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Esther 1:22

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

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ASV

for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

KJV

For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he sent outH7971
סְפָרִים֙se.fa.RimdocumentsH5612
אֶל־'el-toH413
כָּל־kol-allH3605
מְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.Not[the] provinces ofH4082
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֶל־'el-toH413
מְדִינָ֤הme.di.NahprovinceH4082
וּמְדִינָה֙u.me.di.Nahand provinceH4082
כִּכְתָבָ֔הּkikh.ta.Vahaccording to writing itsH3791
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413
עַ֥ם'ampeopleH5971
וָעָ֖םva.'Amand peopleH5971
כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkil.sho.Noaccording to language itsH3956
לִהְי֤וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961
כָּל־kol-everyH3605
אִישׁ֙'ishmanH376
שֹׂרֵ֣רso.RerrulerH8323
בְּבֵית֔וֹbe.vei.Toin own household hisH1004
וּמְדַבֵּ֖רu.me.da.Berand speakingH1696
כִּלְשׁ֥וֹןkil.Shonaccording to [the] language ofH3956
עַמּֽוֹ׃ פa.Mopeople hisH5971

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About Esther

Queen Vashti Refuses to Obey Ahasuerus' Command — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Queen Vashti Refuses to Obey Ahasuerus' Command — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain