KJV: Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
YLT: And Esther the queen answereth and saith, 'If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king it be good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
Darby: And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;
ASV: Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
| וַתַּ֨עַן | and answered |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout. |
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| אֶסְתֵּ֤ר | Esther |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶסְתֵּר Sense: the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther—daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
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| הַמַּלְכָּה֙ | Queen |
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Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכָּה Sense: queen. |
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| וַתֹּאמַ֔ר | and said |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| מָצָ֨אתִי | I have found |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to. |
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| חֵ֤ן | favor |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֵן Sense: favour, grace, charm. |
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| בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ | in your sight |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | king |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |
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| וְאִם־ | and if |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if. |
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| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | the king |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |
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| ט֑וֹב | it pleases |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: יָטַב Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right. |
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| תִּנָּֽתֶן־ | let be given |
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Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set. |
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| לִ֤י | me |
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Parse: Preposition, first person common singular |
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| נַפְשִׁי֙ | my life |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion. |
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| בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י | at my petition |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: שְׁאֵלָה Sense: request, thing asked for, demand. |
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| וְעַמִּ֖י | and my people |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people. |
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| בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי | at my request |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: בַּקָּשָׁה Sense: request, entreaty, petition. |
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