Esther 5:14

“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.”

Esther 5:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and in the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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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.”

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