The TanakhKetuvim
Estherאסתר
Esther tells the story of Purim in the Persian court and is read aloud from a scroll on that day. The Name does not appear in its plain text. Tradition says the Men of the Great Assembly set it in writing.
- Chapters
- 10
- Verses
- 167
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Esther 1:1, the first of 167 verses
וַיְהִ֖י בִּימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ ה֣וּא אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֔וּשׁ שֶׁ֛בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה מְדִינָֽה׃
NOW IT came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus—this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India to Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces—