Esther 6:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.”

Esther 6:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 6:116 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ/לַּ֣יְלָהbalayəlāh

nightpronH3915

הַ/ה֔וּאhahwʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

נָדְדָ֖הnādədāh

chaseverbH5074

could not · depart · flee ( apace · away) ···

שְׁנַ֣תšənat

sleepnounH8142

הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לְ/הָבִ֞יאləhābiyʾ

abidepronH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

סֵ֤פֶרsēper

billnounH5612

book · evidence · learn · letter ···

הַ/זִּכְרֹנוֹת֙hazikərōnwōt

memorialparticleH2146

record

דִּבְרֵ֣יdibərēy

wordnounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/יָּמִ֔יםhayāmiym

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

וַ/יִּהְי֥וּwayihəyw

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

נִקְרָאִ֖יםniqərāʾiym

bewrayverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְhamelekə

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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