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So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. (KJV)
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וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖רvai.ya.'a.Vorand he passed on
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 1
מָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiMordecai
Lemma: מׇרְדֳּכַי (mor.de.khay) · Strong's: H4782H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Mordecai
Used 58 times. Also: Esther 2:5, Esther 2:7, Esther 2:10, Esther 2:11, Esther 2:15, Esther 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4782H; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 2
וַיַּ֕עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he did
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 3
כְּכֹ֛לke.Kholaccording to all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 4
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-that
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 5
צִוְּתָ֥הtzi.ve.Tahshe had commanded
Lemma: צָוָה (tsa.vah) · Strong's: H6680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)
Meaning: to command
Used 491 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6680; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 6
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavto him
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 7
אֶסְתֵּֽר\׃\ \ס'es.TerEsther
Lemma: אֶסְתֵּר (es.ter) · Strong's: H0635
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Esther
Used 55 times. Also: Esther 2:7, Esther 2:8, Esther 2:10, Esther 2:11, Esther 2:15, Esther 2:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0635; TAHOT Esther 4:17 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Mordecai | → | מׇרְדֳּכַי H4782H Mordecai |
| went | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| and did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| Esther | → | אֶסְתֵּר H0635 Esther |
| had instructed | → | צָוָה H6680 to command |
| him | → | עַל H5921A upon |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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