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title: וַשְׁתִּי — Vashti · The Tanakh dictionary
description: וַשְׁתִּי (2060), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Vashti. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# וַשְׁתִּי

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«וַשְׁתִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Vashti** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 2060 · **BDB:** וַשְׁתִּי

### Glosses

Vashti (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Vashti [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2060/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2060/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (= Pers. (Zend) vahista, best, cf. JustiHdb. d. Zendsprache, 272) queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) king of Persia, Est 1:9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19; 2:1, 4, 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «וַשְׁתִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1493/2060/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.9/)

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גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים בֵּ֚ית הַמַּלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ס

*Word for word:* also Vashti the queen she.made a.feast of.women the.house of.(the) royalty which \[belonged\].to the king Ahasuerus

*JPS 1917:* Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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[Esther 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.15/)

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כְּדָת֙ מַֽה־לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֑י עַ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־עָשְׂתָ֗ה אֶֽת־מַאֲמַר֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בְּיַ֖ד הַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* according to.\[the\].law what? \[is\].to do with the queen Vashti on that not she.did (et) the.command of the.king Ahasuerus by the.hand of the.eunuchs

*JPS 1917:* 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'

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