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And Mordecaiוַ מָרְדֳּכַיtold themיֹּאמֶרto replyלְהָשִׁיבto Esther,אֶל אֶסְתֵּר“Do notאַלimagineתְּדַמִּיfor yourselfבְנַפְשֵׁךְthat you will escapeלְהִמָּלֵטinthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְhouseבֵּיתmore than allמִכָּלthe Jews.הַיְּהוּדִים
Esther 4:13
Study it in the app“And Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine for yourself that you will escape in the king’s house more than all the Jews.”
Mordecai to Esther: who knows whether you came to the kingdom for such a time as this?Providence
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 4:13, word by word
- And 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- told themיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to replyהָשִׁיבhashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashiv” appears- to Estherאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- imagineתְּדַמִּיtedami
imagine
To form an idea in the mind, or devise a plan.
Where else “tedami” appears- for yourselfנַפְשֵׁnafshe
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafshe” appears- that you will escapeהִמָּלֵטhimalet
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “himalet” appears- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, 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” appears
The context
12And they made known to Mordecai the words of Esther.
13 · This verse (above)
14For if you really keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and the house of your father will perish. And who knows whether for a time like this you have come to the kingdom?”