Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 1:2 Interlinear

“That in those days sat when the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom which was in Shushan the palace”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בַּיָּמִ֖ים	H3117	That in those days	a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
2	הָהֵ֑ם	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
3	כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀	H3427	sat	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
4	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	H4428	when the king	a king
5	אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ	H325	Ahasuerus	achashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
6	עַ֚ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	כִּסֵּ֣א	H3678	on the throne	properly, covered, i.e., a throne (as canopied)
8	מַלְכוּת֔וֹ	H4438	of his kingdom	a rule; concretely, a dominion
9	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10	בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן	H7800	which was in Shushan	shushan, a place in persia
11	הַבִּירָֽה׃	H1002	the palace	a castle or palace

Esther 1:2 (current)That in those days sat when the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom which was in Shushan the palace