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OET-LV Also Vashti the_queen she_made a_feast_of women the_house_of (the)_royalty which to/for_the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, Queen Vashti was hosting a celebration for the women in a different part of the royal palace.
This section describes the setting for the story. It begins with a description of the Persian Empire and the feast which King Xerxes held in the third year of his reign to show his people how rich he was.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
At the same time the wife of the king, whose name was Vashti, also gave a banquet in another part of the palace for the women.
banquet: This means a big feast where there was a lot to eat and drink. In Xerxes’ time, these banquets lasted many days or even weeks.
for the women: The text does not explain who these women were, but they may have been the wives of the officials who were feasting with the king.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous
גַּ֚ם
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
This introduces something else that was happening at the same time. You can indicate this by saying something like “during this time.”
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
You can explain that she was the wife of Ahasuerus by saying, “Queen Vashti, the king’s wife” or “his wife.”
Note 3 topic: translate-names
וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
This is a woman’s name. It occurs several times in this chapter and the next one. Be sure to translate it consistently.
מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
This could mean the women who served in the palace, the wives of the men who were officers and servants, or both. You could say, “a feast for the wives of the men who attended” or “for the women who worked in the palace.”
בֵּ֚ית הַמַּלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
Alternate translation: [the royal palace where King Ahasuerus lived]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בֵּ֚ית הַמַּלְכ֔וּת
(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet Vashti the,queen gave banquet_of women/wives house_of of_(the),royalty which/who to/for=the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh )
You can translate the abstract noun royalty with the adjective royal. Alternate translation: [royal palace]
OET-LV Also Vashti the_queen she_made a_feast_of women the_house_of (the)_royalty which to/for_the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, Queen Vashti was hosting a celebration for the women in a different part of the royal palace.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.