Forכִּיthe matterדְבַרof the queenהַמַּלְכָּהwill go outיֵצֵאtoעַלallכָּלthe women,הַנָּשִׁיםmakingלְהַבְזוֹתtheir husbandsבַּעְלֵיהֶןcontemptibleהַבְזוֹתin their eyes,בְּעֵינֵיהֶןwhen they say,בְּאָמְרָם‘King Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁsaidאָמַרto bringלְהָבִיאVashtiוַשְׁתִּיthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהbefore him,לְפָנָיוand she did notוְלֹאcome.’בָאָה
Esther 1:17
Study it in the app“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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “malka” appears- will go outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- makingהַבְזוֹתhavzot
despise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “havzot” appears- their husbandsבַּעְלֵיbale
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “bale” appears- in their eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- when they sayאָמְרָamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- ‘King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- ‘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- to bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- 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- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
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.