And said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Let the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
live
chayah (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
for ever
`owlam (o-lawm')
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
why should not my countenance
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
be sad
yara` (yaw-rah')
to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear -- be grevious (only Isa. 15:4).
when the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
the place
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of my fathers'
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
sepulchres
qeber, (keh'-ber)
a sepulchre -- burying place, grave, sepulchre.
lieth waste
chareb (khaw-rabe')
parched or ruined -- desolate, dry, waste.
and the gates
sha`ar (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
thereof are consumed
'akal (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
with fire
'esh (aysh)
fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
