But Queen Vashtiוַ הַמַּלְכָּה וַשְׁתִּיrefusedתְּמָאֵןto comeלָבוֹאat the wordבִּדְבַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְthat cameאֲשֶׁרby the handבְּיַדof the eunuchs.הַסָּרִיסִיםAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְbecameיִּקְצֹףveryמְאֹדangry,יִּקְצֹףand his furyוַחֲמָתוֹburnedבָּעֲרָהwithin him.בוֹ
Esther 1:12
Study it in the app“But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that came by the hand of the eunuchs. And the king became very angry, and his fury burned within him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:12, word by word
- But Queen Vashtiמַּלְכָּהmalka
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” appears- But Queen Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashti
Vashti
Vashti: the name of the queen, wife of King Ahasuerus, who refused to come before him and lost her place.
Where else “vashti” appears- refusedתְּמָאֵןtemaen
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “temaen” appears- to comeבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- at the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of the eunuchsסָּרִיסִיםsarisim
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “sarisim” appears- becameיִּקְצֹףyiktsof
be angry
Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.
Where else “yiktsof” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- and his furyחֲמָתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- burnedבָּעֲרָהbaara
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “baara” appears
The context
11to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the peoples and the officials her beauty; for she was of good appearance.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for such was the king’s practice before all who knew law and judgment;