Esther 6:1

“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.”

Esther 6:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 6:1, word by word

nightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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sleepשְׁנַתshenat

sleep

Sleep.

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fledנָדְדָהnadda

flee

To go far away, or flap wings.

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and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

command

To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.

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to bringהָבִיאhavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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of the memorialsזִּכְרֹנוֹתzichronot

memorial

Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.

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the chroniclesדִּבְרֵיdivre

deeds

What someone did, set down in writing.

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the chroniclesיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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and they wereיִּהְיוּyihyu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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readנִקְרָאִיםnikraim

read aloud

To say a written text aloud.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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.

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