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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_king to_ʼEşttēr in/on/at/with_drinking the_wine what petition_your and_given to/for_you(fs) and_what request_your up_to (the)_half the_kingdom and_done.
OET (OET-RV) While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now please tell me what you really want. I’ll give you anything you ask for, no matter how much it is. I truly mean what I am saying.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ
what? petition,your and,given to/for=you(fs) and,what request,your until half the,kingdom and,done
These two question-and-statement pairs mean almost the same thing. Ahasuerus says the same thing twice in slightly different ways to show that he is truly disposed to give Esther whatever she wants. If this is confusing, you do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation. you can combine them into one or replace the repetition with a statement of what the repetition means, as in the UST. Alternate translation: “now please tell me what you really want. I will do it for you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ
what? petition,your and,given to/for=you(fs) and,what request,your until half the,kingdom and,done
When Ahasuerus asked Esther in the throne room what she wanted, she said that she wanted him and Haman to come to a banquet she had prepared. But since the king asks her once again at the banquet what she wants, it is clear that he knew this was not her real request. Instead, he knew that she wanted to show him hospitality first, as a gesture of respect for him and their relationship. You can indicate this by translating, “Now please tell me what you really want.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ & בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ
petition,your & request,your
The two abstract nouns petition and request can be expressed with a single phrase using the verb “want.” Alternate translation: “what you really want”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן & וְתֵעָֽשׂ
and,given & and,done
You can capture these parallel passive statements with one statement using an active form. Alternate translation: “I will give you anything you ask for”
עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת
until half the,kingdom
See how you translated this expression in 5:3. Review the explanation there if that would be helpful. Alternate translation: “I will give you anything you ask for, no matter how great it is”
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_king to_ʼEşttēr in/on/at/with_drinking the_wine what petition_your and_given to/for_you(fs) and_what request_your up_to (the)_half the_kingdom and_done.
OET (OET-RV) While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now please tell me what you really want. I’ll give you anything you ask for, no matter how much it is. I truly mean what I am saying.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.