OET interlinear EST 4:5

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠תִּקְרָא֩ אֶסְתֵּ֨ר לַ⁠הֲתָ֜ךְ מִ⁠סָּרִיסֵ֤י הַ⁠מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named ʼEştēr (to),Hathach one,of_the_eunuchs_of the=king which/who appointed before,,her and,she,commanded_him on/upon Mārəddəkay to=know what? this and,concerning what? it )

Alternate translation: [then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s officials]

Note 1 topic: translate-names

לַ⁠הֲתָ֜ךְ

(to),Hathach

This is a man’s name. It occurs several times in this chapter. Be sure to translate it consistently.

Note 2 topic: writing-background

מִ⁠סָּרִיסֵ֤י הַ⁠מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱמִ֣יד לְ⁠פָנֶ֔י⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named ʼEştēr (to),Hathach one,of_the_eunuchs_of the=king which/who appointed before,,her and,she,commanded_him on/upon Mārəddəkay to=know what? this and,concerning what? it )

Alternate translation: [who was one of the royal guardians whom the king had assigned to serve Esther personally] You can put this information first because it provides background information.

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

מִ⁠סָּרִיסֵ֤י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named ʼEştēr (to),Hathach one,of_the_eunuchs_of the=king which/who appointed before,,her and,she,commanded_him on/upon Mārəddəkay to=know what? this and,concerning what? it )

See how you translated this term eunuch in 1:10.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠פָנֶ֔י⁠הָ

before,,her

Here, face represents the presence of a person. This phrase means that the guardians served Esther personally.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לָ⁠דַ֥עַת מַה־זֶּ֖ה וְ⁠עַל־מַה־זֶּֽה

to=know what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named ʼEştēr (to),Hathach one,of_the_eunuchs_of the=king which/who appointed before,,her and,she,commanded_him on/upon Mārəddəkay to=know what? this and,concerning what? it )

These two phrases mean similar things. In both cases, “this” refers to what Mordecai was doing. The repetition is used to emphasize that Esther now knew there must be a very serious reason why Mordecai was wearing sackcloth in such a public place. Alternate translation: [to find out why he was so distressed that he was sitting at the palace gate wearing sackcloth]