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Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her. |
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’a·ḥar
Some time later
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 310 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)
1a) as an adverb
1a1) behind (of place)
1a2) afterwards (of time)
1b) as a preposition
1b1) behind, after (of place)
1b2) after (of time)
1b3) besides
1c) as a conjunction
1c) after that
1d) as a substantive
1d1) hinder part
1e) with other prepositions
1e1) from behind
1e2) from following after |
had·də·ḇā·rîm
. . . ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
hā·’êl·leh
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Pronoun - common plural |
| Strongs | 428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) these
1a) used before antecedent
1b) used following antecedent |
ḥă·maṯ
when the anger
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2534 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles
1a) heat
1a1) fever
1a2) venom, poison (fig.)
1b) burning anger, rage |
ham·me·leḵ
of King
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš
Xerxes
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 325 |
| BSB/Thayers | Ahasuerus = |I will be silent and poor|
1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes |
kə·šōḵ
had subsided ,
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 7918 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay |
zā·ḵar
he remembered
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2142 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to remember, recall, call to mind
1a) (Qal) to remember, recall
1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to remember, remind
1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance
1c3) to mention
1c4) to record
1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
waš·tî
Vashti
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2060 |
| BSB/Thayers | Vashti = |beautiful|
1) the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders |
wə·’êṯ
and
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·šer-
what
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
‘ā·śā·ṯāh
she had done ,
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
wə·’êṯ
and
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·šer-
what
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
niḡ·zar
had been decreed
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1504 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in two, divide
1a2) to cut down
1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded
1b2) to be destroyed, cut off
1b3) to be decreed |
‘ā·le·hā
against her .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
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Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king, |
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ham·me·leḵ
Then the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
na·‘ă·rê-
attendants
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 5288 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer
1a) boy, lad, youth
1b) servant, retainer |
mə·šā·rə·ṯāw
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8334 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to |
way·yō·mə·rū
proposed ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
yə·ḇaq·šū
“ Let a search be made
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
ṭō·w·ḇō·wṯ
for beautiful
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mar·’eh
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4758 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sight, appearance, vision
1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision
1b) what is seen
1c) a vision (supernatural)
1d) sight, vision (power of seeing) |
nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ
young
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
bə·ṯū·lō·wṯ
virgins
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1330 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) virgin |
lam·me·leḵ
for the king ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
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and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments. |
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ham·me·leḵ
and let the king
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
wə·yap̄·qêḏ
appoint
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6485 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pay attention to, observe
1a2) to attend to
1a3) to seek, look about for
1a4) to seek in vain, need, miss, lack
1a5) to visit
1a6) to visit upon, punish
1a7) to pass in review, muster, number
1a8) to appoint, assign, lay upon as a charge, deposit
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking
1b2) to be visited
1b3) to be visited upon
1b4) to be appointed
1b5) to be watched over
1c) (Piel) to muster, call up
1d) (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to set over, make overseer, appoint an overseer
1e2) to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit
1f) (Hophal)
1f1) to be visited
1f2) to be deposited
1f3) to be made overseer, be entrusted
1g) (Hithpael) numbered
1h) (Hothpael) numbered
n m pl abstr
2) musterings, expenses |
pə·qî·ḏîm
commissioners
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6496 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) commissioner, deputy, overseer, officer |
bə·ḵāl
in each
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ
province
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct |
| Strongs | 4082 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) province, district
1a) district
1b) province |
mal·ḵū·ṯōw
of his kingdom
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
wə·yiq·bə·ṣū
to assemble
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 6908 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, assemble
1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, gather
1b2) to be gathered
1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away
1d) (Pual) to be gathered together
1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
kāl-
all
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
ṭō·w·ḇaṯ
the beautiful
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mar·’eh
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4758 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sight, appearance, vision
1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision
1b) what is seen
1c) a vision (supernatural)
1d) sight, vision (power of seeing) |
na·‘ă·rāh-
young
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
ḇə·ṯū·lāh
women
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1330 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) virgin |
’el-
into
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bêṯ
the harem
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
han·nā·šîm
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
’el-
at
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
hab·bî·rāh
the citadel
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1002 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palace, castle
2) temple |
šū·šan
of Susa .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7800 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shushan or Susa = |lily|
1) the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes |
’el-
Let them be placed
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
yaḏ
under the care
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
hê·ḡe
of Hegai ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1896 |
| BSB/Thayers | Hegai or Hege = |eunuch|
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus |
ham·me·leḵ
the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
sə·rîs
eunuch
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5631 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) official, eunuch |
šō·mêr
in charge of
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
han·nā·šîm
the women ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
wə·nā·ṯō·wn
and let [them] be given
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
tam·rū·qê·hen
beauty treatments .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural |
| Strongs | 8562 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a scraping, rubbing
2) (CLBL) remedy (for an injury) |
אֶל־’el- Let them be placed |
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wə·han·na·‘ă·rāh
Then let the young woman
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
’ă·šer
who
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
tî·ṭaḇ
pleases
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3190 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be glad, be joyful
1a2) to be well placed
1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make glad, rejoice
1b2) to do good to, deal well with
1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
1b5) to do well, do right |
bə·‘ê·nê
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
ham·me·leḵ
the king
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
tim·lōḵ
become queen
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be or become king or queen, reign
1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
2) to counsel, advise
2a) (Niphal) to consider |
ta·ḥaṯ
in place
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
waš·tî
of Vashti . ”
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2060 |
| BSB/Thayers | Vashti = |beautiful|
1) the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders |
had·dā·ḇār
This suggestion
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
way·yî·ṭaḇ
pleased
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3190 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be glad, be joyful
1a2) to be well placed
1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make glad, rejoice
1b2) to do good to, deal well with
1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
1b5) to do well, do right |
bə·‘ê·nê
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
ham·me·leḵ
the king ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
way·ya·‘aś
and he acted
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
kên
accordingly .
