Esther 1:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

Young's Literal Translation
‘If to the king [it be] good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who [is] better than she;

King James Bible
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Hebrew
So if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

it pleases
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2895: To be pleasing or good

the king,
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

let him issue
יֵצֵ֤א (yê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

a royal
מַלְכוּת֙ (mal·ḵūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

decree,
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

and let it be recorded
וְיִכָּתֵ֛ב (wə·yik·kā·ṯêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

in the laws
בְּדָתֵ֥י (bə·ḏā·ṯê)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1881: A royal edict, statute

of Persia
פָֽרַס־ (p̄ā·ras-)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon

and Media
וּמָדַ֖י (ū·mā·ḏay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4074: Media -- a son of Japheth, also his descendants and their land

so that it cannot
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be repealed,
יַעֲב֑וֹר (ya·‘ă·ḇō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

that
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Vashti
וַשְׁתִּ֗י (waš·tî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2060: Vashti -- queen of Pers

shall never again
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

enter
תָב֜וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the presence
לִפְנֵי֙ (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of King
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Xerxes,
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 325: Ahasuerus -- king of Persia

and her royal position
וּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙ (ū·mal·ḵū·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

shall be given
יִתֵּ֣ן (yit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to a woman
לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (lir·‘ū·ṯāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7468: A female associate, an additional one

more worthy
הַטּוֹבָ֥ה (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than she.
מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ (mim·men·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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