King James Version

Esther 7:1-3

1So the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428and Hamanוְהָמָ֔ןve.ha.ManH2001cameוַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'H935to banquetלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתlish.TotH8354with Estherאֶסְתֵּ֥ר'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ha.mal.KahH4436.

2And the kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559again unto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֜רle.'es.TerH635on the secondהַשֵּׁנִי֙ha.she.NiH8145dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117at the banquetבְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣הbe.mish.TehH4960of wineהַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196, What isthy petitionשְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְshe.'e.la.TekhH7596,queenהַמַּלְכָּ֖הha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֥ר'es.TerH635?and it shall be grantedוְתִנָּ֣תֵֽןve.ti.Na.tenH5414thee: and what isthy requestבַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.TekhH1246?and it shall be performedוְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ve.te.'AsH6213, evento the halfחֲצִ֥יcha.TziH2677of the kingdomהַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.KhutH4438.

3Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436answeredוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030and saidוַתֹּאמַ֔רva.to.MarH559,If I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672favourחֵ֤ןchenH2580in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and if it pleaseH2895the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,let my lifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315be givenתִּנָּֽתֶן־ti.na.ten-H5414me at my petitionבִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbish.'E.la.TiH7596,and my peopleוְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971at my requestבְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃be.va.ka.sha.TiH1246:

Read all of Esther 7

Commentaries on Esther 7

King James Version — Public Domain except in the United Kingdom (Crown rights)