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Esther 5:6

And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

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ASV

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

KJV

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לְאֶסְתֵּר֙le.'es.Terto EstherH635 →
בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣הbe.mish.Tehat [the] feast ofH4960 →
הַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yin<the> wineH3196 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְshe.'e.la.Tekh[is] petition yourH7596 →
וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽןve.yi.Na.tensp it may be givenH5414 →
לָ֑ךְLakhto you
וּמַה־u.mah-and what?H4100 →
בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.Tekh[is] request yourH1246 →
עַד־'ad-up toH5704 →
חֲצִ֥יcha.Tzi<the> half ofH2677 →
הַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.Khutthe kingdomH4438 →
וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ve.te.'Asand it may be doneH6213 →

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Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.Esther 7:2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”Esther 5:3“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”Esther 9:12who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”Mark 6:23And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”Matthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.Nehemiah 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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