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So the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְand Hamanוְהָמָןcameיָּבֹאto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתwith Estherעִם אֶסְתֵּרthe queen.הַמַּלְכָּה
Esther 7:1
Study it in the app“So the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 7:1, word by word
- So the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and Hamanהָמָןhaman
Haman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to drinkשְׁתּוֹתshetot
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears- with 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- the queenמַּלְכָּהmalka
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the king said to Esther also on the second day, at the banquet of wine, “What is your request, Esther the queen? It will be given to you. And what is your petition? Up to half of the kingdom, and it will be done.”