Esther 3:12

“And the king’s scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded, to the king’s satraps and to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language; in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.”
Esther 3:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And the king’sוַ הַמֶּלֶךְscribesסֹפְרֵיwere summonedיִּקָּרְאוּin the firstבַּ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonth,חֹדֶשׁon the thirteenthבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof it,בּוֹand it was writtenוַיִּכָּתֵבaccording to allכְּכָלthatאֲשֶׁרHamanהָמָןcommanded,צִוָּהtoאֶלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְsatrapsאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵיand toוְאֶלthe governorsהַפַּחוֹתwho wereאֲשֶׁרoverעַלeach provinceמְדִינָה וּמְדִינָהand toוְאֶלthe officialsשָׂרֵיof each people,עַם וָעָםto each provinceמְדִינָה וּמְדִינָהaccording to its scriptכִּכְתָבָהּand each peopleוְעַם וָעָםaccording to its language;כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹin the nameבְּשֵׁםof King Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁit was written,נִכְתָּבand it was sealedוְנֶחְתָּםwith the king’sבְּ הַמֶּלֶךְring.טַבַּעַת

Esther 3:12, word by word

And the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears

scribesסֹפְרֵיsofre

scribe

An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.

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were summonedיִּקָּרְאוּyikaru

name

To give someone a name.

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in the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

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monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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on the thirteenthשְׁלוֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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on the thirteenthעָשָׂרasar

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

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dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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and it was writtenיִּכָּתֵבyikatev

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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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.

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commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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satrapsאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵיachashdarpne

satrap

Satrap (a word of Persian origin): governor of one of the great regions of the Persian empire, above the governors of provinces.

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the governorsפַּחוֹתpachot

governor

Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.

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each provinceמְדִינָהmedina

province, district

Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.

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the officialsשָׂרֵיsare

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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of each peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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according to its scriptכְתָבָchetava

script

The way each people writes: its script and letters.

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according to its languageלְשׁוֹנleshon

language

The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.

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in the nameשֵׁםshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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of King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁachashverosh

Ahasuerus

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.

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and it was sealedנֶחְתָּםnechtam

seal, stop up

Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.

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ringטַבַּעַתtabaat

signet ring

The seal band the king wore on his finger.

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The context

11And the king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, and the people, to do with it as seems good in your eyes.”

12 · This verse (above)

13And letters were sent by the hand of the couriers to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish all the Jews, from the young man to the old man, little ones and women, on one day, the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their spoil.

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