“According to the law,כְּדָתwhatמַהis to be doneלַּעֲשׂוֹתwith Queen Vashti,בַּמַּלְכָּה וַשְׁתִּיbecauseעַל אֲשֶׁרshe has notלֹאdoneעָשְׂתָהthe commandמַאֲמַרof King Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁsentby the handבְּיַדof the eunuchs?”הַסָּרִיסִים
Esther 1:15
Study it in the app““According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus sent by the hand of the eunuchs?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:15, word by word
- “According to the lawדָתdat
law, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appears- is to be doneעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- with 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- with 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- the commandמַאֲמַרmaamar
command, word
Command: what someone with authority says.
Where else “maamar” appears- of King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” 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
The context
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):
15 · This verse (above)
16And Memucan said before the king and the officials, “Not against the king alone has Vashti the queen committed iniquity, but against all the officials and against all the peoples that are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.