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3651 |
| BSB/Thayers | adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
adj
2) right, just, honest, true, veritable
2a) right, just, honest
2b) correct
2c) true, veritable
2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent) |
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Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish. |
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hā·yāh
[Now] there was
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
hab·bî·rāh
at the citadel
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1002 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palace, castle
2) temple |
bə·šū·šan
of Susa
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7800 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shushan or Susa = |lily|
1) the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes |
yə·hū·ḏî
a Jewish
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3064 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) Jew |
’îš
man
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective) |
’îš
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 376 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective) |
yə·mî·nî
from the tribe of Benjamin
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1145 |
| BSB/Thayers | Benjamite = |a son of the right hand|
1) one of the tribe of Benjamin |
ū·šə·mōw
named
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8034 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) name
1a) name
1b) reputation, fame, glory
1c) the Name (as designation of God)
1d) memorial, monument |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
ben
son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
yā·’îr
of Jair ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2971 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jair = |he enlightens|
1) a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest
2) the Gileadite, a judge of Israel for 22 years during the time of the judges; father of 30 sons
3) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and father of Mordecai
4) father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty warriors |
ben-
the son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
šim·‘î
of Shimei ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8096 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = |renowned|
1) a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David
2) a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon
3) the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David
4) son of Gershon and grandson of Levi
5) a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David
6) a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
7) a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
8) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
9) a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel
10) a Simeonite, son of Zacchur
11) a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah
12) one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
13) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
14) a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther
15) a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi
16) Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi' |
ben-
the son
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class |
qîš
of Kish .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7027 |
| BSB/Thayers | Kish = |bent|
1) a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul
2) an ancestor of Mordecai
3) son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul
4) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family
5) a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah |
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He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah. |
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’ă·šer
He
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hā·ḡə·lāh
had been carried into exile
| Grammar | Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1540 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to uncover, remove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to uncover
1a2) to remove, depart
1a3) to go into exile
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) (reflexive)
1b1a) to uncover oneself
1b1b) to discover or show oneself
1b1c) to reveal himself (of God)
1b2) (passive)
1b2a) to be uncovered
1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered
1b2c) to be revealed
1b3) to be removed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
1c1a) nakedness
1c1b) general
1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare
1c3) to make known, show, reveal
1d) (Pual) to be uncovered
1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile
1g) (Hithpael)
1g1) to be uncovered
1g2) to reveal oneself |
mî·rū·šā·la·yim
from Jerusalem
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3389 |
| BSB/Thayers | Jerusalem = |teaching of peace|
1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split |
nə·ḇū·ḵaḏ·neṣ·ṣar
by Nebuchadnezzar
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5019 |
| BSB/Thayers | Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar = |may Nebo protect the crown|
1) the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive |
me·leḵ
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
bā·ḇel
of Babylon
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 894 |
| BSB/Thayers | Babel or Babylon = |confusion (by mixing)|
1) Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates |
‘im-
among
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
hag·gō·lāh
those taken captive
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1473 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) exiles, exile, captivity
1a) exiles (coll)
1b) exile, captivity (abstract) |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hā·ḡə·lə·ṯāh
-
| Grammar | Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1540 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to uncover, remove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to uncover
1a2) to remove, depart
1a3) to go into exile
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) (reflexive)
1b1a) to uncover oneself
1b1b) to discover or show oneself
1b1c) to reveal himself (of God)
1b2) (passive)
1b2a) to be uncovered
1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered
1b2c) to be revealed
1b3) to be removed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
1c1a) nakedness
1c1b) general
1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare
1c3) to make known, show, reveal
1d) (Pual) to be uncovered
1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile
1g) (Hithpael)
1g1) to be uncovered
1g2) to reveal oneself |
‘im
with
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
yə·ḵā·nə·yāh
Jeconiah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3204 |
| Footnote | Jeconiah is a variant of Jehoiachin; see 2 Kings 24:12. |
| BSB/Thayers | Jeconiah = |Jehovah will establish|
1) son of king Jehoiakim of Judah and king of Judah for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar and was taken captive to Babylon where he was imprisoned for the next 36 years; released at the death of Nebuchadnezzar and lived in Babylon until his death
1a) primary spelling 'Jehoiachin' |
me·leḵ-
king
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
yə·hū·ḏāh
of Judah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3063 |
| BSB/Thayers | Judah = |praised|
1) the son of Jacob by Leah
2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
5) a Levite in Ezra's time
6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
heḡ·lāh
- .
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1540 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to uncover, remove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to uncover
1a2) to remove, depart
1a3) to go into exile
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) (reflexive)
1b1a) to uncover oneself
1b1b) to discover or show oneself
1b1c) to reveal himself (of God)
1b2) (passive)
1b2a) to be uncovered
1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered
1b2c) to be revealed
1b3) to be removed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
1c1a) nakedness
1c1b) general
1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare
1c3) to make known, show, reveal
1d) (Pual) to be uncovered
1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile
1g) (Hithpael)
1g1) to be uncovered
1g2) to reveal oneself |
הָגְלָה֙hā·ḡə·lāh had been carried into exile |
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And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter. |
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way·hî
And [Mordecai]
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
’ō·mên
had brought up
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 539 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to support, confirm, be faithful
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish
1a1a) foster-father (subst.)
