Esther 5:6

“And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your request? It will be given to you. And what is your petition? Up to half of the kingdom, and it will be done.””

Esther 5:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 5:6, word by word

And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
to Estherאֶסְתֵּרester

Esther

Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.

Where else “ester” appears
at the banquetמִשְׁתֵּהmishte

feast

A party with food and drink.

Where else “mishte” appears
of wineיַּיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears
your requestשְּׁאֵלָתֵsheelate

request

Request: what one asks of another.

Where else “sheelate” appears
It will be givenיִנָּתֵןyinaten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “yinaten” appears
your petitionבַּקָּשָׁתֵbakashate

request

Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.

Where else “bakashate” appears
halfחֲצִיchatsi

half

One of two equal parts of something.

Where else “chatsi” appears
of the kingdomמַּלְכוּתmalchut

kingdom

A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.

Where else “malchut” appears
and it will be doneתֵעָשׂteas

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “teas” appears

The context

5And the king said, “Make Haman hurry, to do the word of Esther.” And the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had made.

6 · This verse (above)

7And Esther answered and said, “My request and my petition:

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