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And the matterוַ הַדָּבָרseemed goodיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand the officials,וְהַשָּׂרִיםand the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְdidיַּעַשׂaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof Memucan;מְמוּכָן
Esther 1:21
Study it in the app“And the matter seemed good in the eyes of the king and the officials, and the king did according to the word of Memucan;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:21, word by word
- And the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- seemed goodיִּיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- of 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
The context
20And when the decree of the king that he makes is heard in all his kingdom, for it is great, all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the great to the small.”
21 · This verse (above)
22he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province according to its script and to each people according to its language, that every man should be master in his house and speak according to the language of his people.