Esther 5:3
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
עַד
up to
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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חֵצִי
the half of
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חֵצִי
the half or middle
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בַּקָּשָׁה
is request/ your
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בַּקָּשָׁה
a petition
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