Esther 1:19
“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- רְעוּתrᵉʻûwtha female associate; generally an additional one
- וַשְׁתִּיVashtîyVashti, the queen of Xerxes
- מָדַיMâdayMadai, a country of central Asia
- דָּתdâtha royal edict or statute
- פָּרַסPâraçParas (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁʼĂchashvêrôwshAchashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather th
- טוֹבṭôwbto be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
- מַלְכוּתmalkûwtha rule; concretely, a dominion
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