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And King Ahasuerusוַ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁimposedיָּשֶׂםtributeמַסonעַלthe landהָאָרֶץand the islandsוְאִיֵּיof the sea.הַיָּם
Esther 10:1
Study it in the app“And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and the islands of the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 10:1, word by word
- And King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- And King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appears- imposedיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- tributeמַסmas
forced labor
Forced labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “mas” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and the islandsאִיֵּיiye
coast, island
Coast, island: the lands along the sea.
Where else “iye” appears- of the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears
Translation note
“Tribute”: the same Hebrew word means “forced labor” in other books; here it is a burden imposed on the territories.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And all the deeds of his authority and of his might, and the sum of the greatness of Mordecai, with which the king made him great, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?