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And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרansweredתַּעַןand said,וַתֹּאמַר“My requestשְׁאֵלָתִיand my petition:וּבַקָּשָׁתִי
Esther 5:7
Study it in the app“And Esther answered and said, “My request and my petition:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 5:7, word by word
- And 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- answeredתַּעַןtaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taan” appears- and saidתֹּאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- “My requestשְׁאֵלָתִsheelati
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelati” appears- and my petitionבַקָּשָׁתִvakashati
request
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “vakashati” appears
The context
6And 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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to grant my request and to do my petition, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”