Esther 1:17

“For 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.’”

Esther 1:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 1:17, word by word

the matterדְבַרdevar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

Where else “devar” appears
of 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.

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will go outיֵצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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makingהַבְזוֹתhavzot

despise

Despise, think little of.

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their husbandsבַּעְלֵיbale

husband

The man joined to a woman in marriage.

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in their eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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when they sayאָמְרָamra

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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‘King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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‘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.

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to bringהָבִיאhavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashti

Vashti

Vashti: the name of the queen, wife of King Ahasuerus, who refused to come before him and lost her place.

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before himפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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The context

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.

17 · This verse (above)

18And this day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter of the queen will say it to all the king’s officials; and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

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