Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 9:5 Interlinear

smote Thus the Jews all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction and did unto those that hated what they would

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּכּ֤וּH5221smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
2הַיְּהוּדִים֙H3064Thus the Jewsa jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
3בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םH341all their enemieshating; an adversary
5מַכַּתH4347with the strokea blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
6חֶ֥רֶבH2719of the sworddrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
7וְהֶ֖רֶגH2027and slaughterslaughter
8וְאַבְדָ֑ןH12and destructiona perishing
9וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּH6213and didto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
10בְשֹֽׂנְאֵיהֶ֖םH8130unto those that hatedto hate (personally)
11כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃H7522what they woulddelight (especially as shown)

Verse Context

Esther 9:4 greater and greater For Mordecai house in the king's and his fame...
Esther 9:5 (current)smote Thus the Jews all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction and did unto those that hated what they would
Esther 9:6And in Shushan the palace slew the Jews and destroyed five...

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