1a1b) foster-mother, nurse
1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm
1b1a) to be carried by a nurse
1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting
1b1c) confirmed, established, sure
1b1d) verified, confirmed
1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in
1c1a) stand firm
1c1b) trust, believe |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
hă·ḏas·sāh
Hadassah
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1919 |
| BSB/Thayers | Hadassah = |myrtle|
1) queen Esther's Jewish name |
hî
(that is ,
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
’es·têr
Esther ),
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
baṯ-
the daughter
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1323 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character |
dō·ḏōw
of his uncle ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1730 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) beloved, love, uncle
1a) loved one, beloved
1b) uncle
1c) love (pl. abstract) |
kî
because
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’ên
she did not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
lāh
have
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
’āḇ
a father
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
wā·’êm
or mother .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 517 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mother
1a) of humans
1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
1c) of animals
2) point of departure or division |
wə·han·na·‘ă·rāh
The young woman
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
yə·p̄aṯ-
was lovely
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3303 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fair, beautiful, handsome |
tō·’ar
in form
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8389 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) shape, form, outline, figure, appearance |
wə·ṭō·w·ḇaṯ
and
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
mar·’eh
appearance ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4758 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sight, appearance, vision
1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision
1b) what is seen
1c) a vision (supernatural)
1d) sight, vision (power of seeing) |
’ā·ḇî·hā
and when her father
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) father of an individual
2) of God as father of his people
3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan
4) ancestor
4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person
4b) of people
5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6) of producer, generator (fig.)
7) of benevolence and protection (fig.)
8) term of respect and honour
9) ruler or chief (spec.) |
wə·’im·māh
and mother
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 517 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) mother
1a) of humans
1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)
1c) of animals
2) point of departure or division |
ū·ḇə·mō·wṯ
had died ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4194 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
lə·qā·ḥāh
had taken her in
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning) |
lōw
as his own
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
lə·ḇaṯ
daughter .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1323 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character |
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way·hî
When
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
ham·me·leḵ
the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
də·ḇar-
command
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
wə·ḏā·ṯōw
and edict
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1881 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage
1a) decree, edict, commission
1b) law, rule |
bə·hiš·šā·ma‘
had been proclaimed ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 8085 |
| BSB/Thayers | v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound |
rab·bō·wṯ
many
| Grammar | Adjective - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7227 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) much, many, great
1a) much
1b) many
1c) abounding in
1d) more numerous than
1e) abundant, enough
1f) great
1g) strong
1h) greater than
adv
1i) much, exceedingly
n m
2) captain, chief |
nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ
young women
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
ū·ḇə·hiq·qā·ḇêṣ
gathered
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 6908 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, assemble
1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, gather
1b2) to be gathered
1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away
1d) (Pual) to be gathered together
1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together |
’el-
at
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
hab·bî·rāh
the citadel
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1002 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) palace, castle
2) temple |
šū·šan
of Susa
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7800 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shushan or Susa = |lily|
1) the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes |
’el-
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
yaḏ
the care
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
hê·ḡāy
of Hegai .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1896 |
| BSB/Thayers | Hegai or Hege = |eunuch|
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus |
’es·têr
Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
wat·til·lā·qaḥ
was also taken
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning) |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
bêṯ
the palace
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
ham·me·leḵ
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’el-
and placed under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
yaḏ
the care
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
hê·ḡay
of Hegai ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1896 |
| BSB/Thayers | Hegai or Hege = |eunuch|
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus |
šō·mêr
the custodian
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
han·nā·šîm
of the women .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
אֶל־’el- and placed under |
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han·na·‘ă·rāh
And the young woman
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
wat·tî·ṭaḇ
pleased him
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3190 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be glad, be joyful
1a2) to be well placed
1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with
1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make glad, rejoice
1b2) to do good to, deal well with
1b3) to do well, do thoroughly
1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful
1b5) to do well, do right |
ḇə·‘ê·nāw
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
wat·tiś·śā
and obtained
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5375 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lift, lift up
1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted
1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up
1b3) to be borne, be carried
1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
1c2) to desire, long (fig.)
1c3) to carry, bear continuously
1c4) to take, take away
1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity)
1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
lə·p̄ā·nāw
his
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
ḥe·seḏ
favor ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2617 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) goodness, kindness, faithfulness
2) a reproach, shame |
way·ḇa·hêl
so he quickly
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 926 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to disturb, alarm, terrify, hurry, be disturbed, be anxious, be afraid, be hurried, be nervous
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be disturbed, dismayed, terrified, anxious
1a2) to be in haste, be hasty
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make haste, act hastily, be hurried, be hastened
1b2) to dismay, terrify
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to hasten
1c2) hastened, hastily gained (part.)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to hasten, hurry, make haste
1d2) to dismay, terrify |
’eṯ-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
lā·ṯêṯ
provided
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lāh
her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
tam·rū·qe·hā
with beauty treatments
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8562 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a scraping, rubbing
2) (CLBL) remedy (for an injury) |
wə·’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
mā·nō·w·ṯe·hā
and the special diet
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4490 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) part, portion |
wə·’êṯ
- .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
lā·ṯeṯ-
He assigned
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lāh
to her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
še·ḇa‘
seven
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7651 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) seven (cardinal number)
1a) as ordinal number
1b) in combination-17, 700 etc |
hā·rə·’u·yō·wṯ
select
| Grammar | Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
han·nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ
maidservants
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
mib·bêṯ
from the palace
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
ham·me·leḵ
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
way·šan·ne·hā
and transferred her
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8138 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to repeat, do again, change, alter
1a) (Qal) to change
1b) (Niphal) to be repeated
1c) (Piel) to change, alter
1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself |
wə·’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
na·‘ă·rō·w·ṯe·hā
with them
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
lə·ṭō·wḇ
to the best
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2896 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
n m
2) a good thing, benefit, welfare
2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
2b) good things (collective)
2c) good, benefit
2d) moral good
n f
3) welfare, benefit, good things
3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
3b) good things (collective)
3c) bounty |
bêṯ
place
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
han·nā·šîm
in the harem .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
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Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. |
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’es·têr
Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
lō-
did not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
hig·gî·ḏāh
reveal
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported |
‘am·māh
her people
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
2) kinsman, kindred |
wə·’eṯ-
or
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
mō·w·laḏ·tāh
her lineage ,
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4138 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) kindred, birth, offspring, relatives
1a) kindred
1b) birth, circumstances of birth
1c) one born, begotten, issue, offspring, female offspring |
kî
because
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
ṣiw·wāh
had instructed
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded |
‘ā·le·hā
her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
’ă·šer
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
lō-
not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṯag·gîḏ
to do so .
