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And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 6:3 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 6:3 word 2
מַֽה\־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 6:3 word 3
נַּעֲשָׂ֞הna.'a.Sahhas it been done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213I
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to make: offer
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 31:1, Exodus 1:21, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 29:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213I; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 4
יְקָ֧רye.Karhonor
Lemma: יְקָר (ye.qar) · Strong's: H3366
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: preciousness
Used 17 times. Also: Esther 1:4, Esther 1:20, Esther 6:6, Esther 6:7, Esther 6:9, Esther 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3366; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 5
וּגְדוּלָּ֛הu.ge.du.Lahand greatness
Lemma: גְּדוּלָּה (ge.du.lah) · Strong's: H1420
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: greatness
Used 11 times. Also: 2 Samuel 7:21, 2 Samuel 7:23, 1 Chronicles 17:19, 1 Chronicles 17:21, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Esther 1:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1420; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 6
לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יle.ma.re.do.Khaifor Mordecai
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 6:3 word 7
עַל\־'al-on
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 6:3 word 8
זֶ֑הZehthis
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 9
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
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 6:3 word 10
נַעֲרֵ֤יna.'a.Rei[the] young men of
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 11
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.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 6:3 word 12
מְשָׁ֣רְתָ֔יוme.Sha.re.Tavservants his
Lemma: שָׁרַת (sha.rat) · Strong's: H8334
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)
Meaning: to minister
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 39:4, Genesis 40:4, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8334; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 13
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 14
נַעֲשָׂ֥הna.'a.Sahit was done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
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 6:3 word 15
עִמּ֖וֹi.Mowith him
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 16
דָּבָֽר\׃da.Varanything
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Esther 6:3 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| inquired | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| honor | → | יְקָר H3366 preciousness |
| or dignity | → | גְּדוּלָּה H1420 greatness |
| has been bestowed | → | עָשָׂה H6213I to make: offer |
| on Mordecai | → | מׇרְדֳּכַי H4782H Mordecai |
| for | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| this act | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| Nothing | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| . . . | → | דָּבָר H1697I word: thing |
| has been done | → | עָשָׂה H6213I to make: offer |
| for him | → | עִם H5973A with |
| replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| the king’s | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| attendants | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| . . . | → | שָׁרַת H8334 to minister |
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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