Esther 1:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.”

Esther 1:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:1215 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תְּמָאֵ֞ןwatəmāʾēn

refuseconjH3985

utterly

הַ/מַּלְכָּ֣הhamaləkāh

queenparticleH4436

וַשְׁתִּ֗יwašətiy

Vashti. znounH2060

לָ/בוֹא֙lābwōʾ

abidepronH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

בִּ/דְבַ֣רbidəbar

wordpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בְּ/יַ֣דbəyad

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

הַ/סָּרִיסִ֑יםhasāriysiym

chamberlainparticleH5631

eunuch · officer. Compare

וַ/יִּקְצֹ֤ףwayiqəṣōp

angerconjH7107

displease · fret self · wrath · be wroth

הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

מְאֹ֔דməʾōd

diligentlyadvH3966

especially · exceeding · far · fast ···

וַ/חֲמָת֖/וֹwaḥămātwō

angerconjH2534

bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···

בָּעֲרָ֥הbāʿărāh

be brutishverbH1197

bring (put · take) away · burn · eat ···

בֽ/וֹbwō

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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