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Esther 5:3

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.

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לָהּ֙lahtoלָהּ֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toהַמֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, 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 senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.לָּ֖ךְlakhetoלָּ֖ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toאֶסְתֵּ֣רesterEstherאֶסְתֵּרnoun, proper name — “Esther”H635Ester, the Jewish heroineEsther.הַמַּלְכָּ֑הhamalkahthe queenמַלְכָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the queen”, the ordinary formH4436a queenqueen.וּמַהumahand howמָהconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and how”H4100properly, 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 senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְbaqashatekherequestבַּקָּשָׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “request”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1246a petitionrequest.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.חֲצִ֥יchatsihalfחֵצִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “half”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2677the half or middlehalf, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.הַמַּלְכ֖וּתhamalkhutthe empireמַלְכוּתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the empire”, the ordinary formH4438a rule; concretely, a dominionempire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽןveyinatenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, niphal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a wish or indirect commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָֽךְlakhetoלָֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the king saith to her, 'What — to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is given to thee.'

World English Bible

Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”

Darby Translation

And the king said to her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

Douay-Rheims

And the king said to her: What wilt then, queen Esther? what is thy request? if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall be given to thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)