Esther - Interlinear Bible

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הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 So the king

וְהָמָ֔ן wə·hā·mān Conj-w | N-proper-ms H2001 and Haman

וַיָּבֹ֤א way·yā·ḇō Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H935 went

לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת liš·tō·wṯ Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H8354 to dine

עִם־ ‘im- Prep H5973 with

אֶסְתֵּ֥ר ’es·têr N-proper-fs H635 Esther

הַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 the queen,

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בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה bə·miš·têh Prep-b | N-msc H4960 and as they drank

הַיַּ֔יִן hay·ya·yin Art | N-ms H3196 their wine

הַשֵּׁנִי֙ haš·šê·nî Art | Number-oms H8145 on that second

בַּיּ֤וֹם bay·yō·wm Prep-b, Art | N-ms H3117 day,

הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 asked

גַּ֣ם gam Conj H1571 once more

לְאֶסְתֵּ֜ר lə·’es·têr Prep-l | N-proper-fs H635 -,

הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 Queen

אֶסְתֵּ֥ר ’es·têr N-proper-fs H635 Esther,

מַה־ mah- Interrog H4100 what [is]

שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ šə·’ê·lā·ṯêḵ N-fsc | 2fs H7596 your petition?

וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן wə·ṯin·nā·ṯên Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConjImperf-3fs H5414 It will be given

לָ֑ךְ lāḵ Prep | 2fs to you.

וּמַה־ ū·mah- Conj-w | Interrog H4100 What [is]

בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ baq·qā·šā·ṯêḵ N-fsc | 2fs H1246 your request?

עַד־ ‘aḏ- Prep H5704 Even up to

חֲצִ֥י ḥă·ṣî N-msc H2677 half

הַמַּלְכ֖וּת ham·mal·ḵūṯ Art | N-fs H4438 the kingdom,

וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ wə·ṯê·‘āś Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConjImperf.Jus-3fs H6213 it will be fulfilled.

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הַמַּלְכָּה֙ ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 Queen

אֶסְתֵּ֤ר ’es·têr N-proper-fs H635 Esther

וַתַּ֨עַן wat·ta·‘an Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs H6030 replied

וַתֹּאמַ֔ר wat·tō·mar Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs H559 ,

אִם־ ’im- Conj H518 If

מָצָ֨אתִי mā·ṣā·ṯî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H4672 I have found

חֵ֤ן ḥên N-ms H2580 favor

בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā Prep-b | N-cdc | 2ms H5869 in your sight,

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 O king,

וְאִם־ wə·’im- Conj H518 and if

ט֑וֹב ṭō·wḇ Adj-ms H2896 it pleases

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king

עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 ,

תִּנָּֽתֶן־ tin·nā·ṯen- V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs H5414 grant

לִ֤י lî Prep | 1cs me

נַפְשִׁי֙ nap̄·šî N-fsc | 1cs H5315 my life

בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י biš·’ê·lā·ṯî Prep-b | N-fsc | 1cs H7596 as my petition,

וְעַמִּ֖י wə·‘am·mî Conj-w | N-msc | 1cs H5971 and [the lives of] my people

בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ bə·ḇaq·qā·šā·ṯî Prep-b | N-fsc | 1cs H1246 as my request.

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כִּ֤י kî Conj H3588 For

וְעַמִּ֔י wə·‘am·mî Conj-w | N-msc | 1cs H5971 my people

אֲנִ֣י ’ă·nî Pro-1cs H589 and I

נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ nim·kar·nū V-Nifal-Perf-1cp H4376 have been sold out

לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד lə·haš·mîḏ Prep-l | V-Hifil-Inf H8045 to destruction,

לַהֲר֣וֹג la·hă·rō·wḡ Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H2026 death,

וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד ū·lə·’ab·bêḏ Conj-w, Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf H6 and annihilation.

וְ֠אִלּוּ wə·’il·lū Conj H432 If

נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ nim·kar·nū V-Nifal-Perf-1cp H4376 we had merely been sold

לַעֲבָדִ֨ים la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm Prep-l | N-mp H5650 as menservants

וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ Conj-w, Prep-l | N-fp H8198 and maidservants,

הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי he·ḥĕ·raš·tî V-Hifil-Perf-1cs H2790 I would have remained silent,

כִּ֣י kî Conj H3588 because

אֵ֥ין ’ên Adv H369 no

הַצָּ֛ר haṣ·ṣār Art | Adj-ms H6862 such distress

שֹׁוֶ֖ה šō·weh V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H7737 would justify

בְּנֵ֥זֶק bə·nê·zeq Prep-b | N-msc H5143 burdening

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king.

