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Esther 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.


Esther 2:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 2:2119 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּ/יָּמִ֣יםbayāmiym
in the dayspronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הָ/הֵ֔םhāhēm
thoseparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וּ/מָרְדֳּכַ֖יwmārədŏkay
and MordecaiconjH4782
יֹשֵׁ֣בyōšēb
was sittingverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/שַֽׁעַרbəšaʿar
at the gate ofpronH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
קָצַף֩qāṣap
he was angryverbH7107
displease · fret self · wrath · be wroth
בִּגְתָ֨ןbigətān
BigthannounH904
Bigthana
וָ/תֶ֜רֶשׁwātereš
and TereshconjH8657
שְׁנֵֽיšənēy
two ofadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
סָרִיסֵ֤יsāriysēy
the eunuchs ofnounH5631
eunuch · officer. Compare
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
מִ/שֹּׁמְרֵ֣יmišōmərēy
from the guards ofpronH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/סַּ֔ףhasap
the thresholdparticleH5592
bowl · cup · door · gate ···
וַ/יְבַקְשׁוּ֙wayəbaqəšw
and they soughtconjH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
לִ/שְׁלֹ֣חַlišəlōḥa
to stretch outpronH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
יָ֔דyād
a handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
בַּ/מֶּ֖לֶךְbamelekə
on the kingpronH4428
royal
אֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁʾăḥašəwērōš
AhasuerusnounH325
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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