Esther 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.”

Esther 5:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 5:827 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

מָצָ֨אתִיmāṣāʾtiy

I have foundverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

חֵ֜ןḥēn

favornounH2580

grace · pleasant · precious · favoured

בְּ/עֵינֵ֣יbəʿēynēy

in the eyes ofpronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

וְ/אִםwəʾim

and ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

עַלʿal

is onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

ט֔וֹבṭwōb

be betteradjH2895

cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···

לָ/תֵת֙lātēt

to grantpronH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔/יšəʾēlātiy

petition mynounH7596

petition · request

וְ/לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹתwəlaʿăśwōt

and to doconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑/יbaqāšātiy

request mynounH1246

יָב֧וֹאyābwōʾ

let him comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

וְ/הָמָ֗ןwəhāmān

and HamanconjH2001

אֶלʾel

topronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מִּשְׁתֶּה֙hamišəteh

the feastparticleH4960

drank · drink · feast · -ing)

אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣הʾeʿĕśeh

I will makeverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem

pron

וּ/מָחָ֥רwmāḥār

and tomorrowconjH4279

tomorrow

אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖הʾeʿĕśeh

I will doverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

כִּ/דְבַ֥רkidəbar

according to the word ofpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְhamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

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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