The Meaning of Esther 1:7 Explained

Esther 1:7

KJV: And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

YLT: and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels are divers vessels, and the royal wine is abundant, as a memorial of the king.

Darby: And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

ASV: And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they gave [them] drink  in vessels  of gold,  (the vessels  being diverse  one from another,  ) and royal  wine  in abundance,  according to the state  of the king. 

What does Esther 1:7 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 1:7 mean?

And they served drinks in vessels golden and each vessel from the other being different and with wine royal in abundance according to the generosity of the king
וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ בִּכְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב וְכֵלִ֖ים מִכֵּלִ֣ים שׁוֹנִ֑ים וְיֵ֥ין מַלְכ֛וּת רָ֖ב כְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙  And  they  served  drinks 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
בִּכְלֵ֣י  in  vessels 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
זָהָ֔ב  golden 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
וְכֵלִ֖ים  and  each  vessel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
מִכֵּלִ֣ים  from  the  other 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
שׁוֹנִ֑ים  being  different 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: to repeat, do again, change, alter.
וְיֵ֥ין  and  with  wine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יַיִן  
Sense: wine.
מַלְכ֛וּת  royal 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַלְכוּת  
Sense: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power.
רָ֖ב  in  abundance 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
כְּיַ֥ד  according  to  the  generosity 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.

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