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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto the wise menלַחֲכָמִיםwho knewיֹדְעֵיthe timesהָעִתִּים(forכִּיsuchכֵןwasthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְpracticeדְּבַרbeforeלִפְנֵיallכָּלwho knewיֹדְעֵיlawדָּתand judgment;וָדִין
Esther 1:13
Study it in the app“And 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:13, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the wise menחֲכָמִיםchachamim
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachamim” appears- who knewיֹדְעֵיyode
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yode” appears- the timesעִתִּיםitim
times
What a person lives through in his time.
Where else “itim” appears- practiceדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- lawדָּתdat
law, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appears- and judgmentדִיןdin
judgment
What the judge decides.
Where else “din” appears
The context
12But 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14and those closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the face of the king, who sat first in the kingdom):