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported |
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And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her. |
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ū·ḇə·ḵāl
And every day
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
yō·wm
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
wā·yō·wm
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
miṯ·hal·lêḵ
would walk back and forth
| Grammar | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1980 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go, walk, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away
1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to walk
1b2) to walk (fig.)
1c) (Hithpael)
1c1) to traverse
1c2) to walk about
1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk |
lip̄·nê
in front
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
ḥă·ṣar
of the court
| Grammar | Noun - common singular construct |
| Strongs | 2691 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) court, enclosure
1a) enclosures
1b) court
2) settled abode, settlement, village, town |
bêṯ-
of the harem
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
han·nā·šîm
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
lā·ḏa·‘aṯ
to learn
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
’eṯ-
about
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’es·têr
Esther’s
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
šə·lō·wm
welfare
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 7965 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
1a) completeness (in number)
1b) safety, soundness (in body)
1c) welfare, health, prosperity
1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
1e) peace, friendship
1e1) of human relationships
1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
1f) peace (from war)
1g) peace (as adjective) |
ū·mah-
and what
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Interrogative |
| Strongs | 4100 |
| BSB/Thayers | interr pron
1) what, how, of what kind
1a) (interrogative)
1a1) what?
1a2) of what kind
1a3) what? (rhetorical)
1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what
1b) (adverb)
1b1) how, how now
1b2) why
1b3) how! (exclamation)
1c) (with prep)
1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
1c2) because of what?
1c3) the like of what?
1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often?
1c3b) for how long?
1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indef pron
2) anything, aught, what may |
yê·‘ā·śeh
was happening
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
bāh
to her .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
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In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months. |
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šə·nêm
In the twelve
| Grammar | Number - md |
| Strongs | 8147 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) two
1a) two (the cardinal number)
1a1) two, both, double, twice
1b) second (the ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
1d) both (a dual number) |
‘ā·śār
. . .
| Grammar | Number - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 6240 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)
1a) used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19 |
ḥō·ḏeš
months
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month |
kî
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
kên
. . .
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 3651 |
| BSB/Thayers | adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
adj
2) right, just, honest, true, veritable
2a) right, just, honest
2b) correct
2c) true, veritable
2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent) |
yim·lə·’ū
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 4390 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to fill, be full
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be full
1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle)
1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended
1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied
1b2) to be accomplished, be ended
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to fill
1c2) to satisfy
1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete
1c4) to confirm
1d) (Pual) to be filled
1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against |
yə·mê
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
na·‘ă·rāh
before [her]
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
wə·na·‘ă·rāh
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
tōr
turn
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8447 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) circlet, plait, turn (of hair or gold)
2) (CLBL) succession, order |
ū·ḇə·hag·gî·a‘
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5060 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to touch, reach, strike
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to touch
1a2) to strike
1a3) to reach, extend to
1a4) to be stricken
1a4a) stricken (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated
1c) (Piel) to strike
1d) (Pual) to be stricken (by disease)
1e) (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive
1e1) to cause to touch, apply
1e2) to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come
1e3) to approach (of time)
1e4) to befall (of fate) |
lā·ḇō·w
to go
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·me·leḵ
King
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš
Xerxes ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 325 |
| BSB/Thayers | Ahasuerus = |I will be silent and poor|
1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes |
miq·qêṣ
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7093 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) end
1a) end, at the end of (of time)
1b) end (of space) |
hĕ·yō·wṯ
. . .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
lāh
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
han·nā·šîm
the harem
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
kə·ḏāṯ
regulation required
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1881 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) decree, law, edict, regulation, usage
1a) decree, edict, commission
1b) law, rule |
han·nā·šîm
each young woman
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
mə·rū·qê·hen
to receive beauty treatments
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural |
| Strongs | 4795 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) scraping, rubbing
1a) of year of preparation of girls for the harem; bodily rubbings |
bə·še·men
with oil
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8081 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph) |
ham·mōr
of myrrh
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4753 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) myrrh
1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume |
šiš·šāh
for six
| Grammar | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8337 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) six
1a) six (cardinal number)
1b) sixth (ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers |
ḥo·ḏā·šîm
months ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month |
bab·bə·śā·mîm
and then with perfumes
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1314 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume
2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour |
ū·ḇə·ṯam·rū·qê
and cosmetics
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 8562 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a scraping, rubbing
2) (CLBL) remedy (for an injury) |
wə·šiš·šāh
for another six
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8337 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) six
1a) six (cardinal number)
1b) sixth (ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers |
ḥo·ḏā·šîm
months .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 2320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month |
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When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. |
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ū·ḇā·zeh
When
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Pronoun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2088 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such
1a) (alone)
1a1) this one
1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another
1b) (appos to subst)
1b1) this
1c) (as predicate)
1c1) this, such
1d) (enclitically)
1d1) then
1d2) who, whom
1d3) how now, what now
1d4) what now
1d5) wherefore now
1d6) behold here
1d7) just now
1d8) now, now already
1e) (poetry)
1e1) wherein, which, those who
1f) (with prefixes)
1f1) in this (place) here, then
1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter
1f3) thus and thus
1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus
1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side
1f6) on this account
1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how |
han·na·‘ă·rāh
the young woman
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5291 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) girl, damsel, female servant
1a) girl, damsel, little girl
1a1) of young woman, marriageable young woman, concubine, prostitute
1b) maid, female attendant, female servant |
bā·’āh
would go
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·me·leḵ
the king ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’êṯ
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
yin·nā·ṯên
she was given
| Grammar | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
lāh
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
kāl-
whatever
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
tō·mar
she requested
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
lā·ḇō·w
to take
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
‘im·māh
with her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5973 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with
1a) with
1b) against
1c) toward
1d) as long as
1e) beside, except
1f) in spite of |
mib·bêṯ
from the harem
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
han·nā·šîm
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
‘aḏ-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5704 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as
1a) of space
1a1) as far as, up to, even to
1b) in combination
1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from)
1c) of time
1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end
1d) of degree
1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like
conj
2) until, while, to the point that, so that even |
ham·me·leḵ
the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
bêṯ
palace .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
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She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name. |
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hî
She
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
ḇā·’āh
would go [there]
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
bā·‘e·reḇ
in the evening ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6153 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) evening, night, sunset
1a) evening, sunset
1b) night |
ū·ḇab·bō·qer
and in the morning
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1242 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) morning, break of day
1a) morning
1a1) of end of night
1a2) of coming of daylight
1a3) of coming of sunrise
1a4) of beginning of day
1a5) of bright joy after night of distress (fig.)
