Esther 4:14
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
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ASV
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
KJV
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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Commentary
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | except | H518 → |
| הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ | ha.cha.Resh | certainly <to keep quiet> | H2790 → |
| תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ | ta.cha.ri.Shi | you will keep quiet | H2790 → |
| בָּעֵ֣ת | ba.'Et | at the time | H6256 → |
| הַזֹּאת֒ | ha.zoT | <the> this | H2063 → |
| רֶ֣וַח | Re.vach | relief | H7305 → |
| וְהַצָּלָ֞ה | ve.ha.tza.Lah | and deliverance | H2020 → |
| יַעֲמ֤וֹד | ya.'a.Mod | it will arise | H5975 → |
| לַיְּהוּדִים֙ | lai.ye.hu.Dim | for the Jews | H3064 → |
| מִמָּק֣וֹם | mi.ma.Kom | from a place | H4725 → |
| אַחֵ֔ר | 'a.Cher | another | H312 → |
| וְאַ֥תְּ | ve.'At | and you | H859 → |
| וּבֵית־ | u.veit- | and [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אָבִ֖יךְ | 'a.Vikh | father your | H1 → |
| תֹּאבֵ֑דוּ | to.Ve.du | you will perish | H6 → |
| וּמִ֣י | u.Mi | and who? | H4310 → |
| יוֹדֵ֔עַ | yo.De.a' | [is] knowing | H3045 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| לְעֵ֣ת | le.'Et | for a time | H6256 → |
| כָּזֹ֔את | ka.Zot | like this | H2063 → |
| הִגַּ֖עַתְּ | hi.Ga.'at | you have reached | H5060 → |
| לַמַּלְכֽוּת׃ | la.mal.Khut | <to> the queenhood | H4438 → |
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