Esther 5:8

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
found	מָצָ֨אתִי ma.Tza.ti	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
favour	חֵ֜ן chen	H2580	graciousness · noun, common masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֣י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
king	הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
please	טוֹב ṭôwb	H2895	to be (transitively
king	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
grant	לָתֵת֙ la.Tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
petition	שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י she.'E.la.Ti	H7596	a petition · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
perform	וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת ve.la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
request	בַּקָּשָׁתִ֑י ba.ka.sha.Ti	H1246	a petition · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Haman	וְהָמָ֗ן ve.ha.Man	H2001	Haman · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
come	יָב֧וֹא ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
banquet	הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ ha.mish.Teh	H4960	drink · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
prepare	אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֣ה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
do	אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה 'e.'e.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
morrow	וּמָחָ֥ר u.ma.Char	H4279	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	כִּדְבַ֥ר kid.Var	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Esther 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at…
Esther 6:1-14 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Esther 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:1-8

Here is, I. Esther's bold approach to the king, Est 5:1. When the time appointed for their fast was finished she lost no time, but on the third day, when the impression of her devotions were fresh upon her spirit, she addressed the king. When the heart is enlarged in communion with God it will be emboldened in doing and suffering for him. Some think that the three days' fast was only one whole day and two whole nights, in all which time they did not take any food at all, and that this is called three days, as Christ's lying in the grave so long is. This exposition is favoured by the consideration that on the third day the queen made her appearance at court. Resolutions which have difficultie…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare--The king ate alone, and his guests in an adjoining hall; but they were admitted to sit with him at wine. Haman being the only invited guest with the king and queen, it was natural that he should have been elated with the honor. Next: Esther Chapter 6

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:8

I will do to-morrow - She saw she was gaining on the king's affections; but she was not yet sufficiently confident; and therefore wished another interview, that she might ingratiate herself more fully in the king's favor, and thus secure the success of her design. But Providence disposed of things thus, to give time for the important event mentioned in the succeeding chapter.

John Gill on Esther 5:8

If I have found favour in the sight of the king,.... Or, seeing she had; for it was a clear case she had, both by his holding out the golden sceptre to her, and by accepting her invitation to her banquet: and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request; as he had been so gracious as to promise in such a large and liberal manner as before expressed: let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them; the Targum says, in the evening; but from Esther 5:12, it appears to be on the morrow; and which agrees with what follows: and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said; make her petition and request to him; which she had deferred, partly in hope…

Dictionary and topics

Banquet — A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These…
Meals — Are at the present day “eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped…
Indecision · .Esther — .Esther
Procrastination · .Esther — .Esther

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 5:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:8

John Gill on Esther 5:8

Dictionary and topics

Esther 5:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:8

John Gill on Esther 5:8

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 5:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 5:8

Rashi on Esther 5:8