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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּשֶׂם֩H7760laidto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
2הַמֶּ֨לֶךְH4428And the kinga king
3אֲחַשְׁרֵ֧וֹשׁ׀H325Ahasuerusachashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
4מַ֛סH4522a tributeproperly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e., a tax in the form of forced labor
5עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6הָאָ֖רֶץH776upon the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
7וְאִיֵּ֥יH339and upon the islesproperly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
8הַיָּֽם׃H3220of the seaa 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...

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