Study it in the app“And 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.”
And thisוְ הַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםthe ladiesשָׂרוֹתof Persiaפָּרַסand Mediaוּמָדַיwhoאֲשֶׁרhave heardשָׁמְעוּthe matterדְּבַרof the queenהַמַּלְכָּהwill say itתֹּאמַרְנָהto allלְכֹלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְofficials;שָׂרֵיand there will beוּplentyכְדַיof contemptבִּזָּיוֹןand anger.וָקָצֶף
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsprincess, noble lady
Princess, noblewoman. Of the same family as "prince" and as the name "Sarah."
Where else “sarot” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “paras” appearsMadai
Madai, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).
Where else “maday” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamu” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appearsqueen
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomarna” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsenough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “day” appearscontempt
Contempt: holding someone in little regard.
Where else “bizayon” appearswrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “katsef” appearsPersia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
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.’
18 · This verse (above)
19If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go out from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, and let it not pass away: that Vashti is not to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royalty to her companion who is better than she.
