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And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.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 5:6 word 1
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.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 5:6 word 2
לְאֶסְתֵּר֙le.'es.Terto 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 5:6 word 3
בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣הbe.mish.Tehat [the] feast of
Lemma: מִשְׁתֶּה (mish.teh) · Strong's: H4960
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: feast
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 19:3, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 26:30, Genesis 29:22, Genesis 40:20, Judges 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4960; TAHOT Esther 5:6 word 4
הַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yin<the> wine
Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wine
Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Esther 5:6 word 5
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 5:6 word 6
שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְshe.'e.la.Tekh[is] petition your
Lemma: שְׁאֵלָה (she.e.lah) · Strong's: H7596
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: petition
Used 14 times. Also: Judges 8:24, 1 Samuel 1:17, 1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 2:20, 1 Kings 2:16, 1 Kings 2:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7596; TAHOT Esther 5:6 word 7
וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽןve.yi.Na.tensp 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 5:6 word 8
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 5:6 word 9
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 5:3, Esther 5:7, Esther 5:8, Esther 7:2, Esther 7:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1246; TAHOT Esther 5:6 word 10
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 5:6 word 11
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 5:6 word 12
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 5:6 word 13
וְתֵעָֽשׂ\׃ve.te.'Asand it may be done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNj3fs)
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 5:6 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And as they drank | → | מִשְׁתֶּה H4960 feast |
| their wine | → | יַ֫יִן H3196 wine |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to Esther | → | אֶסְתֵּר H0635 Esther |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| is your petition | → | שְׁאֵלָה H7596 petition |
| It will be given | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| to you | → | |
| 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 fulfilled | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
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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