Esther 7:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even 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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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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שְׁאֵלָה
is petition/ your
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שְׁאֵלָה
a petition; by implication, a loan
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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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