Thatבַּ הַהוּאnightלַּיְלָהthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְsleepשְׁנַתfled,נָדְדָהand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto bringלְהָבִיאthe bookסֵפֶרof the memorials,הַזִּכְרֹנוֹתthe chronicles,דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִיםand they wereוַיִּהְיוּreadנִקְרָאִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
Esther 6:1
Study it in the app“That night the king’s sleep fled, and he said to bring the book of the memorials, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 6:1, word by word
- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sleepשְׁנַתshenat
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenat” appears- fledנָדְדָהnadda
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “nadda” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “yomer” appears- to bringהָבִיאhavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appears- the bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of the memorialsזִּכְרֹנוֹתzichronot
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zichronot” appears- the chroniclesדִּבְרֵיdivre
deeds
What someone did, set down in writing.
Where else “divre” appears- the chroniclesיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and they wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- readנִקְרָאִיםnikraim
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “nikraim” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it was found written that Mordecai had made known about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, of the keepers of the threshold, who had sought to stretch out their hand against King Ahasuerus.