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OSHB Est 1:12 וַשְׁתִּי (vashtī) Strongs=2060 Lemma=‘וַשְׁתִּי’
contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Vashti Year=-462

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Other uses (9) of identical word form וַשְׁתִּי (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘וַשְׁתִּי’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) is always and only glossed as ‘Vashti’.

EST 1:9 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:9 word 2

OET-LV: 9 Also Vashti the_queen she _made a _feast _of women the _house _of (the)_royalty which to/for_the _king ʼAḩashvērōsh. (EST_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 Meanwhile, Queen Vashti was hosting a celebration for the women in a different part of the king’s royal palace. (EST 1:9)

EST 1:11 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:11 word 3

OET-LV: 11 To_bring DOM Vashti the_queen to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_king with_a _crown _of royalty to_show the_peoples and_the_officials DOM beauty _of_her if/because was_good _of appearance she. (EST_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 to bring Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, to him in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very attractive. (EST 1:11)

EST 1:15 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15 According_to_the_law what is_to_do with_queen Vashti on that not she _did DOM the _command _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh by_the _hand _of the_officials. (EST_1:15)

OET-RV: 15 “According to our law,” the king asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey my command when the servants passed it on to her?” (EST 1:15)

EST 1:16 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:16 word 11

OET-LV: 16 and_ Memucan _he/it _said to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_king and_the_officials not on the_king for_him/it_being _alone Vashti she _did _wrong the_queen if/because on all _of the_officials and_on all _of the_peoples which in_all the _provinces _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh. (EST_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 Then Memukan answered the king, speaking loudly enough that both the king and his officials could hear. “Queen Vashti has done wrong,” he said, “and not only against the king. She has also done wrong against all the officials and people groups in all the provinces that King Ahasuerus rules! (EST 1:16)

EST 1:17 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:17 word 17

OET-LV: 17 If/because the _matter _of it _will _go _forth of_the _queen to all _of the_women husbands _of_their to_make _despicable in_their _of_eyes because_they_will _say the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh he _said to_bring DOM Vashti the_queen before_him and_not she _came. (EST_1:17)

OET-RV: 17 Soon women all over the empire will hear about what the queen did and they’ll say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded his servants to bring Queen Vashti to him, but she didn’t go! Then women will stop respecting their husbands. (EST 1:17)

EST 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 1:19 word 18

OET-LV: 19 If is_on the_king good let _it _go _forth a _message _of royalty from_before_him _of and_let _it _be _written in_the _laws _of Pāraş and_Māday and_not it _will _pass _away (cmp) not she _will _come Vashti to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh and_her _of_queenhood let _him _give the_king to_her _fellow _of_woman (the)_good more_than _she. (EST_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 If it pleases you to do so, your majesty, you should personally issue a royal decree and have it added to the laws of Persia and Media which cannot be repealed. This decree should say that Vashti can never again come into your presence, and then you should choose a different woman for the royal position—someone who’s better than her. (EST 1:19)

EST 2:1 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 2:1 word 10

OET-LV: 2 after the_things the_these just_as _subsided the _anger _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh he _remembered DOM Vashti and_DOM that_which she _had _done and_DOM that_which it _had _been _decided on_her. (EST_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 Some time later when King Ahasuerus no longer felt so angry, he started to miss Vashti. But when she’d disobeyed his command, he had made a decree that she could never come into his presence again. (EST 2:1)

EST 2:4 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 2:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 And_the _young_woman who she _will _be _good in/on_both _eyes _of the_king she _will _reign in _place _of Vashti and_it _was _good the_message in/on_both _eyes _of the_king and_he/it _made thus. (EST_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 Then you could decide which young woman you like best and then make her queen instead of Vashti.”
¶ The king liked what they suggested, so he did it. (EST 2:4)

EST 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘Vashti’ word gloss=‘Vashti’ OSHB EST 2:17 word 19

OET-LV: 17 And_he _loved the_king DOM ʼEştēr from_all the_women and_she _bore favour and_favour before_him from_all the_virgins and_he/it _assigned a _crown _of royalty on_her _of_head and_he_made _her _queen in _place _of Vashti. (EST_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 and the king loved Esther more than any of the other women. He treated her more kindly and more favourably than any of the other young women who had become his concubines. He put a royal crown on her head and made her the new queen to replace Vashti. (EST 2:17)