Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:16

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מְמוּכָ֗ן לִפְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים לֹ֤א עַל הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ עָוְתָ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה כִּ֤י עַל כָּל הַשָּׂרִים֙ וְעַ֣ל כָּל הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֕ר בְּכָל מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃
vayoʾmer mmvkan lipney hamelek vhashariym loʾ ʿal hamelek lbadvo ʿavtah vashtiy hamalkah kiy ʿal kal hashariym vʿal kal haʿamiym ʾasher bkal mdiynvot hamelek ʾaḥashvervosh
King James Version (KJV)

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Modern English

Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials: Vashti the queen has not only wronged the king but also all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

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