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Esther 1:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.


Esther 1:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 1:816 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/שְּׁתִיָּ֥הwəhašətiyāh
drinkingconjH8360
כַ/דָּ֖תkadāt
commandmentpronH1881
commission · decree · law · manner
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אֹנֵ֑סʾōnēs
compelverbH597
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כֵ֣ןkēn
-wardadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִסַּ֣דyisad
appointverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
עַ֚לʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רַ֣בrab
abound(-undancenounH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
בֵּית֔/וֹbēytwō
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹתlaʿăśwōt
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כִּ/רְצ֥וֹןkirəṣwōn
acceptable(-ancepronH7522
-ed) · delight · desire · favour ···
אִישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
וָ/אִֽישׁwāʾiyš
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
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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