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while he showedבְּהַרְאֹתוֹthe richesעֹשֶׁרof the gloryכְּבוֹדof his kingdomמַלְכוּתוֹandוְthe honorיְקָרof the splendorתִּפְאֶרֶתof his greatnessגְּדוּלָּתוֹformanyרַבִּיםdays,יָמִיםa hundredמְאַתandוּeightyשְׁמוֹנִיםdays.יוֹם
Esther 1:4
Study it in the app“while he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom and the honor of the splendor of his greatness for many days, a hundred and eighty days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:4, word by word
- while he showedהַרְאֹתharot
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “harot” appears- the richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- of the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- the honorיְקָרyekar
honor
Public recognition given to a person for his worth or service.
Where else “yekar” appears- of the splendorתִּפְאֶרֶתtiferet
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tiferet” appears- of his greatnessגְּדוּלָּתgedulat
greatness
Greatness; also the great deeds someone does.
Where else “gedulat” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- a hundredמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- eightyשְׁמוֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears
The context
3in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his officials and his servants: the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces being before him,
4 · This verse (above)
5And when these days were completed, the king made for all the people who were present in Susa, the fortress, from the great to the small, a banquet of seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.