The Meaning of Esther 1:18 Explained

Esther 1:18

KJV: Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

YLT: yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say so to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.

Darby: And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.

ASV: And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise much contempt and wrath.

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What is the context of Esther 1:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Likewise] shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus [shall there arise] too much contempt and wrath.

What does Esther 1:18 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 1:18 mean?

And day this [very] will say the [noble] ladies of Persia and Media that they have heard of the behavior of the queen To all officials of the king thus [there will be] excessive contempt and wrath

וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה תֹּאמַ֣רְנָה ׀ שָׂר֣וֹת פָּֽרַס־ וּמָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־ דְּבַ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל שָׂרֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּכְדַ֖י בִּזָּי֥וֹן וָקָֽצֶף

וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם	And day
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַזֶּ֜ה	this [very]
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
תֹּאמַ֣רְנָה ׀	will say
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שָׂר֣וֹת	the [noble] ladies
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: שָׂרָה Sense: princess, noblewoman, noble lady.
פָּֽרַס־	of Persia
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: פָּרַס Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south.
וּמָדַ֗י	and Media
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מָדַי Sense: a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	that
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
שָֽׁמְעוּ֙	they have heard
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
דְּבַ֣ר	the behavior
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה	of the queen
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכָּה Sense: queen.
לְכֹ֖ל	To all
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
שָׂרֵ֣י	officials
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	of the king
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king.
וּכְדַ֖י	thus [there will be] excessive
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בְּדֵי Sense: sufficiency, enough.
בִּזָּי֥וֹן	contempt
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בִּזָּיׄון Sense: contempt.
וָקָֽצֶף	and wrath
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: קֶצֶף Sense: wrath, anger.

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