1וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אחשׁרשׁ ׀ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃
2וְכָל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה תָקְפֹּו֙ וּגְב֣וּרָתֹ֔ו וּפָרָשַׁת֙ גְּדֻלַּ֣ת מָרְדֳּכַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר גִּדְּלֹ֖ו הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הֲלֹוא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֨פֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים לְמַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃
3כִּ֣י׀ מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔ושׁ וְגָדֹול֙ לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְרָצ֖וּי לְרֹ֣ב אֶחָ֑יו דֹּרֵ֥שׁ טֹוב֙ לְעַמֹּ֔ו וְדֹבֵ֥ר שָׁלֹ֖ום לְכָל־זַרְעֹֽו׃
Reading a scroll line
- [ אבג ]
- Grey, in brackets: letters the editor supplied. Where a lacuna runs
over three words or more, only its first and last word are set; the
words between keep their width but are left blank, so the size of the
gap stays visible.
- א̇
- A dot above the letter: the reading is identified but uncertain.
- °
- A letter surviving only as illegible traces.
- .
- A lost letter inside a lacuna.
Everything else in a manuscript line is extant text. The verse-final
׃ is not printed there, and the scroll lines are
consonantal throughout. Sigla are those of the ETCBC dataset.
Hover over any word, in either text, for its lexeme and morphology; on a
touch screen, tap it. A word underlined with dots carries a qere, and the
card gives the form to be read.