Revised Version 1895
Esther 3
1Afterאַחַ֣ר׀'a.CharH310theseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428thingsdidאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325promoteHamanהָמָ֧ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121of Hammedatha theAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91, andadvancedוַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּvay.na.se.'E.huH5375him, andsetוַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙vai.Ya.semH7760hisseatכִּסְא֔וֹkis.'OH3678aboveמֵעַ֕לme.'AlH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269that were with him.
2Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,bowedH7812downוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812, anddidH834reverence toHamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001: for thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadsoכֵ֖ןkhenH3651commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerning him. ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedH7812notלֹ֥אlo'H3808downיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808didH834him reverence.
3Then theking’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559untoMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069transgressest thou theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?
4NowH1961itcameH1961topassH1961, when they spakedailyH3117unto him, and he hearkenednotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808unto them, that theytoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Hamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001, toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whetherH7200Mordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782mattersדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697wouldstandהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975: for he hadtoldהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046them that he was aJewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.
6But hethoughtבְּעֵינָ֗יוbe.'ei.NavH5869scorn tolayלִשְׁלֹ֤חlish.LochH7971handsיָד֙yadH3027onMordecaiבְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbe.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782aloneלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905; for they had shewed him thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782: whereforeHamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001soughtוַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁvay.va.KeshH1245todestroyלְהַשְׁמִ֧ידle.hash.MidH8045allH3605theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that werethroughoutH3605thewholeH3605kingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,evenכִּֽי־ki-H3588thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.
7In thefirstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223monthבַּחֹ֤דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,whichH1931is themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Nisanנִיסָ֔ןni.SanH5212, in the twelfthyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, theycastH5307Purפּוּר֩purH6332, that is, thelotH1486,beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Hamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001fromdayH3117todayH3117, and frommonthוּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁu.me.Cho.deshH2320tomonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320, to the twelfthmonthלְחֹדֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichH1931is themonthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃ ס'a.DarH143.
8AndHamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untokingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, There is acertainאֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadH259peopleעַם־'am-H5971scatteredמְפֻזָּ֤רme.fu.ZarH6340abroad anddispersedוּמְפֹרָד֙u.me.fo.RadH6504among thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971inallH3605theprovincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082of thykingdomמַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָmal.khu.Te.khaH4438; and theirlawsוְדָתֵיהֶ֞םve.da.tei.HemH1881are diverse fromthoseH3605ofeveryH3605peopleעָ֗ם'AmH5971;neitherאֵינָ֣ם'ei.NamH369keepעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213they theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428lawsדָּתֵ֤יda.TeiH1881: therefore it isnotאֵין־'ein-H369for theking’sוְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.la.Me.lekhH4428profit to suffer them.
9Ifאִם־'im-H518itpleaseH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, let it bewrittenיִכָּתֵ֖בyi.ka.TevH3789that they bedestroyedלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6: and I willpayאֶשְׁקוֹל֙'esh.kOlH8254tenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.FimH505talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603ofsilverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701intoH413thehandsיְדֵי֙ye.DeiH3027ofthoseעַל־'al-H5921that have thechargeעַל־'al-H5921of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428businessהַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.KhahH4399, tobringלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935itintoH413theking’sH4428treasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595.
10And thekingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookוַיָּ֧סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493hisringטַבַּעְתּ֖וֹta.ba'.ToH2885from hishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027, andgaveוַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414it untoHamanלְהָמָ֧ןle.ha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121of Hammedatha theAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91, theJews’הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064enemyצֹרֵ֥רtzo.RerH6887.
12Then were theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428scribesH5608calledוַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩vai.yi.ka.re.'UH7121in thefirstהָרִאשׁ֗וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, on the thirteenthdayיוֹם֮yOmH3117thereof, and there waswrittenH3789accordingH5921toallH3605thatHamanהָמָ֡ןha.ManH2001commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680unto theking’sהַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhH4428satrapsאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵֽי־'a.chash.dar.pe.nei-H323, and to thegovernorsהַפַּח֞וֹתha.pa.ChotH6346that were overeveryH3605provinceH4082, and to theprincesשָׂ֤רֵיSa.reiH8269ofeveryH3605peopleH5971; toeveryH3605provinceH4082accordingH5921to thewritingH3789thereof, and toeveryH3605peopleH5971afterH5921theirlanguageכִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956; in thenameבְּשֵׁ֨םbe.ShemH8034ofkingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙'a.chash.ve.RoshH325was itwrittenH3789, and it wassealedוְנֶחְתָּ֖םve.nech.TamH2856with theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֥עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885.
13Andlettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612weresentוְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַve.nish.Lo.achH7971by postsintoH413allכָּל־kol-H3605theking’sהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428provincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082, todestroyלְהַשְׁמִ֡ידle.hash.MidH8045, toslayלַהֲרֹ֣גla.ha.RogH2026, and to cause toperishוּלְאַבֵּ֣דu.le.'a.BedH6,allכָּל־kol-H3605Jewsהַ֠יְּהוּדִיםHai.ye.hu.dimH3064,bothשְׁנֵים־she.neim-H8147youngמִנַּ֨עַרmi.Na.'arH5288andoldזָקֵ֜ןza.KenH2205,littleטַ֤ףtafH2945childrenH2945andwomenוְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.ShimH802, in onedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117,evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704uponH413the thirteenthdayH3117of the twelfthmonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichהוּא־hu'-H1931is themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143, and totakeלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962thespoilוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998of them for apreyH962.
14Acopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572of thewritingהַכְּתָ֗בha.ke.TavH3791, that thedecreeדָּת֙datH1881should begivenלְהִנָּ֤תֵֽןle.hi.Na.tenH5414outH3605ineveryH3605provinceH4082, waspublishedגָּל֖וּיga.LuiH1540untoallH3605thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.MimH5971, that they should bereadyעֲתִדִ֖ים'a.ti.DimH6264againstH3605thatdayלַיּ֥וֹםlai.YomH3117.
15The postswentH3318forthH3318in haste by theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697, and thedecreeוְהַדָּ֥תve.ha.DatH1881wasgivenנִתְּנָ֖הni.te.NahH5414outH3318in Shushan the palace: and thekingוְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428andHamanוְהָמָן֙ve.ha.ManH2001satH3427downיָשְׁב֣וּya.she.VuH3427todrinkלִשְׁתּ֔וֹתlish.TotH8354; but thecityוְהָעִ֥ירve.ha.'IrH5892of Shushan was perplexed.
Commentaries on Esther 3
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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