Masoretic text

Esther 5:2

וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃

Miqra according to the Masorah (CC BY-SA)

Here the Greek inserts Addition D: Esther before the king. Its units:

D 7 — The king touches the golden scepter to her neck, embraces her, asks her to speak.
D 8 — Esther tells him she saw him as an angel of God and was overcome by his glory.
D 9 — While speaking she faints again; the king and his household comfort her.

5 paragraphs on this verse

Bavli Megillah 9a-17a c. 200–500 · Amoraic

Megillah 15b:9 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph · carries a parallel to D 7 Flagged, D 5 Motif, D 6 Motif, D 2 Flagged, D 9 Flagged

Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon) c. 400–800 · Amoraic–Geonic

Aramaic Targum to Esther 5:2 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph · carries a parallel to D 5 Flagged

Targum Sheni on Esther c. 600–1000 · Geonic

Targum Sheni on Esther 5:2:1 — allusion, Sefaria's link graph · carries a parallel to D 5 Motif

Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II c. 1000–1300 · Medieval

Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 5:1 — quotation, quotes the verse · carries a parallel to D 1 Motif, D 5 Motif, D 6 Motif, D 7 Motif, C 7 Motif, D 8 Motif

Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061) c. 1200–1300 · Medieval

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1056:15 — quotation, quotes the verse as its lemma · carries a parallel to D 7 Flagged, C 9 Flagged, C 16 Flagged, D 5 Flagged, D 6 Flagged, D 8 Flagged, D 9 Flagged

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