר האמינו בידם את הדברים הסיתום רעיהם ויעשום שתפים בדם נקיים ויביאום בצרות אשר אין להן מרפא",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "דם נקי is MT's fixed phrase (Deut 19:10, Jer 22:3) for αἱμάτων ἀθῴων — the one firm anchor in this unit."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ורבות פעמים גם רבים מן הפקידים על השררה ומן האהובים אשר נמסרו בידם הענינים פתום דברי רעיהם וישימום חברים לשפך דם נקי ויעטום בשברים אשר אין להם ארוכה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "אין להם ארוכה per Jer 8:22 for ἀνηκέστοις."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 5,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 1,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-05",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12e",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "τῷ τῆς κακοηθείας ψευδεῖ παραλογισμῷ παραλογισαμένων τὴν τῶν ἐπικρατούντων ἀκέραιον εὐγνωμοσύνην.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "deceiving, by the false reasoning of malice, the sincere good faith of those who hold power.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Malice deceives the sincere good faith of rulers.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "בהתעתם במרמת רעתם את תם לבב המושלים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "תם לבב per Gen 20:5, 1 Kgs 9:4 for ἀκέραιον εὐγνωμοσύνην; מרמה for παραλογισμός."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי הטו בשקר רעתם את ישר לב השליטים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "ישר לב variant."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-06",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12f",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "σκοπεῖν δὲ ἔξεστιν, οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐκ τῶν παλαιοτέρων ὡς παρεδώκαμεν ἱστοριῶν, ὅσα ἐστὶν παρὰ πόδας ὑμᾶς ἐκζητοῦντας ἀνοσίως συντετελεσμένα τῇ τῶν ἀνάξια δυναστευόντων λοιμότητι,",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "One may observe this not so much from the older histories we have handed down, as from what is close at hand, if you inquire into the impious deeds accomplished by the pestilence of those who wield power unworthily,",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "One sees this not from old histories but from recent impious deeds.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ואפשר לראות זאת לא כל כך מן הקדמניות אשר מסרנו כי אם מאשר לרגליכם אם תדרשו את התועבות אשר נעשו בשחיתות המושלים שלא כדין",
    "confidence": "low",
    "notes": "ואפשר / כל כך / שלא כדין are Mishnaic; kept only because no BH periphrasis carries σκοπεῖν ἔξεστιν naturally."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ותוכלו לראות זאת לא מן הימים הראשנים אשר ספרנו כי אם מן הקרוב אליכם אם תחקרו את התועבות אשר נעשו בזדון השלטים אשר לא כמשפט",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "ימים ראשנים per Deut 4:32; the preferred candidate on Tov's BH-idiom rule."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 0,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": false,
   "retranslation_only": true
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-07",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12g",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ προσέχειν εἰς τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα, εἰς τὸ τὴν βασιλείαν ἀτάραχον τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις μετʼ εἰρήνης παρεξόμεθα, χρώμενοι ταῖς μεταβολαῖς, τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν ὄψιν ἐρχόμενα διακρίνοντες ἀεὶ μετʼ ἐπιεικεστέρας ἀπαντήσεως.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and one must give attention to what follows, so that we may provide the kingdom untroubled and at peace for all people, making use of the changes of circumstance, and always judging what comes before our eyes with a more equitable response.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king resolves to judge circumstances more equitably going forward.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ולשית לב לאשר יבוא אחרי כן למען נתן את המלכות שקטה לכל האדם בשלום ובשפטנו את הבא לעינינו תמיד בנחת ובמשפט צדק",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "שית לב per Ps 48:14; משפט צדק per Deut 16:18."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ולשום לב על העתיד למען תהיה המלכות שלוה לכל בני אדם בשלום ולהבחין תמיד את הבא לפנינו במענה רך",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "מענה רך per Prov 15:1 for ἐπιεικεστέρας ἀπαντήσεως."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 0,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-08",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 8,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12h",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ὡς γὰρ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου Μακεδὼν ταῖς ἀληθείαις ἀλλότριος τοῦ τῶν Περσῶν αἵματος καὶ πολὺ διεστηκὼς τῆς ἡμετέρας χρηστότητος, ἐπιξενωθεὶς ἡμῖν ἔτυχεν ἧς ἔχομεν πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος φιλανθρωπίας ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ὥστε ἀναγορεύεσθαι ἡμῶν πατέρα καὶ προσκυνούμενον ὑπὸ πάντων τὸ δεύτερον τοῦ βασιλικοῦ θρόνου πρόσωπον διατελεῖν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "For Haman son of Hammedatha, a Macedonian, in truth a stranger to the blood of the Persians and far removed from our kindness, having come to us as a guest, met with such goodwill as we hold toward every nation that he was proclaimed our father and continued to be the person paid homage by all, second to the royal throne;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Haman, a Macedonian foreigner, was raised to second place in the kingdom.