Study it in the app“And 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.”
And allוְכָלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְservantsעַבְדֵיwho wereאֲשֶׁרin the gateבְּשַׁעַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְkneltכֹּרְעִיםand bowed downוּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִיםto Haman,לְהָמָןforכִּיsoכֵןthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhad commandedצִוָּהconcerning him;לוֹbut Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַיdid notלֹאkneelיִכְרַעnorוְלֹאbow down.יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscrouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “korim” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “mishtachavim” 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” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsMordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears1After 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the king’s servants who were in the gate of the king said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the commandment of the king?”