1b) morrow, next day, next morning |
hî
she
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
šā·ḇāh
would return
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7725 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to return, turn back
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to turn back, return
1a1a) to turn back
1a1b) to return, come or go back
1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
1a1d) of dying
1a1e) of human relations (fig)
1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
1a1g) of inanimate things
1a1h) in repetition
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to bring back
1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
1b4) to show turning, apostatise
1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
1d7) to turn against
1d8) to bring back to mind
1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
1f) (Pulal) brought back |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
šê·nî
a second
| Grammar | Number - ordinal masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8145 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) second
1a) second (the ordinal number)
1b) again (a second time)
1c) another, other (something as distinct from something else) |
bêṯ
harem
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
han·nā·šîm
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| Footnote | Or to another part of the harem |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
’el-
under
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
yaḏ
the care
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
ša·‘ăš·ḡaz
of Shaashgaz ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8190 |
| BSB/Thayers | Shaashgaz = |servant of the beautiful|
1) the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who was in charge of the women in the 2nd house |
ham·me·leḵ
the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
sə·rîs
eunuch
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5631 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) official, eunuch |
šō·mêr
in charge of
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
hap·pî·laḡ·šîm
the concubines .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 6370 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) concubine, paramour
1a) concubine
1b) paramour |
lō-
She would not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ṯā·ḇō·w
return
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
‘ō·wḏ
. . .
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 5750 |
| BSB/Thayers | subst
1) a going round, continuance
adv
2) still, yet, again, besides
2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence)
2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)
2c) again
2d) still, moreover, besides |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·me·leḵ
the king
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
kî
unless
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’im-
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather |
ham·me·leḵ
he
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
ḥā·p̄êṣ
delighted
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2654 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with
1a) (Qal)
1a1) of men
1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in
1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do
1a2) of God
1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in
1a2b) to be pleased to do
2) to move, bend down
2a) (Qal) to bend down |
bāh
in her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
wə·niq·rə·’āh
and summoned her
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7121 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen |
ḇə·šêm
by name .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8034 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) name
1a) name
1b) reputation, fame, glory
1c) the Name (as designation of God)
1d) memorial, monument |
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Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her. |
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’es·têr
Now Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
baṯ-
[was] the daughter
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1323 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character |
’ă·ḇî·ḥa·yil
of Abihail ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 32 |
| BSB/Thayers | Abihail = |my father is might|
1) a Levite in Moses's time
2) a Gadite
3) father of Esther
4) wife of Abishur
5) wife of Rehoboam |
dōḏ
the uncle
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1730 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) beloved, love, uncle
1a) loved one, beloved
1b) uncle
1c) love (pl. abstract) |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
from whom Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
’ă·šer
-
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
lā·qaḥ-
had adopted
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning) |
lōw
her
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
lə·ḇaṯ
as his own daughter .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1323 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character |
tōr-
And when it was her turn
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8447 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) circlet, plait, turn (of hair or gold)
2) (CLBL) succession, order |
ū·ḇə·hag·gî·a‘
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 5060 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to touch, reach, strike
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to touch
1a2) to strike
1a3) to reach, extend to
1a4) to be stricken
1a4a) stricken (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated
1c) (Piel) to strike
1d) (Pual) to be stricken (by disease)
1e) (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive
1e1) to cause to touch, apply
1e2) to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come
1e3) to approach (of time)
1e4) to befall (of fate) |
lā·ḇō·w
to go
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 935 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to enter, come in
1a2) to come
1a2a) to come with
1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)
1a2c) to come to pass
1a3) to attain to
1a4) to be enumerated
1a5) to go
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to lead in
1b2) to carry in
1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon
1b4) to bring to pass
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be brought, brought in
1c2) to be introduced, be put |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·me·leḵ
the king ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
lō
she did not
| Grammar | Adverb - Negative particle |
| Strongs | 3808 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time) |
ḇiq·šāh
ask for
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
dā·ḇār
anything
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
kî
except
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 3588 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
1a) that
1a1) yea, indeed
1b) when (of time)
1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)
1c) because, since (causal connection)
1d) but (after negative)
1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
1f) but rather, but
1g) except that
1h) only, nevertheless
1i) surely
1j) that is
1k) but if
1l) for though
1m) forasmuch as, for therefore |
’im
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunction |
| Strongs | 518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) if
1a) conditional clauses
1a1) of possible situations
1a2) of impossible situations
1b) oath contexts
1b1) no, not
1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or
1d) when, whenever
1e) since
1f) interrogative particle
1g) but rather |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
’ă·šer
what
| Grammar | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hê·ḡay
Hegai ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1896 |
| BSB/Thayers | Hegai or Hege = |eunuch|
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus |
ham·me·leḵ
the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
sə·rîs-
trusted official
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5631 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) official, eunuch |
šō·mêr
in charge of
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
han·nā·šîm
the harem ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
wat·tə·hî
. . .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
yō·mar
had advised .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
’es·têr
And Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
nō·śêṯ
found
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5375 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lift, lift up
1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted
1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up
1b3) to be borne, be carried
1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
1c2) to desire, long (fig.)
