And Mordecaiוַ מָרְדֳּכַיmade knownיַּגֶּדto himלוֹallכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhad happened to him,קָרָהוּandוְthe sumפָּרָשַׁתof the silverהַכֶּסֶףthatאֲשֶׁרHamanהָמָןhad saidאָמַרhe would weigh outלִשְׁקוֹלtoעַלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְtreasuriesגִּנְזֵיfor the Jews,בַּיְּהוּדִיםto make them perish.לְאַבְּדָם
Esther 4:7
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Esther 4:7, 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- made knownיַּגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- had happened to himקָרָkara
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “kara” appears- the sumפָּרָשַׁתparashat
exact amount, account
Exact amount, a detailed account of something.
Where else “parashat” appears- of the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- 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- had saidאָמַרamar
promise
To give one's word that something will be done.
Where else “amar” appears- he would weigh outשְׁקוֹלshekol
weigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “shekol” appears- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- treasuriesגִּנְזֵיginze
treasury
The place where the king keeps his wealth.
Where else “ginze” appears- for 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- to make them perishאַבְּדָabda
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abda” appears
The context
6And Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the square of the city that was in front of the king’s gate.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Susa to destroy them he gave to him, to show Esther and to make it known to her, and to command her to go in to the king to implore him and to petition before him for her people.