Esther 5:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

Esther 5:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 5:615 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

לְ/אֶסְתֵּר֙ləʾesətēr

EstherpronH635

בְּ/מִשְׁתֵּ֣הbəmišətēh

banquetpronH4960

drank · drink · feast · -ing)

הַ/יַּ֔יִןhayayin

banquetingparticleH3196

wine · wine

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖/ךְšəʾēlātēkə

loannounH7596

petition · request

וְ/יִנָּ֣תֵֽןwəyinātēn

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לָ֑/ךְlākə

pron

וּ/מַהwmah

how (longconjH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛/ךְbaqāšātēkə

requestnounH1246

עַדʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

חֲצִ֥יḥăṣiy

halfnounH2677

middle · mid · midst · part ···

הַ/מַּלְכ֖וּתhamaləkwt

empireparticleH4438

kingdom · realm · reign · royal

וְ/תֵעָֽשׂwətēʿāś

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

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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