Esther 5:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 5:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָהּ֙
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
לָּ֖ךְ
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
ʼEçtêr
H635
Esther
הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה
malkâh
H4436
queen
וּמַה
mâh
H4100
what
בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ
baqqâshâh
H1246
request
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
חֲצִ֥י
chêtsîy
H2677
half
הַמַּלְכ֖וּת
malkûwth
H4438
kingdom
וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לָֽךְ
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king said to her, “What is to you, Esther the queen? And what is your request? As much as half of the kingdom, and let it be given to you.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).