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Esther 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.


Esther 1:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:2018 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/נִשְׁמַע֩wənišəmaʿ
call togetherconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
פִּתְגָ֨םpitəgām
decreenounH6599
sentence
הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֲשֶֽׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יַעֲשֶׂה֙yaʿăśeh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מַלְכוּת֔/וֹmaləkwtwō
empirenounH4438
kingdom · realm · reign · royal
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רַבָּ֖הrabāh
abound(-undanceadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
הִ֑יאhiyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֗יםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
יִתְּנ֤וּyitənw
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יְקָר֙yəqār
honournounH3366
precious · price
לְ/בַעְלֵי/הֶ֔ןləbaʿəlēyhen
captainpronH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
לְ/מִ/גָּד֖וֹלləmigādwōl
elderpronH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וְ/עַדwəʿad
againstconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
קָטָֽןqāṭān
leastadjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
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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