Esther 4:8

“And 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.”

Esther 4:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 4:8, word by word

the copyפַּתְשֶׁגֶןpatshegen

copy

Copy of a writing (a word of Persian origin used in Hebrew).

Where else “patshegen” appears
of the writingכְּתָבketav

document

A written document: a letter, an order or a decree of the king.

Where else “ketav” appears
of the lawדָּתdat

law, decree

Law, decree.

Where else “dat” appears
had been givenנִתַּןnitan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “nitan” appears
in Susaשׁוּשָׁןshushan

Susa

See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears
to destroy themהַשְׁמִידָhashmida

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

Where else “hashmida” appears
to showהַרְאוֹתharot

show

To make someone see something.

Where else “harot” appears
Estherאֶסְתֵּרester

Esther

Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.

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and to make it knownהַגִּידhagid

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

Where else “hagid” appears
and to commandצַוּוֹתtsauot

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsauot” appears
to go inבוֹאvo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “vo” appears
the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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to imploreהִתְחַנֶּןhitchanen

plead

To beg someone for mercy.

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and to petitionבַקֵּשׁvakesh

try to get

To try to get something.

Where else “vakesh” appears
before himפָנָיfanay

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fanay” appears
her peopleעַמָּama

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “ama” appears

Places in this verse

Susa
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Susa

    Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran

    The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.

    Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).

    Nehemiah 1:1Esther 1:2Daniel 8:2Esther 3:15

The context

7And Mordecai made known to him all that had happened to him, and the sum of the silver that Haman had said he would weigh out to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to make them perish.

8 · This verse (above)

9And Hathach came and made known to Esther the words of Mordecai.

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