Esther, inside, hears second-hand. She sends clothes; he refuses them
Theophilus
Esther 4:4advanced
וw-andתבואינהtbwʾynhcomeנַעֲרֹ֨ותnaʿărôtgirlאֶסְתֵּ֤רʾesttērEstherוְwə-andסָרִיסֶ֨יהָ֙sārîseyhāofficialוַwa-andיַּגִּ֣ידוּyaggîdūreportלָ֔הּlāhhtoוַwa-andתִּתְחַלְחַ֥לtitḥalḥalhave labour pain, to cryהַha-theמַּלְכָּ֖הmalkkāhqueenמְאֹ֑דməʾōdmightוַwa-andתִּשְׁלַ֨חtišlaḥsendבְּגָדִ֜יםbəgādîmgarmentלְlə-toהַלְבִּ֣ישׁhalbbîšclotheאֶֽתʾet<object marker>מָרְדֳּכַ֗יmārəddŏkayMordecaiוּū-andלְlə-toהָסִ֥ירhāsîrturn asideשַׂקֹּ֛וśaqqôsackמֵmē-fromעָלָ֖יוʿālāywuponוְwə-andלֹ֥אlōʾnotקִבֵּֽלqibbēltake
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVSo Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Vocabulary — 4 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- סָרִיסֶ֨יהָ֙
- מַּלְכָּ֖ה
- שַׂקֹּ֛ו
- קִבֵּֽל
Grammar
- תבואינה — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline
- יַּגִּ֣ידוּ — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
- תִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל — hitpael — reflexive or reciprocal
- קִבֵּֽל — piel — intensive or factitive
Esther 4:5intermediate
וַwa-andתִּקְרָא֩tiqrāʾcallאֶסְתֵּ֨רʾesttērEstherלַla-toהֲתָ֜ךְhătākHathachמִmi-fromסָּרִיסֵ֤יsārîsēyofficialהַha-theמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙melekkingאֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer<relative>הֶעֱמִ֣ידheʿĕmîdstandלְlə-toפָנֶ֔יהָpāneyhāfaceוַwa-andתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּtəṣaūēhūcommandעַֽלʿaluponמָרְדֳּכָ֑יmārəddŏkāyMordecaiלָlā-toדַ֥עַתdaʿatknowמַהmahwhatזֶּ֖הzehthisוְwə-andעַלʿaluponמַהmahwhatזֶּֽהzehthis
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVThen called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
Vocabulary — 2 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- הֲתָ֜ךְ
- סָּרִיסֵ֤י
Grammar
- תִּקְרָא֩ — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline
- הֶעֱמִ֣יד — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
- תְּצַוֵּ֖הוּ — piel — intensive or factitive
Esther 4:6intermediate
וַwa-andיֵּצֵ֥אyēṣēʾgo outהֲתָ֖ךְhătākHathachאֶֽלʾeltoמָרְדֳּכָ֑יmārəddŏkāyMordecaiאֶלʾeltoרְחֹ֣ובrəḥôbopen placeהָhā-theעִ֔ירʿîrtownאֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer<relative>לִli-toפְנֵ֥יpənēyfaceשַֽׁעַרšaʿargateהַha-theמֶּֽלֶךְmelekking
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVSo Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
Vocabulary — 1 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- הֲתָ֖ךְ
Grammar
- יֵּצֵ֥א — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline
How this was generated
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