Original Language Studio
Esther 1:15
“What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דָּתdâth · dawth
H1881 · Hebrew
H1881 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a royal edict or statute
- Derivation
- of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation;
- KJV renderings
- commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- דָת֙ — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 33:2Ezra 8:36Esther 1:8Esther 1:13Esther 1:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.