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הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 Then King

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ ’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš N-proper-ms H325 Xerxes

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 spoke up

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 and asked

הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 Queen

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר lə·’es·têr Prep-l | N-proper-fs H635 Esther,

מִ֣י mî Interrog H4310 Who

זֶה֙ zeh Pro-ms H2088 is this,

וְאֵֽי־ wə·’ê- Conj-w | Interrog H335 and where

זֶ֣ה zeh Pro-ms H2088 . . .

ה֔וּא hū Pro-3ms H1931 . . .

ה֥וּא hū Pro-3ms H1931 is the one

אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- Pro-r H834 who

מְלָא֥וֹ mə·lā·’ōw V-Qal-Perf-3ms | 3ms H4390 would

לִבּ֖וֹ lib·bōw N-msc | 3ms H3820 . . .

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת la·‘ă·śō·wṯ Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H6213 devise

כֵּֽן׃ kên Adv H3651 such a scheme?

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אֶסְתֵּ֔ר ’es·têr N-proper-fs H635 Esther

אִ֚ישׁ ’îš N-ms H376 . . .

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ wat·tō·mer- Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs H559 replied,

צַ֣ר ṣar N-ms H6862 The adversary

וְאוֹיֵ֔ב wə·’ō·w·yêḇ Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H341 and enemy

הַזֶּ֑ה haz·zeh Art | Pro-ms H2088 is this

הָרָ֖ע hā·rā‘ Art | Adj-ms H7451 wicked man —

הָמָ֥ן hā·mān N-proper-ms H2001 Haman!

וְהָמָ֣ן wə·hā·mān Conj-w | N-proper-ms H2001 And Haman

נִבְעַ֔ת niḇ·‘aṯ V-Nifal-Perf-3ms H1204 stood in terror

מִלִּפְנֵ֥י mil·lip̄·nê Prep-m, Prep-l | N-cpc H6440 before

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king

וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ wə·ham·mal·kāh Conj-w, Art | N-fs H4436 and queen.

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בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ ba·ḥă·mā·ṯōw Prep-b | N-fsc | 3ms H2534 In his fury,

וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ wə·ham·me·leḵ Conj-w, Art | N-ms H4428 the king

קָ֤ם qām V-Qal-Perf-3ms H6965 arose

מִמִּשְׁתֵּ֣ה mim·miš·têh Prep-m | N-msc H4960 from drinking

הַיַּ֔יִן hay·ya·yin Art | N-ms H3196 his wine

אֶל־ ’el- Prep H413 and went to

הַבִּיתָ֑ן hab·bî·ṯān Art | N-ms H1055 the palace

גִּנַּ֖ת gin·naṯ N-fsc H1594 garden,

וְהָמָ֣ן wə·hā·mān Conj-w | N-proper-ms H2001 while Haman

עָמַ֗ד ‘ā·maḏ V-Qal-Perf-3ms H5975 stayed behind

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ lə·ḇaq·qêš Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf H1245 to beg

הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 Queen

מֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣ר mê·’es·têr Prep-m | N-proper-fs H635 Esther

עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 for

נַפְשׁוֹ֙ nap̄·šōw N-fsc | 3ms H5315 his life,

כִּ֣י kî Conj H3588 for

רָאָ֔ה rā·’āh V-Qal-Perf-3ms H7200 he realized

כִּֽי־ kî- Conj H3588 that

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king

כָלְתָ֥ה ḵā·lə·ṯāh V-Qal-Perf-3fs H3615 was planning

הָרָעָ֖ה hā·rā·‘āh Art | Adj-fs H7451 a terrible fate

מֵאֵ֥ת mê·’êṯ Prep-m H854 . . .

אֵלָ֛יו ’ê·lāw Prep | 3ms H413 for him.

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וְהַמֶּ֡לֶךְ wə·ham·me·leḵ Conj-w, Art | N-ms H4428 Just as the king

שָׁב֩ šāḇ V-Qal-Perf-3ms H7725 returned

הַבִּיתָ֜ן hab·bî·ṯān Art | N-ms H1055 from the palace

מִגִּנַּ֨ת mig·gin·naṯ Prep-m | N-fsc H1594 garden

אֶל־ ’el- Prep H413 to

בֵּ֣ית׀ bêṯ N-msc H1004 the banquet hall

מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה miš·têh N-msc H4960 . . .

