And Memucanוַ מְמוּכָןsaidיֹּאמֶרbeforeלִפְנֵיthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand the officials,וְהַשָּׂרִים“Notלֹאagainstעַלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְaloneלְבַדּוֹhas Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהcommitted iniquity,עָוְתָהbutכִּיagainstעַלallכָּלthe officialsהַשָּׂרִיםand againstוְעַלallכָּלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםthat areאֲשֶׁרin allבְּכָלthe provincesמְדִינוֹתof King Ahasuerus.הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
Esther 1:16
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:16, word by word
- And Memucanמְמוּכָןmemuchan
Memucan
Memucan: the name of one of the seven officials of Persia and Media; he advised the king about Queen Vashti.
Where else “memuchan” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- aloneבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- has 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 queenמַּלְכָּהmalka
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- committed iniquityעָוְתָהavta
do wrong
To do wrong.
Where else “avta” appears- the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- the provincesמְדִינוֹתmedinot
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” 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
The context
15“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?”
16 · This verse (above)
17For the matter of the queen will go out to all the women, making their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they say, ‘King Ahasuerus said to bring Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come.’