Study it in the app“And it happened, when they spoke to him day after day and he did not listen to them, that they made it known to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for he had made known to them that he was a Jew.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen they spokeכְּאָמְרָםto himאֵלָיוdayיוֹםafter dayוָיוֹםand he did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמַעto them,אֲלֵיהֶםthat they made it knownוַיַּגִּידוּto Haman,לְהָמָןto seeלִרְאוֹתwhetherהֲMordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַיwordsדִּבְרֵיwould stand;יַעַמְדוּforכִּיhe had made knownהִגִּידto themלָהֶםthatאֲשֶׁרheהוּאwasa Jew.יְהוּדִי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” 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” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” 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” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamdu” appearsJew, 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 “yehudi” appears3And the king’s servants who were in the gate of the king said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the commandment of the king?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling or bowing down to him, and Haman was filled with fury.
