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And King Ahasuerusוַ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁsaid,יֹּאמֶרand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרthe queen,הַמַּלְכָּה“Whoמִיisהוּאthis,זֶהand whereוְאֵיisהוּאthis oneזֶהwhomאֲשֶׁר וֹhis heartלִבּוֹhas filledמְלָאto doלַעֲשׂוֹתso?”כֵּן
Esther 7:5
Study it in the app“And King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Esther the queen, “Who is this, and where is this one whom his heart has filled to do so?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 7:5, word by word
- And King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- And King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to 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- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- has filledמְלָאmela
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mela” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
Translation note
“Whom his heart has filled”: who has dared.
The context
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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And Esther said, “A man, an adversary and an enemy: Haman, this evil man!” And Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.