1c3) to carry, bear continuously
1c4) to take, take away
1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity)
1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
ḥên
favor
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2580 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) favour, grace, charm
1a) favour, grace, elegance
1b) favour, acceptance |
bə·‘ê·nê
in the eyes
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - cdc |
| Strongs | 5869 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain |
kāl-
of everyone
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
rō·’e·hā
who saw her .
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7200 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to see
1a2) to see, perceive
1a3) to see, have vision
1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out
1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish
1a6) to look at, gaze at
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to appear, present oneself
1b2) to be seen
1b3) to be visible
1c) (Pual) to be seen
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to see, show
1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be caused to see, be shown
1e2) to be exhibited to
1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face |
בַּת־baṯ- [was] the daughter לְבַ֜תlə·ḇaṯ as his own daughter . תֹּר־tōr- And when it was her turn |
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’es·têr
She
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
wat·til·lā·qaḥ
was taken
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3947 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning) |
’el-
to
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
ham·me·leḵ
King
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš
Xerxes
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 325 |
| BSB/Thayers | Ahasuerus = |I will be silent and poor|
1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes |
’el-
in
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 413 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
mal·ḵū·ṯōw
the royal
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
bêṯ
palace
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 1004 |
| BSB/Thayers | nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within |
hā·‘ă·śî·rî
in the tenth
| Grammar | Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6224 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) ordinal number
1a) a tenth |
hū-
. . .
| Grammar | Pronoun - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1931 |
| BSB/Thayers | pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
1a) himself (with emphasis)
1b) resuming subj with emphasis
1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
1d) (anticipating subj)
1e) (emphasising predicate)
1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article) |
ba·ḥō·ḏeš
month ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month |
ḥō·ḏeš
the month
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 2320 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the new moon, month, monthly
1a) the first day of the month
1b) the lunar month |
ṭê·ḇêṯ
of Tebeth ,
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2887 |
| Footnote | Tebeth is the tenth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of December and January. |
| BSB/Thayers | Tebeth = |goodness|
1) the 10th month of the Jewish calendar corresponding to modern Dec-Jan |
še·ḇa‘
in the seventh
| Grammar | Number - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7651 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) seven (cardinal number)
1a) as ordinal number
1b) in combination-17, 700 etc |
biš·naṯ-
year
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8141 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) year
1a) as division of time
1b) as measure of time
1c) as indication of age
1d) a lifetime (of years of life) |
lə·mal·ḵū·ṯōw
of his reign .
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
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ham·me·leḵ
And the king
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ
loved
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 157 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to love
1a) (Qal)
1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
1a3) human love for or to God
1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) lovely (participle)
1b2) loveable (participle)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) friends
1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like |
’es·têr
Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
mik·kāl
more than all
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
han·nā·šîm
the [other] women ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 802 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) woman, wife, female
1a) woman (opposite of man)
1b) wife (woman married to a man)
1c) female (of animals)
1d) each, every (pronoun) |
wat·tiś·śā-
and she found
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5375 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lift, lift up
1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure
1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted
1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up
1b3) to be borne, be carried
1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist
1c2) to desire, long (fig.)
1c3) to carry, bear continuously
1c4) to take, take away
1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity)
1e2) to cause to bring, have brought |
ḥên
grace
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2580 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) favour, grace, charm
1a) favour, grace, elegance
1b) favour, acceptance |
wā·ḥe·seḏ
and favor
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2617 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) goodness, kindness, faithfulness
2) a reproach, shame |
lə·p̄ā·nāw
in his sight
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
mik·kāl
more than all
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
hab·bə·ṯū·lōṯ
of the other virgins .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1330 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) virgin |
way·yā·śem
So he placed
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7760 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
1a2) to set, direct, direct toward
1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig)
1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
1c) (Hophal) to be set |
mal·ḵūṯ
the royal
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4438 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm |
ke·ṯer-
crown
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3804 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) crown |
bə·rō·šāh
upon her head
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 7218 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum |
way·yam·lî·ḵe·hā
and made her queen
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be or become king or queen, reign
1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
2) to counsel, advise
2a) (Niphal) to consider |
ta·ḥaṯ
in place of
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 8478 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath |
waš·tî
Vashti .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 2060 |
| BSB/Thayers | Vashti = |beautiful|
1) the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders |
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ham·me·leḵ
Then the king
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
way·ya·‘aś
held
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
ḡā·ḏō·wl
a great
| Grammar | Adjective - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1419 |
| BSB/Thayers | adj
1) great
1a) large (in magnitude and extent)
1b) in number
1c) in intensity
1d) loud (in sound)
1e) older (in age)
1f) in importance
1f1) important things
1f2) great, distinguished (of men)
1f3) God Himself (of God)
subst
1g) great things
1h) haughty things
1i) greatness
n pr m
1j) (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel |
miš·teh
banquet ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4960 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) feast, drink, banquet
1a) feast, banquet
1b) drink |
’es·têr
Esther’s
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
miš·têh
banquet ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 4960 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) feast, drink, banquet
1a) feast, banquet
1b) drink |
lə·ḵāl
for all
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3605 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything |
śā·rāw
his officials
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8269 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
1a) chieftain, leader
1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)
1c) captain, general, commander (military)
1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
1e) heads, princes (of religious office)
1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)
1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
1h) patron-angel
1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)
1j) warden |
wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw
and servants .
