Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 7:3 Interlinear

answered Then Esther the queen and said If I have found favour in thy sight O king O king and if it please be given let my life me at my petition and my people at my request

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַתַּ֨עַןH6030answeredproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2אֶסְתֵּ֤רH635Then Estherester, the jewish heroine
3הַמַּלְכָּה֙H4436the queena queen
4וַתֹּאמַ֔רH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
5אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
6מָצָ֨אתִיH4672If I have foundproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
7חֵ֤ןH2580favourgraciousness, i.e., subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
8בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙H5869in thy sightan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
9הַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428O kinga king
10וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
11עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12הַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428O kinga king
13ט֑וֹבH2895and if it pleaseto be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
14תִּנָּֽתֶןH5414be givento give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
15לִ֤יH0
16נַפְשִׁי֙H5315let my lifeproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
17בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יH7596me at my petitiona petition; by implication, a loan
18וְעַמִּ֖יH5971and my peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
19בְּבַקָּֽשָׁתִֽי׃H1246at my requesta petition

Verse Context

Esther 7:2said And the king Esther day on the second...
Esther 7:3 (current)answered Then Esther the queen and said If I have found favour in thy sight O king O king and if it please be given let my life me at my petition and my people at my request
Esther 7:4 For we are sold I and my people to be destroyed to be slain...

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