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Esther 7:3-4
3Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436answeredוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030and saidוַתֹּאמַ֔רva.to.MarH559,If I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672favourחֵ֤ןchenH2580in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and if it pleaseH2895the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,let my lifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315be givenתִּנָּֽתֶן־ti.na.ten-H5414me at my petitionבִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbish.'E.la.TiH7596,and my peopleוְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971at my requestבְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃be.va.ka.sha.TiH1246:
4For we are soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376,I and my peopleוְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.MiH5971,to be destroyedלְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.MidH8045,to be slainלַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.RogH2026,and to perishוּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.BedH6.But ifוְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.luH432we had been soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376for bondmenלַעֲבָדִ֨יםla.'a.va.DimH5650and bondwomenוְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתve.lish.fa.ChotH8198,I had held my tongueהֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּיhe.che.Rash.tiH2790,although the enemyהַצָּ֛רha.TzarH6862could not countervailשֹׁוֶ֖הsho.VehH7737the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428damageבְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zekH5143.
Commentaries on Esther 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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