Esther 3:10

With the Hebrew beneath

Esther 3:10, word by word

And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears

removedיָּסַרyasar

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

Where else “yasar” appears

his ringטַבַּעְתּtabat

signet ring

The seal band the king wore on his finger.

Where else “tabat” appears

his handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears

and gave itיִּתְּנָyitna

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “yitna” appears

to Hamanהָמָןhaman

Haman

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” appears

sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “ben” appears

of Hammedathaהַמְּדָתָאhamdata

Hammedatha

Hammedatha: the name of the father of Haman.

Where else “hamdata” appears

the Agagiteאֲגָגִיagagi

Agagite

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” appears

the adversaryצֹרֵרtsorer

harass

To be someone's enemy.

Where else “tsorer” appears

of the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim

Jew, Judean

Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.

Where else “yehudim” appears

Translation note

The king’s ring served to seal the decrees; to give it was to give power to decree in his name.

The context