Esther 1:15
the king asked them, to what sentence the queen Vashti should be subject, that would not do the com-mandment of king Ahasuerus, which he had sent by the honest and chaste servants.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַאֲמַרmaʼămarsomething (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict
- וַשְׁתִּיVashtîyVashti, the queen of Xerxes
- דָּתdâtha royal edict or statute
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁʼĂchashvêrôwshAchashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather th
- מַלְכָּהmalkâha queen
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.