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי המן בן המדתא המקדוני ובאמת נכרי הוא מדם פרס ורחוק מאד מטובנו התגורר אתנו וימצא את החסד אשר אנחנו עשים עם כל גוי עד כי נקרא אבינו ויהיו כל משתחוים לו והוא משנה לכסא המלכות",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "משנה למלך is MT Esth 10:3's own title; the crucified-Haman edict is central to M1, so the MT title is preferred over a calque of πρόσωπον."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי המן בן המדתא המקדוני ובאמת זר לזרע פרס ורחוק מחסדנו גר אתנו וישג את החנינה אשר לנו לכל עם עד אשר קראוהו אב לנו וישתחוו לו הכל והוא השני לכסא המלך",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; גר for ἐπιξενωθείς."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 5,
   "soft_yes": 8,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-09",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 9,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12i",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "οὐκ ἐνέγκας δὲ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν ἐπετήδευσεν τῆς ἀρχῆς στερῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ πνεύματος, τόν τε ἡμέτερον σωτῆρα καὶ διὰ παντὸς εὐεργέτην Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ τὴν ἄμεμπτον τῆς βασιλείας κοινωνὸν Ἐσθὴρ σὺν παντὶ τῷ τούτων ἔθνει πολυπλόκοις μεθόδων παραλογισμοῖς αἰτησάμενος εἰς ἀπωλίαν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "but, unable to bear his own arrogance, he undertook to deprive us of our power and even our life, having by intricate and deceptive schemes demanded the destruction of our savior and constant benefactor Mordecai, and of Esther, the blameless partner of our kingdom, together with their whole nation;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Unable to bear this, he plotted to destroy Mordecai, Esther, and their nation.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא נשא את גאותו ויבקש להעביר ממנו את הממלכה ואת הנפש וגם את מושיענו ומטיבנו תמיד את מרדכי ואת אסתר תמימת מלכותנו עם כל עמם שאל לאבדם במזמות ערמה רבות",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "לאבדם picks up MT Esth 3:13's ולאבד; שאל renders αἰτησάμενος."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ולא יכל שאת את גאונו ויזם להסיר ממנו את המלוכה ואת נפשנו ואת מרדכי מושיענו ומטיבנו תמיד ואת אסתר חברת מלכותנו התמימה ואת כל עמם בקש להשמיד בתחבלות מרמה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "להשמיד per MT Esth 3:13's triad."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 10,
   "soft_yes": 10,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-10",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 10,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12j",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "διὰ γὰρ τῶν τρόπων τούτων ᾠήθη λαβὼν ἡμᾶς ἐρήμους τὴν τῶν Περσῶν ἐπικράτησιν εἰς τοὺς Μακεδόνας μετάξαι.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "for by these means he thought, finding us undefended, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "His hidden aim: to shift the empire from the Persians to the Macedonians.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי בדרכים האלה חשב למצא אתנו שוממים ולהעביר את ממשלת פרס אל המקדונים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Clean word-for-word; העביר ממשלה is idiomatic."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי על ידי אלה דמה למצא אתנו ערומים ולהסב את מלכות פרס למקדונים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; ערומים for ἐρήμους is a reach, marked down."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-11",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 11,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12k",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἡμεῖς δὲ τοὺς ὑπὸ τοῦ τρισαλιτηρίου παραδεδομένους εἰς ἀφανισμὸν Ἰουδαίους εὑρίσκομεν οὐ κακούργους ὄντας, δικαιοτάτοις δὲ πολιτευομένους νόμοις, ὄντας δὲ υἱοὺς τοῦ ὑψίστου μεγίστου ζῶντος θεοῦ τοῦ κατευθύνοντος ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς προγόνοις ἡμῶν τὴν βασιλείαν ἐν τῇ καλλίστῃ διαθέσει.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "But we find that the Jews, handed over to destruction by this thrice-accursed man, are not evildoers, but govern themselves by the most just laws, and are sons of the Most High, the greatest, living God, who directs the kingdom for us and for our ancestors in the finest order.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king finds the Jews innocent, living by just laws, sons of the living God.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ואנחנו מצאנו כי היהודים אשר נתנם האיש הארור הזה לאבדן אינם עשי רעה כי אם מתהלכים בדתות צדק ובנים הם לאל עליון גדול וחי אשר הכין לנו ולאבתינו את המלכות במיטב סדרה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "אל עליון / אל חי are both fixed BH divine titles (Gen 14:18, Josh 3:10) and render τοῦ ὑψίστου ... ζῶντος θεοῦ exactly."