InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Est C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 C9 C10
Est 7 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Esther
OET-LV And_ the_king _he/it_said to_ʼEştēr also in_the_day the_second at_the_feast_of (the)_wine what petition_of_is_your Oh_ʼEştēr the_queen and_it_will_be_given to/for_you(fs) and_what request_of_is_your up_to (the)_half_of the_kingdom and_it_will_be_done.
OET (OET-RV) While they were drinking wine at that second banquet, the king asked Ester again, “Now please tell me what you really want, Queen Ester. Tell me, and I’ll do it for you—I’ll give you anything you ask for, no matter what it is.”
When the king and Haman came to Esther’s second feast, Esther begged the king not to allow her and the other Jews to be killed. When the king heard that it was Haman who had ordered their destruction, he was very angry and left the room. When he returned, he found Haman pleading with Esther, but since he was lying on the couch on which Esther also was lying, he suspected him of trying to rape Esther and ordered his death. So Haman was hung on the tall pole which he had had erected for putting Mordecai to death.
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more,
As they were drinking wine on that second occasion, the king asked again,
on that second day: This does not mean that the feast lasted 2 days, but that it was the second feast that Esther had held. You could connect this phrase to 7:1, as in the GNT:
And so the king and Haman went to eat with Esther for a second time
“Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you.
“Queen Esther, what do you want to ask me? I will give whatever you want.
What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
What do you want me to give you? If you ask me to, I will even divide my kingdom, and give you one half.”
What is your petition?…What is your request?: See note on 5:6b.
Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal
בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשֵּׁנִי֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
This refers to the day after the first banquet, as mentioned in 5:8. Alternate translation: [at that second banquet] or [on that second day of feasting]
בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
Alternate translation: [while they were drinking wine] or [while the servants were pouring the wine and giving it to them]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ & וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ
what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
These two statements mean almost the same thing. Ahasuerus says the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to show that he is truly disposed to giving Esther what she wants. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: [now please tell me what you really want. Tell me, and I will do it for you]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ
what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
Ahasuerus has now allowed Esther to show her hospitality at two banquets. But he knows that she has done this as a gesture of respect for him and their relationship, and that this signals that she has an important and urgent request to make. You can indicate this by having the king ask, “Now please tell me what you really want.”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן & וְתֵעָֽשׂ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
You can capture these parallel passive statements with one statement using an active form. Alternate translation: [I will give you what you ask for] or [I will do for you what you ask]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ & בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
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 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת
until half_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther also/yet in_the=day the=second at,the_feast_of of_(the),wine what? petition_of,[is]_your ʼEştēr the,queen and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your until half_of of,the_kingdom and,it_will_be_done )
See how you translated this expression in 5:3 and 5:6. Alternate translation: [I will give you anything you ask for, no matter how great it is]
OET-LV And_ the_king _he/it_said to_ʼEştēr also in_the_day the_second at_the_feast_of (the)_wine what petition_of_is_your Oh_ʼEştēr the_queen and_it_will_be_given to/for_you(fs) and_what request_of_is_your up_to (the)_half_of the_kingdom and_it_will_be_done.
OET (OET-RV) While they were drinking wine at that second banquet, the king asked Ester again, “Now please tell me what you really want, Queen Ester. Tell me, and I’ll do it for you—I’ll give you anything you ask for, no matter what it is.”
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.
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