Original Language Studio
Esther 1:8
“And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8360 · Hebrew
- Definition
- potation
- Derivation
- feminine of H8358 (שְׁתִי);
- KJV renderings
- drinking.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- שְּׁתִיָּ֥ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
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 שְׁתִיָּה 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.