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ואנחנו מצאנו את היהודים אשר מסרם המנאץ הזה לכליון כי לא רעים המה כי אם הלכים בחקים ישרים מאד ובני אל עליון חי הם אשר יכונן לנו ולאבותינו את המלכות במישרים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; חקים for νόμοις."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 8,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-12",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 12,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12l",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καλῶς οὖν ποιήσετε μὴ προσχρησάμενοι τοῖς ὑπὸ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου ἀποσταλεῖσι γράμμασιν, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν τὸν ταῦτα ἐξεργασάμενον πρὸς ταῖς Σούσων πύλαις ἐσταυρῶσθαι σὺν τῇ πανοικίᾳ, τὴν καταξίαν τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐπικρατοῦντος θεοῦ διὰ τάχους ἀποδόντος αὐτῷ κρίσιν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "You will therefore do well not to act on the letters sent by Haman son of Hammedatha, since he who devised these things has been crucified at the gates of Susa together with his whole household, God who rules over all things having swiftly rendered him the judgment he deserved;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The king voids Haman's letters; Haman has already been crucified with his household.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ועתה תיטיבו לעשות לבלתי עשות ככתבים אשר שלח המן בן המדתא יען כי העשה את אלה נתלה על העץ בשערי שושן הוא וכל ביתו ואלהים המושל בכל שלם לו במהרה כמשפטו",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "נתלה על העץ is MT Esth 7:10/8:7's own phrase; בשער המלך / שושן per MT — the strongest verbatim hook in Addition E."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ועל כן תעשו טוב לבלתי שים לב אל האגרות אשר שלח המן בן המדתא כי האיש אשר עשה את הדברים האלה נתלה על העץ אשר לפני שערי שושן עם כל ביתו והאלהים אשר לו הממשלה בכל נתן לו במהרה את גמולו",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "גמול for κρίσιν."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 9,
   "soft_yes": 9,
   "rejected": 14,
   "ancient_verbatim": 1,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-13",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 13,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12m",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "τὸ δὲ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταύτης ἐκθέντες ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ μετὰ παρρησίας, ἐᾶν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἑαυτῶν νομίμοις, καὶ συνεπισχύειν αὐτοῖς ὅπως τοὺς ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἐπιθεμένους αὐτοῖς ἀμύνωνται τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and, posting a copy of this letter openly in every place, allow the Jews to live by their own laws, and assist them so that they may defend themselves against those who attack them in the time of their affliction, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, the same day;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "New order: let the Jews defend themselves on 13 Adar.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ואת פתשגן הכתב הזה תפרשו בכל מקום בגלוי ותניחו ליהודים ללכת בדתיהם ותעזרו להם להנקם מן הקמים עליהם בעת צרתם בשלשה עשר לחדש השנים עשר הוא חדש אדר ביום ההוא",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Built on MT Esth 8:11-13 (להקהל ולעמד על נפשם ... בשלושה עשר לחדש שנים עשר הוא חדש אדר) and 8:13's פתשגן הכתב — a near-verbatim MT parallel."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ופתשגן הכתב הזה יגלה בכל מקום ונתון ליהודים לעשות כדתיהם ולעמד על נפשם להנקם מאיביהם ביום צרתם בשלשה עשר לחדש שנים עשר הוא חדש אדר ביום ההוא",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Uses MT 8:11's לעמד על נפשם explicitly."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 2,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-14",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 14,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12n",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ταύτην γὰρ ὁ πάντα δυναστεύων θεὸς ἀντʼ ὀλεθρίας τοῦ ἐκλεκτοῦ γένους ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς εὐφροσύνην.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "for this day God, who rules over all things, has made for them a day of joy instead of destruction for the chosen race.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "God turns this day from destruction into joy for the chosen people.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי את היום הזה עשה האלהים המושל בכל לשמחה להם תחת אבדן עם בחירו",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "ונהפוך הוא / תחת אבל שמחה sits behind this; עם בחירו for τοῦ ἐκλεκτοῦ γένους."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי היום הזה שם האלהים אשר בידו הכל לששון להם תחת כליון לזרע הנבחר",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; זרע for γένος."