Esther 4:11
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
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ASV
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
KJV
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
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42 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| עַבְדֵ֣י | 'av.Dei | [the] servants of | H5650 → |
| הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וְעַם־ | ve.'am- | and [the] people of | H5971 → |
| מְדִינ֨וֹת | me.di.Not | [the] provinces of | H4082 → |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| יֽוֹדְעִ֗ים | yod.'Im | [are] knowing | H3045 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| אִ֣ישׁ | 'ish | man | H376 → |
| וְאִשָּׁ֡ה | ve.'i.Shah | and woman | H802 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| יָבֽוֹא־ | ya.Vo'- | he goes | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ | ha.me.leKh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| הֶחָצֵ֨ר | he.cha.Tzer | the court | H2691 → |
| הַפְּנִימִ֜ית | ha.pe.ni.Mit | <the> inner | H6442 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יִקָּרֵ֗א | yi.ka.Re' | he is summoned | H7121 → |
| אַחַ֤ת | 'a.Chat | [is] one | H259 → |
| דָּתוֹ֙ | da.To | law his | H1881 → |
| לְהָמִ֔ית | le.ha.Mit | to put to death | H4191 → |
| לְ֠בַד | Le.vad | <to> apart | H905 → |
| מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר | me.'a.Sher | from that | H834 → |
| יֽוֹשִׁיט־ | yo.shit- | he extends | H3447 → |
| ל֥וֹ | lo | to him | |
| הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שַׁרְבִ֥יט | shar.Vit | [the] scepter of | H8275 → |
| הַזָּהָ֖ב | ha.za.Hav | <the> gold | H2091 → |
| וְחָיָ֑ה | ve.cha.Yah | and he will live | H2421 → |
| וַאֲנִ֗י | va.'a.Ni | and I | H589 → |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נִקְרֵ֙אתי֙ | nik.Re.ti | I have been summoned | H7121 → |
| לָב֣וֹא | la.Vo' | to go | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| זֶ֖ה | zeh | this | H2088 → |
| שְׁלוֹשִׁ֥ים | she.lo.Shim | thirty | H7970 → |
| יֽוֹם׃ | Yom | day[s] | H3117 → |
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