Esther 1:5

“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.”

Esther 1:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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madeעָשָׂהasa

make

To build or create something.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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who were presentנִּמְצְאִיםnimtsim

be present

To be present in a place, or to be enough.

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in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan

Susa

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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.

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the greatגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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the smallקָטָןkatan

small

What is small in size or counts for little.

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a banquetמִשְׁתֶּהmishte

feast

A party with food and drink.

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of sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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in the courtחֲצַרchatsar

court

An enclosed open space, like the temple's.

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of the gardenגִּנַּתginat

garden

Garden, an enclosed orchard.

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palaceבִּיתַןbitan

palace

Palace: a large house of the king.

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Places in this verse

Susa
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Nehemiah 1:1Esther 1:2Daniel 8:2Esther 3:15

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.

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