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Esther 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.


Esther 1:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:1721 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֵצֵ֤אyēṣēʾ
it will go forthverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
דְבַרdəbar
the matter ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/מַּלְכָּה֙hamaləkāh
the queenparticleH4436
עַלʿal
topronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֔יםhanāšiym
the womenparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
לְ/הַבְז֥וֹתləhabəzwōt
to make despicablepronH959
disdain · contemn · think to scorn · vile person
בַּעְלֵי/הֶ֖ןbaʿəlēyhen
husbands theirnounH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
בְּ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֑ןbəʿēynēyhen
in view theirpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
בְּ/אָמְרָ֗/םbəʾāmərām
because will say theypronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁʾăḥašəwērwōš
AhasuerusnounH325
אָמַ֞רʾāmar
he saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/הָבִ֨יאləhābiyʾ
to bringpronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
וַשְׁתִּ֧יwašətiy
VashtinounH2060
הַ/מַּלְכָּ֛הhamaləkāh
the queenparticleH4436
לְ/פָנָ֖י/וləpānāyw
before himpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
בָֽאָהbāʾāh
she cameverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
Words 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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