Esther 1:17
For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
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ASV
For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
KJV
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| יֵצֵ֤א | ye.Tze' | it will go forth | H3318 → |
| דְבַר־ | de.var- | [the] matter of | H1697 → |
| הַמַּלְכָּה֙ | ha.mal.Kah | the queen | H4436 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | to | H5921 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַנָּשִׁ֔ים | ha.na.Shim | the women | H802 → |
| לְהַבְז֥וֹת | le.hav.Zot | to make despicable | H959 → |
| בַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ן | ba'.lei.Hen | husbands their | H1167 → |
| בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן | be.'ei.nei.Hen | in view their | H5869 → |
| בְּאָמְרָ֗ם | be.'a.me.Ram | because will say they | H559 → |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ | 'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh | Ahasuerus | H325 → |
| אָמַ֞ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| לְהָבִ֨יא | le.ha.Vi' | to bring | H935 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| וַשְׁתִּ֧י | vash.Ti | Vashti | H2060 → |
| הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה | ha.mal.Kah | the queen | H4436 → |
| לְפָנָ֖יו | le.fa.Nav | <to> before him | H6440 → |
| וְלֹא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| בָֽאָה׃ | Va.'ah | she came | H935 → |
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