ig.ge.ret denotes a written communication sent, carried, received, or issued for an official or communal purpose.

The attested forms denote written communications in settings of royal instruction, official travel authorization, exchanged messages, and an authoritative Purim notice. They may be plural communications sent to several recipients or a single written document addressed to a particular person or matter.

1. Written communications and official documents · dominant

   Plural forms occur where communications are written, carried, given, or exchanged: in 2 Chronicles 30:6 the APB renders couriers carrying messages from the king and officials, and in Nehemiah 2:7 the requested documents are directed to governors. Singular forms identify a particular written item, as Nehemiah 2:8 concerns one addressed to Asaph and Esther 9:29 concerns a second Purim document written with authority.

   2 Chronicles 30:12 Chronicles 30:6Esther 9:29Nehemiah 2:7Nehemiah 2:8Nehemiah 6:17

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB usually presents the forms as “letters,” whether plural communications or a single document; Esther 9:26 refers to “all the words of this letter.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than establish finer distinctions.