Study it in the app“And 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.””
And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרalsoגַּםon the secondבַּ הַשֵּׁנִיday,יּוֹםat the banquetבְּמִשְׁתֵּהof wine,הַיַּיִן“Whatמַהisyour request,שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְEstherאֶסְתֵּרthe queen?הַמַּלְכָּהIt will be givenוְתִנָּתֵןto you.לָךְAnd whatוּמַהisyour petition?בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְUp toעַדhalfחֲצִיof the kingdom,הַמַּלְכוּתand it will be done.”וְתֵעָשׂ
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsEsther
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” appearssecond
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsfeast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appearsrequest
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelate” appearsqueen
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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tinaten” appearsrequest
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “bakashate” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearskingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “teas” appears1So the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Esther the queen answered and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me at my request, and my people at my petition.