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 7,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-15",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 15,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12o",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν ἐν ταῖς ἐπωνύμοις ὑμῶν ἑορταῖς ἐπίσημον ἡμέραν μετὰ πάσης εὐωχίας ἄγετε, ὅπως καὶ νῦν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα σωτηρία ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς εὐνοοῦσιν Πέρσαις, τοῖς δὲ ἡμῖν ἐπιβουλεύουσιν μνημόσυνον τῆς ἀπωλείας.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "You also, therefore, among your own named festivals, keep this as a notable day with all festivity, so that both now and hereafter it may be salvation for us and for the Persians who are well disposed, but a reminder of destruction for those who plot against us.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The Persians are to keep this day as a festival of salvation.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וגם אתם בחגיכם הקרואים בשמותיכם תעשו את היום הזה יום מצין בכל שמחה למען תהיה גם עתה וגם אחרי כן תשועה לנו ולפרסים אהבינו ולקמים עלינו זכרון אבדן",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "זכרון for μνημόσυνον, matching the same word in Addition A unit 15."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "וגם אתם במועדיכם הנקראים בשמכם תחגו את היום הזה יום נודע בכל משתה ושמחה למען יהיה עתה ואחרי כן ישע לנו ולפרסים הנאמנים לנו ולחשבים עלינו רעה לזכרון כליון",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "משתה ושמחה is MT Esth 9:17-19's own pair for the Purim days — the better reception hook."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 0,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-08.12-16",
  "section": "Addition E",
  "letter": "E",
  "seq": 16,
  "rahlfs_ref": "8:12p",
  "rahlfs_verified": false,
  "swete_ref": "19.8.1a-24a",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 8:12",
  "greek": {
   "text": "πᾶσα δὲ πόλις ἢ χώρα τὸ σύνολον ἥτις κατὰ ταῦτα μὴ ποιήσῃ δόρατι καὶ πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται μετʼ ὀργῆς· οὐ μόνον ἀνθρώποις ἄβατος, ἀλλὰ καὶ θηρίοις καὶ πετεινοῖς εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἔχθιστος κατασταθήσεται.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "But every city or country whatsoever that does not act according to this shall be consumed with spear and fire in wrath; it shall be made not only impassable to men, but utterly hateful to beasts and birds as well, for all time.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Any city that disobeys will be destroyed by spear and fire.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "וכל עיר ומדינה אשר לא תעשה ככל אלה בחרב ובאש תאכל בחמה ולא לבד לאין עבר לאדם כי אם שנואה גם לחיה ולעוף לכל הימים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "לאין עובר per Jer 9:9-11 / Ezek 14:15, the fixed BH desolation formula for ἄβατος."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "וכל עיר או ארץ אשר לא תעשה כדבר הזה באש ובחרב תכלה בחרון אף ולא תהיה לבני אדם למדרך כי אם לשקץ גם לחית השדה ולעוף השמים עד עולם",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "חית השדה ועוף השמים is the fixed BH pair (Gen 2:19-20, Jer 7:33)."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 1,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-01",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 1,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3a",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "Καὶ εἶπεν Μαρδοχαῖος· Παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγένετο ταῦτα.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And Mordecai said: These things have come from God.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Mordecai declares that the events came from God.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויאמר מרדכי מאת האלהים היתה זאת",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "מאת ה' היתה זאת is Ps 118:23 verbatim (with אלהים for the Greek's θεοῦ) — the single most likely verbatim match in the whole dataset."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויאמר מרדכי מעם האלהים היו הדברים האלה",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Plural variant tracking ταῦτα."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 5,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-02",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 2,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3b",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἐμνήσθην γὰρ περὶ τοῦ ἐνυπνίου οὗ εἶδον περὶ τῶν λόγων τούτων, οὐδὲ γὰρ παρῆλθεν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν λόγος·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "For I remembered the dream I saw concerning these matters, for not one word of it has failed to come to pass;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "He recalls his dream; not one word of it failed.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "כי זכרתי את החלום אשר חלמתי על הדברים האלה ולא נפל מהם דבר",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "לא נפל דבר per Josh 21:45, 1 Kgs 8:56 — the fixed BH idiom for a word not failing."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי נזכרתי את החלום אשר ראיתי על אדות הדברים האלה ולא נפל מכל דבריו ארצה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "לא נפל ארצה per 1 Sam 3:19; the fuller idiom."