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5650 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals) |
’êṯ
-
| Grammar | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘ā·śāh
He proclaimed
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
wa·hă·nā·ḥāh
a tax holiday
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 2010 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a day of rest, holiday, a giving of rest, holiday making |
lam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ
in the provinces
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 4082 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) province, district
1a) district
1b) province |
way·yit·tên
and gave
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5414 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to give, put, set
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend
1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate
1a3) to make, constitute
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned
1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted
1c) (Hophal)
1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up
1c2) to be put upon |
maś·’êṯ
gifts
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4864 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting
1a) that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising
1b) utterance, oracle
1c) burden
1d) portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute |
ham·me·leḵ
worthy of the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
kə·yaḏ
bounty .
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
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bə·ṯū·lō·wṯ
When the virgins
| Grammar | Noun - feminine plural |
| Strongs | 1330 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) virgin |
ū·ḇə·hiq·qā·ḇêṣ
were assembled
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 6908 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to gather, assemble
1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, gather
1b2) to be gathered
1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away
1d) (Pual) to be gathered together
1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together |
šê·nîṯ
a second [time] ,
| Grammar | Number - ordinal feminine singular |
| Strongs | 8145 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) second
1a) second (the ordinal number)
1b) again (a second time)
1c) another, other (something as distinct from something else) |
ū·mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
yō·šêḇ
was sitting
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell |
ham·me·leḵ
at the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
bə·ša·‘ar-
gate .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8179 |
| Footnote | Or Mordecai had become a palace official |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven |
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’es·têr
Esther
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
’ên
still had not
| Grammar | Adverb |
| Strongs | 369 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of |
mag·ge·ḏeṯ
revealed
| Grammar | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported |
mō·w·laḏ·tāh
her lineage
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4138 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) kindred, birth, offspring, relatives
1a) kindred
1b) birth, circumstances of birth
1c) one born, begotten, issue, offspring, female offspring |
wə·’eṯ-
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
‘am·māh
or her people ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) nation, people
1a) people, nation
1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
2) kinsman, kindred |
ka·’ă·šer
just as
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
mā·rə·do·ḵāy
Mordecai
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
wə·’eṯ-
-
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker |
| Strongs | 853 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative |
ṣiw·wāh
had instructed .
| Grammar | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6680 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded |
‘ā·le·hā
. . .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
’es·têr
She
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
‘ō·śāh
obeyed
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 6213 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
2) (Piel) to press, squeeze |
mā·rə·do·ḵay
Mordecai’s
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
ma·’ă·mar
command ,
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 3982 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) word, command |
ka·’ă·šer
as
| Grammar | Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative |
| Strongs | 834 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) (relative part.)
1a) which, who
1b) that which
2) (conj)
2a) that (in obj clause)
2b) when
2c) since
2d) as
2e) conditional if |
hā·yə·ṯāh
she had done
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 1961 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) -----
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone |
ḇə·’ā·mə·nāh
under his care
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 545 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) bringing up, nourishment, rearing, training, providing for (as a parent) |
’it·tōw
. . . .
| Grammar | Preposition | third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 854 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) with, near, together with
1a) with, together with
1b) with (of relationship)
1c) near (of place)
1d) with (poss.)
1e) from...with, from (with other prep) |
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In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. |
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hā·hêm
In those
| Grammar | Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1992 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) they, these, the same, who |
bay·yā·mîm
days ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
ū·mā·rə·do·ḵay
while Mordecai
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
yō·šêḇ
was sitting
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3427 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sit, sit down
1a2) to be set
1a3) to remain, stay
1a4) to dwell, have one's abode
1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited
1c) (Piel) to set, place
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to sit
1d2) to cause to abide, set
1d3) to cause to dwell
1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited
1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to)
1e) (Hophal)
1e1) to be inhabited
1e2) to make to dwell |
ham·me·leḵ
at the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
bə·ša·‘ar-
gate ,
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8179 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) gate
1a) gate (of entrance)
1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place)
1b1) city, town
1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle)
1d) heaven |
biḡ·ṯān
Bigthan
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 904 |
| Footnote | Bigthan is a variant of Bigthana; see Esther 6:2. |
| BSB/Thayers | Bigthan = |in their wine-press|
1) a eunuch in king Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) court |
wā·ṯe·reš
and Teresh ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 8657 |
| BSB/Thayers | Teresh = |strictness|
1) one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai |
šə·nê-
two
| Grammar | Number - masculine dual construct |
| Strongs | 8147 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) two
1a) two (the cardinal number)
1a1) two, both, double, twice
1b) second (the ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
1d) both (a dual number) |
ham·me·leḵ
of the king’s
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
sā·rî·sê
eunuchs
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 5631 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) official, eunuch |
miš·šō·mə·rê
who guarded
| Grammar | Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 8104 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep, have charge of
1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life
1a2a) watch, watchman (participle)
1a3) to watch for, wait for
1a4) to watch, observe
1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)
1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain
1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)
1a8) to keep, preserve, protect
1a9) to keep, reserve
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware
1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain
1b3) to be kept, be guarded
1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed
1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from |
has·sap̄
the entrance ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5592 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl
1a) basin, goblet
2) threshold, sill
2a) threshold, sill, door-keeper |
qā·ṣap̄
grew angry
| Grammar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 7107 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be displeased, be angry, fret oneself, be wroth
1a) (Qal) to be wroth, to be full of wrath, to be furious
1b) (Hiphil) to provoke to wrath or anger
1c) (Hithpael) to put oneself in a rage, anger oneself |
way·ḇaq·šū
and conspired
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
liš·lō·aḥ
to assassinate
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct |
| Strongs | 7971 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
1e) (Hiphil) to send |
yāḏ
. . .
| Grammar | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 3027 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) hand
1a) hand (of man)
1b) strength, power (fig.)
1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)
1d) (various special, technical senses)
1d1) sign, monument
1d2) part, fractional part, share
1d3) time, repetition
1d4) axle-trees, axle
1d5) stays, support (for laver)
1d6) tenons (in tabernacle)
1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)
1d8) wrists |
bam·me·leḵ
King
| Grammar | Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
’ă·ḥaš·wê·rōš
Xerxes .
