The Meaning of Esther 1:13 Explained

Esther 1:13

KJV: Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

YLT: And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so is the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,

Darby: And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business conducted before all that knew law and judgment;

ASV: Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Esther 1:13?

MEANING: What does Esther 1:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Esther 1:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Esther 1:13?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the king  said  to the wise men,  which knew  the times,  (for so [was] the king's  manner  toward  all that knew  law  and judgment: 

What does Esther 1:13 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 1:13 mean?

And said the king to the wise men who knew the times for this [was] manner of the king toward all who understood law and justice
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לַחֲכָמִ֖ים יֹדְעֵ֣י הָֽעִתִּ֑ים כִּי־ כֵן֙ דְּבַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לִפְנֵ֕י כָּל־ יֹדְעֵ֖י דָּ֥ת וָדִֽין

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לַחֲכָמִ֖ים  to  the  wise  men 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: חָכָם  
Sense: wise, wise (man).
יֹדְעֵ֣י  who  knew 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
הָֽעִתִּ֑ים  the  times 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
כֵן֙  this  [was] 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
דְּבַ֣ר  manner 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לִפְנֵ֕י  toward 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יֹדְעֵ֖י  who  understood 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
דָּ֥ת  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דָּת  
Sense: decree, law, edict, regulation, usage.
וָדִֽין  and  justice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דִּין 
Sense: judgment.

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