King James Version

Esther 10:1

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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וַיָּשֶׂם֩vayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…הַמֶּ֨לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אחשרשchshrshAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁnoun, proper name — “Ahasuerus”H325Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian kingAhasuerus.אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁachashveroshAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁnoun, proper name — “Ahasuerus”H325Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian kingAhasuerus.מַ֛סmasdiscomfitedמַסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “discomfited”, the ordinary formH4522properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labordiscomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְאִיֵּ֥יveiyeand islandאִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and island”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH339properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an islandcountry, isle, island.הַיָּֽםhayamthe seaיָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;

World English Bible

King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

Darby Translation

And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

Douay-Rheims

And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the sea tributary.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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