Esther 4:16
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
BSB
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ASV
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
KJV
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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Commentary
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32 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֵךְ֩ | leKh | go | H1980 → |
| כְּנ֨וֹס | ke.Nos | gather | H3664 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים | hai.ye.hu.Dim | the Jews | H3064 → |
| הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים | ha.nim.tze.'Im | who are found | H4672 → |
| בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן | be.shu.Shan | in Susa | H7800 → |
| וְצ֣וּמוּ | ve.Tzu.mu | and fast | H6684 → |
| עָ֠לַי | 'A.lai | on me | H5921 → |
| וְאַל־ | ve.'al- | and may not | H408 → |
| תֹּאכְל֨וּ | to.khe.Lu | you eat | H398 → |
| וְאַל־ | ve.'al- | and may not | H408 → |
| תִּשְׁתּ֜וּ | tish.Tu | you drink | H8354 → |
| שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת | she.Lo.shet | three | H7969 → |
| יָמִים֙ | ya.Mim | days | H3117 → |
| לַ֣יְלָה | Lay.lah | night | H3915 → |
| וָי֔וֹם | va.Yom | and day | H3117 → |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → |
| אֲנִ֥י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י | ve.na.'a.ro.Tai | and maids my | H5291 → |
| אָצ֣וּם | 'a.Tzum | I will fast | H6684 → |
| כֵּ֑ן | Ken | thus | H3651 → |
| וּבְכֵ֞ן | u.ve.Khen | and in such | H3651 → |
| אָב֤וֹא | 'a.Vo' | I will go | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| כַדָּ֔ת | kha.Dat | [is] according to the law | H1881 → |
| וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ve.kha.'a.Sher | and just as | H834 → |
| אָבַ֖דְתִּי | 'a.Vad.ti | I have perished | H6 → |
| אָבָֽדְתִּי׃ | 'a.Va.de.ti | I have perished | H6 → |
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