And Zereshוַ זֶרֶשׁhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹand allוְכָלhis friendsאֹהֲבָיוsaidתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Let them makeיַעֲשׂוּa poleעֵץfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםcubitsאַמָּהhigh,גָּבֹהַּand in the morningוּבַבֹּקֶרtellאֱמֹרthe kingלַמֶּלֶךְthat they should hangוְיִתְלוּMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיon it;עָלָיוthen goוּבֹאwith the kingעִם הַמֶּלֶךְtoאֶלthe banquetהַמִּשְׁתֶּהglad.”שָׂמֵחַAnd the matterוַ הַדָּבָרseemed goodיִּיטַבto Haman,לִפְנֵי הָמָןand he madeוַיַּעַשׂthe pole.הָעֵץ
Esther 5:14
Study it in the app“And Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them make a pole fifty cubits high, and in the morning tell the king that they should hang Mordecai on it; then go with the king to the banquet glad.” And the matter seemed good to Haman, and he made the pole.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 5:14, word by word
- And Zereshזֶרֶשׁzeresh
Zeresh
Zeresh: the name of Haman's wife.
Where else “zeresh” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- his friendsאֹהֲבָיohavay
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “ohavay” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Let them makeיַעֲשׂוּyaasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appears- a poleעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- cubitsאַמָּהama
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “ama” appears- highגָּבֹהַּgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” appears- and in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- that they should hangיִתְלוּyitlu
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “yitlu” appears- 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- then goבֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- the banquetמִּשְׁתֶּהmishte
feast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appears- gladשָׂמֵחַsameach
joyful, glad
Joyful, glad.
Where else “sameach” appears- And the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- seemed goodיִּיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- to Hamanפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- to 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
Translation note
“A pole”: the Hebrew says “a tree” or “wood” (ets). Fifty cubits are about 22 meters.
The context
13Yet all this is not worth anything to me every time that I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king’s gate.”
14 · This verse (above)