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And the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
spake
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto Ashpenaz
'Ashpnaz (ash-pen-az')
Ashpenaz, a Babylonian eunuch -- Ashpenaz.
the master
rab (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
of his eunuchs
cariyc (saw-reece')
from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
that he should bring
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
certain of the children
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and of the king's
mluwkah (mel-oo-kaw')
something ruled, i.e. a realm -- kingsom, king's, royal.
seed
zera` (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
and of the princes
partam (par-tam')
a grandee -- (most) noble, prince.
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