הַיַּ֗יִן hay·ya·yin Art | N-ms H3196 . . .,

וְהָמָן֙ wə·hā·mān Conj-w | N-proper-ms H2001 Haman

נֹפֵ֔ל nō·p̄êl V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H5307 was falling

עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 on

הַמִּטָּה֙ ham·miṭ·ṭāh Art | N-fs H4296 the couch

אֲשֶׁ֣ר ’ă·šer Pro-r H834 where

אֶסְתֵּ֣ר ’es·têr N-proper-fs H635 Esther

עָלֶ֔יהָ ‘ā·le·hā Prep | 3fs H5921 [was reclining].

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 The king

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 exclaimed,

הֲ֠גַם hă·ḡam Conj H1571 Would he actually

לִכְבּ֧וֹשׁ liḵ·bō·wōš Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H3533 assault

אֶת־ ’eṯ- DirObjM H853 -

הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה ham·mal·kāh Art | N-fs H4436 the queen

עִמִּ֖י ‘im·mî Prep | 1cs H5973 while

בַּבָּ֑יִת bab·bā·yiṯ Prep-b, Art | N-ms H1004 I am in the palace?

הַדָּבָ֗ר had·dā·ḇār Art | N-ms H1697 As soon as the words

יָצָא֙ yā·ṣā V-Qal-Perf-3ms H3318 had left

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king’s

מִפִּ֣י mip·pî Prep-m | N-msc H6310 mouth,

חָפֽוּ׃ס ḥā·p̄ū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H2645 they covered

הָמָ֖ן hā·mān N-proper-ms H2001 Haman’s

וּפְנֵ֥י ū·p̄ə·nê Conj-w | N-cpc H6440 face.

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חַ֠רְבוֹנָה ḥar·ḇō·w·nāh N-proper-ms H2726 Then Harbonah,

אֶחָ֨ד ’e·ḥāḏ Number-ms H259 one

מִן־ min- Prep H4480 of

הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים has·sā·rî·sîm Art | N-mp H5631 the eunuchs

לִפְנֵ֣י lip̄·nê Prep-l | N-cpc H6440 attending

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king,

גַּ֣ם gam Conj H1571 . . .

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 said:

הִנֵּה־ hin·nêh- Interjection H2009 There

הָעֵ֣ץ hā·‘êṣ Art | N-ms H6086 is a gallows

אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- Pro-r H834 -

חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים ḥă·miš·šîm Number-cp H2572 fifty

אַמָּ֑ה ’am·māh N-fs H520 cubits

גָּבֹ֖הַּ gā·ḇō·ah Adj-ms H1364 high

הָמָ֔ן hā·mān N-proper-ms H2001 at Haman’s

בְּבֵ֣ית bə·ḇêṯ Prep-b | N-msc H1004 house.

הָמָ֟ן hā·mān N-proper-ms H2001 [He]

עָשָׂ֪ה ‘ā·śāh V-Qal-Perf-3ms H6213 had it built

לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י lə·mā·rə·do·ḵay Prep-l | N-proper-ms H4782 for Mordecai,

אֲשֶׁ֧ר ’ă·šer Pro-r H834 who

דִּבֶּר־ dib·ber- V-Piel-Perf-3ms H1696 gave the report

ט֣וֹב ṭō·wḇ N-ms H2896 that saved

עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 . . .

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king

עֹמֵד֙ ‘ō·mêḏ V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H5975 . . ..

תְּלֻ֥הוּ tə·lu·hū V-Qal-Imp-mp | 3ms H8518 Hang him

עָלָֽיו׃ ‘ā·lāw Prep | 3ms H5921 on it!

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר way·yō·mer Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 declared

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 the king.

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וַיִּתְלוּ֙ way·yiṯ·lū Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp H8518 So they hanged

אֶת־ ’eṯ- DirObjM H853 -

הָמָ֔ן hā·mān N-proper-ms H2001 Haman

עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 on

הָעֵ֖ץ hā·‘êṣ Art | N-ms H6086 the gallows

אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- Pro-r H834 -

הֵכִ֣ין hê·ḵîn V-Hifil-Perf-3ms H3559 he had prepared

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י lə·mā·rə·do·ḵāy Prep-l | N-proper-ms H4782 for Mordecai.

וַחֲמַ֥ת wa·ḥă·maṯ Conj-w | N-fsc H2534 Then the fury

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ham·me·leḵ Art | N-ms H4428 of the king

שָׁכָֽכָה׃פ šā·ḵā·ḵāh V-Qal-Perf-3fs H7918 subsided.

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