The Meaning of Esther 1:11 Explained

Esther 1:11

KJV: To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

YLT: to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she is of good appearance,

Darby: to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

ASV: to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

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What is the context of Esther 1:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.

What does Esther 1:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Esther 1:1-22 - Vashti's Noble Refusal

The book opens with a royal festival, which lasted for six months, Esther 1:1-9. Perhaps the princes came up from their governments to partake of it in rotation. It finished with a banquet, open to all the people who dwelt in Shushan, great and small. Whenever men are overcome with wine, there is grave peril for women. Coarseness, indelicacy, and impurity troop in at the door, which has been unlocked by the excess of wine. Who can tell the anguish which has been caused to women, children, and the dumb creation through the intemperance of man! Here is given a glimpse of a noble woman, who respected herself too highly to yield to a demand, wholly foreign to the customs of the time, which forbade women to appear in public. Of course the king was incensed, all the more so because he knew that he was in the wrong. He had command over 127 provinces, but he could not rule his own spirit, and the sense of moral weakness is always irritating. He consulted his counselors, who were only too glad to fall in with and humor the royal whims; they counseled that the divorce of Vashti was a public duty, for the repression of wife-insubordination throughout the empire. Men are not always to be trusted when they legislate about women, or in respect to their own dignity. When wine is in them they may be expected to say and do very stupid things. It has been truly said that every Ahasuerus had his Memucan, a man who was sycophant and parasite, who held his influence by humoring caprice and lust. [source]

Chapter Summary: Esther 1

¹ Xerxes makes royal feasts
¹⁰ Vashti, sent for, refuses to come
¹³ Xerxes, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and decrees men's sovereignty

What do the individual words in Esther 1:11 mean?

To bring - Vashti Queen before the king [wearing] her crown royal in order to show to the people and the officials her beauty for beautiful to behold she [was]

לְ֠הָבִיא אֶת־ וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּכֶ֣תֶר מַלְכ֑וּת לְהַרְא֨וֹת הָֽעַמִּ֤ים וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ יָפְיָ֔הּ כִּֽי־ טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽיא

לְ֠הָבִיא	To bring
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
וַשְׁתִּ֧י	Vashti
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: וַשְׁתִּי Sense: the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders.
הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה	Queen
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכָּה Sense: queen.
לִפְנֵ֥י	before
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
בְּכֶ֣תֶר	[wearing] her crown
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֶּתֶר Sense: crown.
מַלְכ֑וּת	royal
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכוּת Sense: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power.
לְהַרְא֨וֹת	in order to show
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
הָֽעַמִּ֤ים	to the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
וְהַשָּׂרִים֙	and the officials
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
יָפְיָ֔הּ	her beauty
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: יֳפִי Sense: beauty.
טוֹבַ֥ת	beautiful
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct Root: טָבַב Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
מַרְאֶ֖ה	to behold
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַרְאֶה Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
הִֽיא	she [was]
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.

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