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Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 1

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: king

Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 2

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 3

אֶסְתֵּ֣ר'es.TerO Esther

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 5:3 word 4

הַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.Kahthe queen

Lemma: מַלְכָּה (mal.kah) · Strong's: H4436H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: queen

Used 27 times. Also: Esther 1:9, Esther 1:11, Esther 1:12, Esther 1:15, Esther 1:16, Esther 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4436H; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 5

וּמַה\־u.mah-and what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 6

בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.Tekh[is] request your

Lemma: בַּקָּשָׁה (baq.qa.shah) · Strong's: H1246

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: request

Used 8 times. Also: Ezra 7:6, Esther 5:6, Esther 5:7, Esther 5:8, Esther 7:2, Esther 7:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1246; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 7

עַד\־'ad-up to

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 8

חֲצִ֥יcha.Tzi<the> half of

Lemma: חֲצִי (che.tsi) · Strong's: H2677

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: half

Used 125 times. Also: Exodus 12:29, Exodus 24:6, Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 26:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2677; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 9

הַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.Khutthe kingdom

Lemma: מַלְכוּת (mal.khut) · Strong's: H4438

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: royalty

Used 91 times. Also: Numbers 24:7, 1 Samuel 20:31, 1 Kings 2:12, 1 Chronicles 11:10, 1 Chronicles 12:23, 1 Chronicles 14:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4438; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 10

וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽןve.yi.Na.tenso it may be given

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNu3ms)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Esther 5:3 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

What	→	מָה H4100 what?
is it	→
Queen	→	מַלְכָּה H4436H queen
Esther	→	אֶסְתֵּר H0635 Esther
the king	→	מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
inquired	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
What [is]	→	מָה H4100 what?
your request	→	בַּקָּשָׁה H1246 request
Even up to	→	עַד H5704 till
half	→	חֲצִי H2677 half
the kingdom	→	מַלְכוּת H4438 royalty
it will be given	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
to you	→

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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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