And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרat the banquetבְּמִשְׁתֵּהof wine,הַיַּיִן“Whatמַהisyour request?שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְIt will be givenוְיִנָּתֵןto you.לָךְAnd whatוּמַהisyour petition?בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְUp toעַדhalfחֲצִיof the kingdom,הַמַּלְכוּתand it will be done.”וְתֵעָשׂ
Esther 5:6
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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: