Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 6:1 Interlinear

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בַּלַּ֣יְלָהH3915On that nightproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
2הַה֔וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
3נָֽדְדָ֖הH5074could notproperly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
4שְׁנַ֣תH8142sleepsleep
5הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428the kinga king
6וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559and he commandedto say (used with great latitude)
7לְהָבִ֞יאH935to bringto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9סֵ֤פֶרH5612the bookproperly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
10הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙H2146of recordsa memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
11דִּבְרֵ֣יH1697of the chroniclesa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
12הַיָּמִ֔יםH3117a 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
13וַיִּֽהְי֥וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
14נִקְרָאִ֖יםH7121and they were readto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
15לִפְנֵ֥יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
16הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428the kinga king

Verse Context

Esther 6:1 (current)On that night could not sleep the king and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles and they were read before the king
Esther 6:2And it was found written had told that Mordecai ...

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