Esther 1:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל־כָּל־מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־עַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ לִהְי֤וֹת כָּל־אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּבֵית֔וֹ וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

And wayyišlaḥ səp̄ārîm to all məḏînôṯ the meleḵ, to məḏînâ and məḏînâ according to kiḵṯāḇāh and to ʿam and ʿam according to kilšônô, to lihyôṯ every ʾîš śōrēr in bêṯô and məḏabbēr according to kilšôn ʿammô

Grammar Details

• *wayyišlaḥ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent
• *səp̄ārîm*: masculine plural noun - letters/documents
• *məḏînôṯ*: feminine plural construct - provinces of
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the king
• *məḏînâ*: feminine singular noun - province
• *kiḵṯāḇāh*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - according to its writing
• *ʿam*: masculine singular noun - people
• *kilšônô*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - according to its language
• *lihyôṯ*: qal infinitive construct - to be
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *śōrēr*: qal participle, masculine singular - ruling
• *bêṯô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *məḏabbēr*: piel participle, masculine singular - speaking
• *kilšôn*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular construct - according to language of
• *ʿammô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people

Word Meanings

• *səp̄ārîm*: letters/documents/dispatches
• *kiḵṯāḇāh*: according to its script/in its writing/in its script
• *kilšônô*: according to its language/in its tongue
• *śōrēr*: ruling/master/dominant
• *məḏabbēr*: speaking/declaring/proclaiming

Referenced Verses

• Esth 3:12 : 12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
• Esth 8:9 : 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
• Eph 5:22-24 : 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
• 1 Tim 2:12 : 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
• Titus 2:4-5 : 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
• Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• Dan 4:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
• Luke 16:8 : 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
• Acts 2:5-9 : 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 {G5037} Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
• 1 Cor 14:19-20 : 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.