Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 8:5 Interlinear

And said the king If it please and if I have found favour before seem right and the thing before the king If it please in his eyes let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite let it be written to destroy the Jews provinces the king

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וַ֠תֹּאמֶרH559And saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428the kinga king
5וְטוֹבָ֥הH2896If it pleasegood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
6וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
7מָצָ֧אתִיH4672and if I have foundproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
8חֵ֣ןH2580favourgraciousness, i.e., subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
9לִפְנֵ֣יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10וְכָשֵׁ֤רH3787seem rightby implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper
11הַדָּבָר֙H1697and the thinga word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
12לִפְנֵ֣יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
13הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428the kinga king
14וְטוֹבָ֥הH2896If it pleasegood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
15אֲנִ֖יH589i
16בְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869in his eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
17כָּתַ֗בH3789let it be writtento grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
18לְהָשִׁ֣יבH7725to reverseto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
19אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
20הַסְּפָרִ֗יםH5612the lettersproperly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
21מַֽחֲשֶׁ֜בֶתH4284deviseda contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
22הָמָ֤ןH2001by Hamanhaman, a persian vizier
23בֶּֽןH1121the sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
24הַמְּדָ֙תָא֙H4099of Hammedathamedatha, the father of haman
25הָֽאֲגָגִ֔יH91the Agagitean agagite or descendent (subject) of agag
26אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
27כָּתַ֗בH3789let it be writtento grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
28לְאַבֵּד֙H6to destroyproperly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
29אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
30הַיְּהוּדִ֔יםH3064the Jewsa jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
31אֲשֶׁ֖רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
32בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
33מְדִינ֥וֹתH4082provincesproperly, a judgeship, i.e., jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
34הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428the kinga king

Verse Context

Esther 8:4held out Then the king So Esther sceptre the golden...
Esther 8:5 (current)And said the king If it please and if I have found favour before seem right and the thing before the king If it please in his eyes let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite let it be written to destroy the Jews provinces the king
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