Esther 1:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?”

Esther 1:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:1515 words

HebrewMeaning

כְּ/דָת֙kədāt

commandmentpronH1881

commission · decree · law · manner

מַֽהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

לַּ/עֲשׂ֔וֹתlaʿăśwōt

accomplishpronH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

בַּ/מַּלְכָּ֖הbamaləkāh

queenpronH4436

וַשְׁתִּ֑יwašətiy

Vashti. znounH2060

עַ֣לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

עָשְׂתָ֗הʿāśətāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶֽתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מַאֲמַר֙maʾămar

commandmentnounH3982

decree

הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾăḥašəwērwōš

AhasuerusnounH325

בְּ/יַ֖דbəyad

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

הַ/סָּרִיסִֽיםhasāriysiym

chamberlainparticleH5631

eunuch · officer. Compare

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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