Study it in the app“If it seems good to the king, let it be written to make them perish; and ten thousand talents of silver I will weigh out into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the treasuries of the king.””
Ifאִםit seems goodטוֹבtoעַלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְlet it be writtenיִכָּתֵבto make them perish;לְאַבְּדָםand tenוַעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםtalentsכִּכַּרof silverכֶּסֶףI will weigh outאֶשְׁקוֹלintoעַלthe handsיְדֵיof those who doעֹשֵׂיthe work,הַמְּלָאכָהto bring itלְהָבִיאintoאֶלthe treasuriesגִּנְזֵיof the king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
seem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tov” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yikatev” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abda” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appearstalent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “kikar” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearsweigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “eshkol” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yede” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appearstreasury
The place where the king keeps his wealth.
Where else “ginze” appears“Those who do the work”: it can be understood as the officials who kept the king’s accounts. Ten thousand talents were about 340 metric tons of silver.
8And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from those of every people, and the king’s laws they do not keep; and for the king it is not worthwhile to leave them alone.
9 · This verse (above)
10And the king removed his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.
