ifאִםI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand ifוְאִםit seems goodטוֹבtoעַלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְto grantלָתֵתmy requestשְׁאֵלָתִיand to doוְלַעֲשׂוֹתmy petition,בַּקָּשָׁתִיlet the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand Hamanוְהָמָןcomeיָבוֹאtoאֶלthe banquetהַמִּשְׁתֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרI will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהfor them,לָהֶםand tomorrowוּמָחָרI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof the king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
Esther 5:8
Study it in the app“if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to grant my request and to do my petition, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 5:8, word by word
- I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- it seems goodטוֹבtov
seem good
To seem good, to be pleasing or fitting.
Where else “tov” appears- to grantתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- my requestשְׁאֵלָתִsheelati
request
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelati” appears- and to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appears- my petitionבַּקָּשָׁתִbakashati
request
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “bakashati” appears- and 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- comeיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the banquetמִּשְׁתֶּהmishte
feast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appears- and tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears
The context
7And Esther answered and said, “My request and my petition:
8 · This verse (above)
9And Haman went out that day glad and good of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not rise and did not tremble before him, Haman was filled with fury against Mordecai.