she.tiy.yah denotes drinking as the activity regulated by the king's stated rule in Esther 1:8.

The attested use names drinking as the activity governed by the king's rule that no one be compelled in Esther 1:8.

1. Drinking under a stated rule · dominant

   In Esther 1:8, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause concerning drinking being according to the law and without compulsion; the APB renders the verse, "And drinking was according to the law; none compelled."

   Esther 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Esther 1:8, the APB presents the clause as "And drinking was according to the law; none compelled." The verse is read as a whole, but it clearly frames the term within the verse's regulation of drinking.