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 "unit": {
  "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
  }
 },
 "parallels": [
  {
   "plus_id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
   "witness_id": "tosafot-megillah-2109",
   "verdict": "verbatim",
   "rationale": "'ולמרדכי צוה המלך לעמוד בבית מלכותו ויתן לו מתן רב' directly renders Addition A's appointment to court service and gift, not in MT.",
   "ruled_by": "verification pass",
   "conduit": "medieval-retranslation",
   "conduit_confidence": "rule",
   "witness": {
    "id": "tosafot-megillah-2109",
    "work": "tosefet-esther-wikisource",
    "ref": "Tosefet le-Esther, בגתן ותרש",
    "ref_source": "Tosefet le-Esther, בגתן ותרש",
    "language": "hebrew",
    "stratum": "modern-anthology",
    "part": null,
    "date_range": [
     1200,
     2020
    ],
    "license": "cc-by-sa",
    "source": "wikisource",
    "source_ref": "בגתן ותרש",
    "via": null,
    "text": "ב׳) וירא אותם מתלחשים והכיר עצתם וחשב שהם חושבים לשלוח יד במלך ויגד זה הענין אל המלך:\n ג׳) והמלך חקר את הדבר וראה וידע אותו מהודאת פיהם ויצו המלך לתלותם:\n \n ה׳) ונכתב בספר הזכרונות ולמרדכי צִוה המלך לעמוד בבית מלכותו ויתן לו מתן רב על זה:\n ו) והמן האגגי היה נִשא וגבוה לפני המלך וירע בעיניו מאד ויאמר בלבו להשטין למרדכי ולעמו בעבור אלו שני הסריסים אשר מרדכי היה סִבּת מיתתם:",
    "withheld": null
   }
  },
  {
   "plus_id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
   "witness_id": "yalkut-esther-1686",
   "verdict": "soft-yes",
   "rationale": "The king removes Bigthan and Teresh and installs Mordecai in their place as court guard — a specific replacement-appointment matching the plus; MT only records that Mordecai's report was written down, not that he was appointed to their post.",
   "ruled_by": "flagged by the editor for further study",
   "conduit": "lost-intermediary",
   "conduit_confidence": "medium",
   "witness": {
    "id": "yalkut-esther-1686",
    "work": "yalkut-esther",
    "ref": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:29",
    "ref_source": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:29",
    "language": "hebrew",
    "stratum": "medieval",
    "part": null,
    "date_range": [
     1200,
     1300
    ],
    "license": "unknown",
    "source": "sefaria",
    "source_ref": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:29",
    "via": null,
    "text": null,
    "withheld": "Licence not stated — research only, never published verbatim"
   }
  },
  {
   "plus_id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
   "witness_id": "rashi-megillah-1456",
   "verdict": "soft-yes",
   "rationale": "'He abandoned Torah and entered office' matches the same specific event -- Mordecai's court appointment -- Addition A reports as the king's reward.",
   "ruled_by": "flagged by the editor for further study",
   "conduit": "oral",
   "conduit_confidence": "medium",
   "witness": {
    "id": "rashi-megillah-1456",
    "work": "rashi-megillah",
    "ref": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:17:1",
    "ref_source": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:17:1",
    "language": "hebrew",
    "stratum": "rashi",
    "part": null,
    "date_range": [
     1040,
     1105
    ],
    "license": "pd",
    "source": "sefaria",
    "source_ref": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:17:1",
    "via": null,
    "text": "שפירשו ממנו - לפי שבטל מדברי תורה ונכנס לשררה:",
    "withheld": null
   }
  },
  {
   "plus_id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
   "witness_id": "rashi-megillah-1457",
   "verdict": "motif",
   "rationale": "Mordecai becoming an officer between the two census counts is the same court appointment Addition A reports.",
   "ruled_by": "verification pass",
   "conduit": "oral",
   "conduit_confidence": "medium",
   "witness": {
    "id": "rashi-megillah-1457",
    "work": "rashi-megillah",
    "ref": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:18:1",
    "ref_source": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:18:1",
    "language": "hebrew",
    "stratum": "rashi",
    "part": null,
    "date_range": [
     1040,
     1105
    ],
    "license": "pd",
    "source": "sefaria",
    "source_ref": "Rashi on Megillah 16b:18:1",
    "via": null,
    "text": "מעיקרא - בימי כורש כשעלה (עם) זרובבל מן הגולה ומרדכי עמו ונמנו בספר עזרא כ\"ד שנה היה בין מנין למנין בימי כורש לדריוש האחרון ולפי שנעשה מרדכי שר בינתים ירד מחשיבותו אצל חכמים:",
    "withheld": null
   }
  },
  {
   "plus_id": "esth-plus-01.01-16",
   "witness_id": "yalkut-esther-1692",
   "verdict": "motif",
   "rationale": "'העביר שני קלסנטרין ומושיב הברברי הזה' states from the enemies' side the same replacement-appointment of Mordecai to the eunuchs' post that the plus describes; not MT material.",
   "ruled_by": "verification pass",
   "conduit": "lost-intermediary",
   "conduit_confidence": "medium",
   "witness": {
    "id": "yalkut-esther-1692",
    "work": "yalkut-esther",
    "ref": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:35",
    "ref_source": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:35",
    "language": "hebrew",
    "stratum": "medieval",
    "part": null,
    "date_range": [
     1200,
     1300
    ],
    "license": "unknown",
    "source": "sefaria",
    "source_ref": "Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1053:35",
    "via": null,
    "text": null,
    "withheld": "Licence not stated — research only, never published verbatim"
   }
  }
 ]
}