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 325 |
| BSB/Thayers | Ahasuerus = |I will be silent and poor|
1) title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes |
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When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf. |
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lə·mā·rə·do·ḵay
When Mordecai
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
way·yiw·wā·ḏa‘
learned
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3045 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to know
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to know
1a1a) to know, learn to know
1a1b) to perceive
1a1c) to perceive and see, find out and discern
1a1d) to discriminate, distinguish
1a1e) to know by experience
1a1f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess
1a1g) to consider
1a2) to know, be acquainted with
1a3) to know (a person carnally)
1a4) to know how, be skilful in
1a5) to have knowledge, be wise
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be made known, be or become known, be revealed
1b2) to make oneself known
1b3) to be perceived
1b4) to be instructed
1c) (Piel) to cause to know
1d) (Poal) to cause to know
1e) (Pual)
1e1) to be known
1e2) known, one known, acquaintance (participle)
1f) (Hiphil) to make known, declare
1g) (Hophal) to be made known
1h) (Hithpael) to make oneself known, reveal oneself |
had·dā·ḇār
of the plot ,
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
way·yag·gêḏ
he reported
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 5046 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to be conspicuous, tell, make known
1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare
1a1) to tell, announce, report
1a2) to declare, make known, expound
1a3) to inform of
1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim
1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess
1a5a) messenger (participle)
1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported |
ham·mal·kāh
it to Queen
| Grammar | Article | Noun - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 4436 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) queen |
lə·’es·têr
Esther ,
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
’es·têr
and she
| Grammar | Noun - proper - feminine singular |
| Strongs | 635 |
| BSB/Thayers | Esther = |star|
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
wat·tō·mer
informed
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular |
| Strongs | 559 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to say, speak, utter
1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch |
lam·me·leḵ
the king
| Grammar | Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
mā·rə·do·ḵāy
on Mordecai’s behalf
| Grammar | Noun - proper - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4782 |
| BSB/Thayers | Mordecai = |little man| or |worshipper of Mars|
1) cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim
2) a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
bə·šêm
. . . .
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 8034 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) name
1a) name
1b) reputation, fame, glory
1c) the Name (as designation of God)
1d) memorial, monument |
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After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king. |
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had·dā·ḇār
After the report
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
way·ḇuq·qaš
had been investigated
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 1245 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to seek to find
1a2) to seek to secure
1a3) to seek the face
1a4) to desire, demand
1a5) to require, exact
1a6) to ask, request
1b) (Pual) to be sought |
way·yim·mā·ṣê
and verified ,
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4672 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to find, attain to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to find
1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)
1a1b) to find (what is lost)
1a1c) to meet, encounter
1a1d) to find (a condition)
1a1e) to learn, devise
1a2) to find out
1a2a) to find out
1a2b) to detect
1a2c) to guess
1a3) to come upon, light upon
1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with
1a3b) to hit
1a3c) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be found
1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered
1b1b) to appear, be recognised
1b1c) to be discovered, be detected
1b1d) to be gained, be secured
1b2) to be, be found
1b2a) to be found in
1b2b) to be in the possession of
1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be
1b2d) to be left (after war)
1b2e) to be present
1b2f) to prove to be
1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to find, attain
1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come
1c3) to cause to encounter
1c4) to present (offering) |
šə·nê·hem
both [officials]
| Grammar | Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8147 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) two
1a) two (the cardinal number)
1a1) two, both, double, twice
1b) second (the ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
1d) both (a dual number) |
way·yit·tā·lū
were hanged
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural |
| Strongs | 8518 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to hang
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hang
1a1a) to hang up (any object)
1a1b) to put to death by hanging
1b) (Niphal) to be hanged
1c) (Piel) to hang, hang up (for display) |
‘al-
on
| Grammar | Preposition |
| Strongs | 5921 |
| BSB/Thayers | prep
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
conj
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although |
‘êṣ
the gallows .
| Grammar | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 6086 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows
1a) tree, trees
1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax |
way·yik·kā·ṯêḇ
And all this was recorded
| Grammar | Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular |
| Strongs | 3789 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) to write, record, enrol
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on
1a2) to write down, describe in writing
1a3) to register, enrol, record
1a4) to decree
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be written
1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled
1c) (Piel) to continue writing |
bə·sê·p̄er
in the Book
| Grammar | Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct |
| Strongs | 5612 |
| BSB/Thayers | n f
1) book
n m
2) missive, document, writing, book
2a) missive
2a1) letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree
2b) legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign
2c) book, scroll
2c1) book of prophecies
2c2) genealogical register
2c3) law-book
2c4) book (of poems)
2c5) book (of kings)
2c6) books of the canon, scripture
2c7) record book (of God)
2d) book-learning, writing
2d1) be able to read (after verb 'to know') |
diḇ·rê
of the Chronicles
| Grammar | Noun - masculine plural construct |
| Strongs | 1697 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
hay·yā·mîm
. . .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine plural |
| Strongs | 3117 |
| Footnote | Or the Book of the Annals or the Book of the Historical Events |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) day, time, year
1a) day (as opposed to night)
1b) day (24 hour period)
1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
1b2) as a division of time
1b2a) a working day, a day's journey
1c) days, lifetime (pl.)
1d) time, period (general)
1e) year
1f) temporal references
1f1) today
1f2) yesterday
1f3) tomorrow |
lip̄·nê
in the presence
| Grammar | Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct |
| Strongs | 6440 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) face
1a) face, faces
1b) presence, person
1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim)
1d) face (of animals)
1e) face, surface (of ground)
1f) as adv of loc/temp
1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
1g) with prep
1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of |
ham·me·leḵ
of the king .
| Grammar | Article | Noun - masculine singular |
| Strongs | 4428 |
| BSB/Thayers | 1) king |
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