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "כי זכור זכרתי את חלומי על הדברים האלה ולא חסר מהם דבר",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Variant; חסר weaker than נפל."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-03",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 3,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3c",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "ἡ μικρὰ πηγὴ ἣ ἐγένετο ποταμός, καὶ ἦν φῶς καὶ ἥλιος καὶ ὕδωρ πολύ· Ἐσθήρ ἐστιν ὁ ποταμός, ἣν ἐγάμησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἐποίησεν βασίλισσαν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "The little spring that became a river, and there was light and sun and much water -- Esther is the river, whom the king married and made queen.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Interpretation: the spring that became a river is Esther.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "המעין הקטן אשר היה לנהר ויהי אור ושמש ומים רבים אסתר היא הנהר אשר לקחה המלך לאשה ויעשה אתה מלכה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Deliberately re-uses the exact wording chosen for A unit 09 (מעין קטן / נהר / מים רבים) and A unit 10 (אור / שמש) so the dream and its interpretation match each other lexically — as the Greek does."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "המעין הקטן אשר נהיה לנהר ויהי אור ושמש ומים רבים אסתר היא הנהר אשר לקח המלך וימליכה",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "וימליכה picks up MT Esth 2:17's וימליכה תחת ושתי."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 4,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-04",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 4,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3d",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "οἱ δὲ δύο δράκοντες, ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ Ἁμάν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And the two dragons are I and Haman;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The two dragons are Mordecai and Haman.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ושני התנינים אני והמן",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Re-uses תנינים from A unit 05 for the same referent; verbatim-short and therefore a strong Level-1 probe."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ושני התנינים הם אני והמן",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Copula variant; kept because reception retellings supply המה."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 3,
   "soft_yes": 4,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-05",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 5,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3e",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "τὰ δὲ ἔθνη, τὰ ἐπισυναχθέντα ἀπολέσαι τὸ ὄνομα τῶν Ἰουδαίων·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and the nations are those gathered together to destroy the name of the Jews;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The nations are those gathered to destroy the Jews.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "והגוים הם הנקהלים להכרית את שם היהודים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "נקהל is MT Esth 8:11/9:2's own verb; הכרית שם per Josh 7:9, 1 Sam 24:22."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "והגוים אשר נאספו לאבד את שם היהודים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "אסף variant; לאבד picks up Esth 3:13."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 3,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-06",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 6,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3f",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "τὸ δὲ ἔθνος τὸ ἐμόν, οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰσραήλ, οἱ βοήσαντες πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ σωθέντες.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "and my nation, this is Israel, who cried out to God and were saved.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "My nation is Israel, who cried out to God and were saved.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ועמי הוא ישראל הצעקים אל האלהים ונושעו",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Re-uses צעק אל האלהים from A unit 09; the dream-interpretation pairing is deliberate."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ועמי זה הוא ישראל אשר זעקו אל אלהים ויושעו",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "זעק variant, matching the alternate in A unit 09."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 2,
   "motif": 1,
   "soft_yes": 5,
