The Meaning of Esther 1:15 Explained

Esther 1:15

KJV: 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?

YLT: According to law, what -- to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?'

Darby: What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

ASV: What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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What is the context of Esther 1:15?

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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?

What does Esther 1:15 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 1:15 mean?

According to law what [shall we] do to Queen Vashti upon that not she did obey - the command of King Ahasuerus [brought to her] by the eunuchs -

כְּדָת֙ מַֽה־ לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֑י עַ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־ עָשְׂתָ֗ה אֶֽת־ מַאֲמַר֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בְּיַ֖ד ؟ הַסָּרִיסִֽים ס

כְּדָת֙	According to law
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular Root: דָּת Sense: decree, law, edict, regulation, usage.
לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת	[shall we] do
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה	to Queen
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכָּה Sense: queen.
וַשְׁתִּ֑י	Vashti
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: וַשְׁתִּי Sense: the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders.
עַ֣ל ׀	upon
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
עָשְׂתָ֗ה	she did obey
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֶֽת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מַאֲמַר֙	the command
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מַאֲמָר Sense: word, command.
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	of King
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ	Ahasuerus
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹושׁ Sense: title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes.
בְּיַ֖ד	[brought to her] by
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
؟ הַסָּרִיסִֽים	the eunuchs
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: סָרִיס Sense: official, eunuch.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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