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Esther 5:3
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And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what [is] thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
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And Esther answered, If [it seem] good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Then saidH559 the kingH4428 unto her, What wilt thou, queenH4436 EstherH635? and what is thy requestH1246? it shall be even givenH5414 thee to the halfH2677 of the kingdomH4438.
Original Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ מַה־לָּךְ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד־חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְיִנָּתֵן לָךְ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר |
va/i.Yo.mer | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
לָ/הּ֙ |
la/h | HR/Sp3fs | to/ her | |
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ |
ha./Me.lekh | H4428 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ king |
מַה |
mah- | H4100 | HTi | what? |
לָּ֖/ךְ |
la/kh | HR/Sp2fs | (is) to/ you | |
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר |
'es.Ter | H635 | HNp | O Esther |
הַ/מַּלְכָּ֑ה |
ha./mal.Kah | H4436 | HTd/Ncfsa | the/ queen |
וּ/מַה |
u./mah- | H4100 | HC/Ti | and/ what? |
בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛/ךְ |
ba.ka.sha.Te/kh | H1246 | HNcfsc/Sp2fs | (is) request/ your |
עַד |
'ad- | H5704 | HR | up to |
חֲצִ֥י |
cha.Tzi | H2677 | HNcmsc | (the) half of |
הַ/מַּלְכ֖וּת |
ha./mal.Khut | H4438 | HTd/Ncfsa | the/ kingdom |
וְ/יִנָּ֥תֵֽן |
ve./yi.Na.ten | H5414 | HC/VNj3ms | so/ it may be given |
לָֽ/ךְ |
La/kh | HR/Sp2fs | to/ you |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H635 — אֶסְתֵּר (ʼEçtêr, es-tare'): of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine; Esther.
- H1246 — בַּקָּשָׁה (baqqâshâh, bak-kaw-shaw'): from בָּקַשׁ; a petition; request.
- H2677 — חֵצִי (chêtsîy, khay-tsee'): from חָצָהlemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה; the half or middle; half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H4436 — מַלְכָּה (malkâh, mal-kaw'): feminine of מֶלֶךְ; a queen; queen.
- H4438 — מַלְכוּת (malkûwth, mal-kooth'): or מַלְכֻת; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה; from מָלַךְ; a rule; concretely, a dominion; empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
- H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
- H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- to — Esther 5:6, Mark 6:23
- What — 1 Kings 2:20, 1 Kings 3:5, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Esther 9:12, Matthew 20:20-22, Luke 18:41
Reciprocal references (4): Nehemiah 2:4, Matthew 14:7, Matthew 20:21, Acts 23:19
Related Topics
- Nave’s: KING
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