Masoretic text
Esther 10:3
כִּ֣י ׀ מׇרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וְגָדוֹל֙ לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְרָצ֖וּי לְרֹ֣ב אֶחָ֑יו דֹּרֵ֥שׁ טוֹב֙ לְעַמּ֔וֹ וְדֹבֵ֥ר שָׁל֖וֹם לְכׇל־זַרְעֽוֹ׃
Here the Greek inserts Addition F: The dream interpreted. Its units:
- F 1 — Mordecai declares that the events came from God.
- F 2 — He recalls his dream; not one word of it failed.
- F 3 — Interpretation: the spring that became a river is Esther.
- F 4 — The two dragons are Mordecai and Haman.
- F 5 — The nations are those gathered to destroy the Jews.
- F 6 — My nation is Israel, who cried out to God and were saved.
- F 7 — The Lord saved his people with signs and wonders unmatched among the nations.
- F 8 — God made two lots, one for his people, one for the nations.
- F 9 — The two lots came to their appointed day of judgment; God remembered and vindicated his people.
- F 10 — Adar 14-15 established forever as days of joyful assembly for Israel.
10 paragraphs on this verse
Bavli Megillah 9a-17a c. 200–500 · Amoraic
- Megillah 15a:4 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
- Megillah 16b:17 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon) c. 400–800 · Amoraic–Geonic
- Aramaic Targum to Esther 10:3 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph · carries a parallel to F 3 Flagged
Esther Rabbah c. 400–600 · Amoraic
Targum Sheni on Esther c. 600–1000 · Geonic
- Targum Sheni on Esther 10:3:1 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 49-50 c. 750–850 · Geonic
- Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 50:12 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
Rashi on Esther c. 1040–1105 · Rashi
- Rashi on Esther 10:3:1 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
- Rashi on Esther 10:3:2 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph
Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a c. 1040–1105 · Rashi
- Rashi on Megillah 15a:4:1 — allusion, inherited from the Bavli passage
- Rashi on Megillah 16b:17:1 — allusion, inherited from the Bavli passage · carries a parallel to A 16 Flagged