Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #221083

OSHB Ezra 9:9 פָרַס (fāraş) Strongs=6539 Lemma=‘פָּרַס’
contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Location=Persia Year=-457

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Other uses (1) of identical word form פָרַס (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

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

EST 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EST 1:19 word 11

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majesty, you should personally issue a royal decree and have it added to the laws of Persia and Media which cannot be repealed.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)