Talmai — Addition D 8: Esther tells him she saw him as an angel of God and was overcome by his glory. Licence: English and apparatus CC BY 4.0 (Talmai, Wroot Press); Greek from Swete, CC BY-SA. https://talmai.wrootpress.com/rights/ Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-05.02-02/ Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1b-11b GREEK: 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. ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): 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. PARALLELS: - [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 5:1 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Ministering angels hold the king's face and light his blinded eyes so he becomes, in effect, a radiant apparition -- matching Addition D's Esther telling him 'I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God... your face is full of graces.' - [Flagged] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1056:15 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. Angels literally hold up the king's face and three angels attend the throne — matching what the plus has Esther say figuratively, 'I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God'; not MT material. - [Flagged] Aramaic Targum to Esther 7:3 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. The targum's double address to Ahasuerus as simultaneously an exalted King and 'king of the earth' is the specific device matching the plus's fusing of the human king with 'an angel of God.' - [Verbatim] Esther Rabbah 9:1 (Esther Rabbah) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'when I saw you, my soul was troubled before your glory' for 'I saw you... my heart was troubled at the fear of your glory'.