Study it in the app“But 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.”
But in his eyesבְּעֵינָיוit was beneath himוַיִּבֶזto stretch outלִשְׁלֹחhishandיָדagainstבְּMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיalone,לְבַדּוֹforכִּיthey had made knownהִגִּידוּto himלוֹthe peopleעַםof Mordecai;מָרְדֳּכָיand Hamanוַ הָמָןsoughtיְבַקֵּשׁto destroyלְהַשְׁמִידallכָּלthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרin allבְּכָלthe kingdomמַלְכוּתof Ahasuerus,אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁthe peopleעַםof Mordecai.מָרְדֳּכָי
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appearsdespise
Despise, think little of.
Where else “yivez” appearsstretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “sheloch” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” 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” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higidu” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakesh” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” 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 “yehudim” appearskingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appearsAhasuerus
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.
Where else “achashverosh” appears5And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling or bowing down to him, and Haman was filled with fury.
6 · This verse (above)
7In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur was cast —that is, the lot— before Haman from day to day and from month to month, to the twelfth, which is the month of Adar.
