Esther 1:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:”

Esther 1:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:1314 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

לַ/חֲכָמִ֖יםlaḥăkāmiym

cunningpronH2450

subtil · wise · man)

יֹדְעֵ֣יyōdəʿēy

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

הָֽ/עִתִּ֑יםhāʿitiym

waysparticleH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

כֵן֙kēn

-wardadvH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

דְּבַ֣רdəbar

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

לִ/פְנֵ֕יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יֹדְעֵ֖יyōdəʿēy

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

דָּ֥תdāt

commandmentnounH1881

commission · decree · law · manner

וָ/דִֽיןwādiyn

causeconjH1779

judgement · plea · strife

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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