Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהansweredתַּעַןand said,וַתֹּאמַר“IfאִםI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָO king,הַמֶּלֶךְand ifוְאִםit seems goodטוֹבtoעַלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְlet my lifeנַפְשִׁיbe givenתִּנָּתֶןto meלִיat my request,בִּשְׁאֵלָתִיand my peopleוְעַמִּיat my petition.בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי
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” 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” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appearsfind favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsseem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tov” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tinaten” appearsrequest
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelati” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appearsrequest
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “vakashati” appears2And 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4For we have been sold, I and my people, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish. And if we had been sold as male slaves and female slaves, I would have kept silent, for the adversary is not worth the harm to the king.”
