And whenוּבִtheseהָאֵלֶּהdaysהַיָּמִיםwere completed,מְלוֹאתthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְmadeעָשָׂהfor allלְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwho were presentהַנִּמְצְאִיםin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהfromלְמִthe greatגָּדוֹלtoוְעַדthe small,קָטָןa banquetמִשְׁתֶּהof sevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםin the courtבַּחֲצַרof the gardenגִּנַּתof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְpalace.בִּיתַן
Esther 1:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:5, word by word
- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- were completedמְלוֹאתmelot
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “melot” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who were presentנִּמְצְאִיםnimtsim
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “nimtsim” appears- in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan
Susa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears- the fortressבִּירָהbira
palace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appears- the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- the smallקָטָןkatan
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katan” appears- a banquetמִשְׁתֶּהmishte
feast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appears- of sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- in the courtחֲצַרchatsar
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsar” appears- of the gardenגִּנַּתginat
garden
Garden, an enclosed orchard.
Where else “ginat” appears- palaceבִּיתַןbitan
palace
Palace: a large house of the king.
Where else “bitan” appears
Places in this verse
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
The context
4while 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6There was white cloth, cotton and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to rings of silver and columns of marble; couches of gold and silver on a pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and dark stone.