Hebrew Interlinear
Esther 10:1 Interlinear
“laid And the king Ahasuerus a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיָּשֶׂם֩ | H7760 | laid | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 2 | הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ | H4428 | And the king | a king |
| 3 | אֲחַשְׁרֵ֧וֹשׁ׀ | H325 | Ahasuerus | achashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king |
| 4 | מַ֛ס | H4522 | a tribute | properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e., a tax in the form of forced labor |
| 5 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 6 | הָאָ֖רֶץ | H776 | upon the land | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 7 | וְאִיֵּ֥י | H339 | and upon the isles | properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island |
| 8 | הַיָּֽם׃ | H3220 | of the sea | a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif |
Verse Context
Esther 10:1 (current)laid And the king Ahasuerus a tribute upon the land and upon the isles of the sea
Esther 10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might and the declaration of the greatness...