Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 1:15 Interlinear

according to law What shall we do unto the queen Vashti What shall we do the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כְּדָת֙H1881according to lawa royal edict or statute
2מַֽהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
3עָשְׂתָ֗הH6213What shall we doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4בַּמַּלְכָּ֖הH4436unto the queena queen
5וַשְׁתִּ֑יH2060Vashtivashti, the queen of xerxes
6עַ֣ל׀H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
8לֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9עָשְׂתָ֗הH6213What shall we doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
10אֶֽתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
11מַאֲמַר֙H3982the commandmentsomething (authoritatively) said, i.e., an edict
12הַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428of the kinga king
13אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁH325Ahasuerusachashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
14בְּיַ֖דH3027bya hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
15הַסָּֽרִיסִֽים׃H5631the chamberlainsa eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state

Verse Context

Esther 1:14And the next unto him was Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish...
Esther 1:15 (current)according to law What shall we do unto the queen Vashti What shall we do the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains
Esther 1:16answered And Memucan before of the king and the princes ...

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