   "rejected": 5,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-07",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 7,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3f",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἔσωσεν κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐρρύσατο κύριος ἡμᾶς ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν τούτων, καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα τὰ μεγάλα ἃ οὐ γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And the Lord saved his people, and the Lord delivered us from all these evils, and God did signs and great wonders such as have not happened among the nations.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The Lord saved his people with signs and wonders unmatched among the nations.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויושע יהוה את עמו ויצילנו יהוה מכל הרעות האלה ויעש האלהים אתות ומופתים גדלים אשר לא נהיו בגוים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "אתות ומופתים is the fixed Deuteronomic pair (Deut 6:22, 26:8) for σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויושע יהוה את עמו ויפדנו מכל הרעות האלה ויעש אלהים אתות ומופתים גדולים אשר לא נעשו כהם בכל הגוים",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "Expanded relative clause per Exod 34:10's אשר לא נבראו בכל הארץ."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 11,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-08",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 8,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3g",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "διὰ τοῦτο ἐποίησεν κλήρους δύο, ἕνα τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἕνα πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν·",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "For this reason he made two lots, one for the people of God and one for all the nations;",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "God made two lots, one for his people, one for the nations.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "על כן עשה שני גורלות אחד לעם האלהים ואחד לכל הגוים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "גורל is MT Esther's own פור/גורל (Esth 3:7, 9:24) — the etymology Addition F is trading on."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "לכן עשה שני גורלות גורל אחד לעם אלהים וגורל אחד לכל הגוים",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Repeated גורל matches the Greek's ἕνα ... ἕνα and Lev 16:8's two-lot formula."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 2,
   "rejected": 13,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-09",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 9,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3h-i",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἦλθον οἱ δύο κλῆροι οὗτοι εἰς ὥραν καὶ καιρὸν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὁ θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν τὴν κληρονομίαν ἑαυτοῦ.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "And these two lots came to the hour and the appointed time, and to the day of judgment before God and for all the nations, and God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "The two lots came to their appointed day of judgment; God remembered and vindicated his people.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "ויבאו שני הגורלות האלה לשעה ולמועד וליום המשפט לפני האלהים ובכל הגוים ויזכר האלהים את עמו ויצדק את נחלתו",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "זכר אלהים את עמו per Gen 8:1, Exod 2:24; נחלה matches the same word used throughout Addition C."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "ויבאו שני הגורלות לעת ולמועד וליום הדין לפני אלהים ולכל הגוים ויפקד אלהים את עמו ויצדיק את נחלתו",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "notes": "יום הדין is Mishnaic/Aramaic-influenced; kept only as a reception-search string."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 1,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 3,
   "rejected": 6,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "esth-plus-10.03-10",
  "section": "Addition F",
  "letter": "F",
  "seq": 10,
  "rahlfs_ref": "10:3k",
  "rahlfs_verified": true,
  "swete_ref": "19.10.1-10",
  "mt_anchor": "Esth 10:3",
  "greek": {
   "text": "καὶ ἔσονται αὐτοῖς αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται ἐν μηνὶ Ἀδάρ, τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ καὶ τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνός, μετὰ συναγωγῆς καὶ χαρᾶς καὶ εὐφροσύνης ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ γενεὰς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ.",
   "license": "cc-by-sa",
   "source": "Swete"
  },
  "english": {
   "text": "So these days shall be for them, in the month of Adar, on the fourteenth and fifteenth of that month, with assembly and joy and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever, among his people Israel.",
   "license": "cc-by",
   "status": "draft-awaiting-approval"
  },
  "motif": "Adar 14-15 established forever as days of joyful assembly for Israel.",
  "retroversions": [
   {
    "hebrew": "והיו להם הימים האלה בחדש אדר בארבעה עשר ובחמשה עשר לחדש ההוא במקהלות ובשמחה ובששון לפני האלהים לדרתם עד עולם בעם ישראל",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Built on MT Esth 9:21-22 (את יום ארבעה עשר ... ואת יום חמשה עשר בו ... ימי משתה ושמחה) — the closest MT-verbatim anchor in Addition F."
   },
   {
    "hebrew": "והיו הימים האלה להם בחדש אדר ביום ארבעה עשר וביום חמשה עשר בו בהקהל ובשמחה ובששון לפני האלהים לדרתיהם עד עולם בתוך עמו ישראל",
    "confidence": "high",
    "notes": "Uses MT 9:21's את יום ... ואת יום construction."
   }
  ],
  "retroversions_withheld": 0,
  "summary": {
   "verbatim": 0,
   "motif": 4,
   "soft_yes": 1,
   "rejected": 13,
   "ancient_verbatim": 0,
   "rabbinic_witness": true,
   "retranslation_only": false
  }
 }
]