וַיֹּ֨אמֶר1 of 21
“said”
H559to say (used with great latitude)
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ2 of 21
“Then the king”
H4428a king
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙3 of 21
“Ahasuerus”
H325achashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר4 of 21
“Esther”
H635ester, the jewish heroine
הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה5 of 21
“the queen”
H4436a queen
וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י6 of 21
“and to Mordecai”
H4782mordecai, an israelite
בַּיְּהוּדִֽיים׃7 of 21
“the Jew”
H3064a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
בֵית9 of 21
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
הָמָ֜ן10 of 21
“of Haman”
H2001haman, a persian vizier
נָתַ֣תִּי11 of 21
“Behold I have given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר12 of 21
“Esther”
H635ester, the jewish heroine
וְאֹתוֹ֙13 of 21
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
תָּל֣וּ14 of 21
“and him they have hanged”
H8518to suspend (especially to gibbet)
עַל15 of 21
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
הָעֵ֔ץ16 of 21
“upon the gallows”
H6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
עַ֛ל17 of 21
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
אֲשֶׁר18 of 21
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
שָׁלַ֥ח19 of 21
“because he laid”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
יָד֖וֹ20 of 21
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
בַּיְּהוּדִֽיים׃21 of 21
“the Jew”
H3064a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)