Esther 5:8
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מִשְׁתֶּה
mishteh
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מָחָר
mâchâr
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
Study H4960 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →מָחָר mâchâr
properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
Study H4279 →Cross References
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by H...
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