Study it in the app“After these things King Ahasuerus made great Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, and exalted him, and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.”
AfterאַחַרtheseהָאֵלֶּהthingsהַדְּבָרִיםKing Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁmade greatגִּדַּלHaman,הָמָןsonבֶּןof Hammedatha,הַמְּדָתָאthe Agagite,הָאֲגָגִיand exalted him,וַיְנַשְּׂאֵהוּand setוַיָּשֶׂםhis seatכִּסְאוֹaboveמֵעַלallכָּלthe officialsהַשָּׂרִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרwith him.אִתּוֹ
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appearsmake great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “gidal” appearsHaman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsHammedatha
Hammedatha: the name of the father of Haman.
Where else “hamdata” appearsAgagite
Agagite: of the family of Agag. So Haman is called. Agag was king of Amalek, a people hostile to Israel (1 Samuel 15).
Where else “agagi” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yenase” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsseat
An ordinary seat where someone sits, not a king's.
Where else “kis” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears“The Agagite”: of the family of Agag. Agag was king of Amalek, enemy of Israel (1 Samuel 15); the Hebrew says no more.
1 · This verse (above)
2And all the king’s servants who were in the gate of the king knelt and bowed down to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him; but Mordecai did not kneel nor bow down.
