| “And the king” | הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “said” | וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “again” | גַּ֣ם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | again |
| “unto Esther” | לְאֶסְתֵּ֜ר | Ester, the Jewish heroine | Esther |
| “on the second” | הַשֵּׁנִי֙ | Properly, double, i.e., second; also adverbially, again | second |
| “day” | בַּיּ֤וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “at the banquet” | בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה | Drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast | banquet |
| “of wine,” | הַיַּ֔יִן | Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication | wine |
| “What” | מַה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | What |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “thy petition,” | שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵ֛ךְ | A petition; by implication, a loan | petition |
| “queen” | הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה | A queen | queen |
| “Esther?” | אֶסְתֵּ֥ר | Ester, the Jewish heroine | Esther |
| “and it shall be granted” | וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | granted |
| “thee: and what” | וּמַה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | thee and what |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “thy request?” | בַּקָּֽשָׁתֵ֛ךְ | A petition | request |
| “and it shall be performed,” | וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | performed |
| “even” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “to” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | to |
| “the half” | חֲצִ֥י | The half or middle | half |
| “of the kingdom.” | הַמַּלְכ֖וּת | A rule; concretely, a dominion | kingdom |