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And Hamanוַ הָמָןsawיַּרְאthatכִּיMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיwas notאֵיןkneelingכֹּרֵעַor bowing downוּמִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהto him,לוֹand Hamanוַ הָמָןwas filledיִּמָּלֵאwith fury.חֵמָה
Esther 3:5
Study it in the app“And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling or bowing down to him, and Haman was filled with fury.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 3:5, word by word
- And 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- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears- kneelingכֹּרֵעַkorea
crouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “korea” appears- or bowing downמִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהmishtachave
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “mishtachave” appears- was filledיִּמָּלֵאyimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yimale” appears- with furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6But in his eyes it was beneath him to stretch out his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.