And Hamanוַ הָמָןtookיִּקַּחthe robeהַלְּבוּשׁand the horse,וְ הַסּוּסand clothedוַיַּלְבֵּשׁMordecai,מָרְדֳּכָיand made him rideוַיַּרְכִּיבֵהוּthrough the squareבִּרְחוֹבof the city,הָעִירand proclaimedוַיִּקְרָאbefore him,לְפָנָיו“Thusכָּכָהit will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהto the manלָאִישׁwhomאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְdelightsחָפֵץto honor!”בִּיקָרוֹ
Esther 6:11
Study it in the app“And Haman took the robe and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and made him ride through the square of the city, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it will be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 6:11, word by word
- 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- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the robeלְּבוּשׁlevush
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levush” appears- and the horseסּוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- and clothedיַּלְבֵּשׁyalbesh
clothe
To put clothes on someone else, sometimes as an honor or a help.
Where else “yalbesh” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָיmardochay
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- and made him rideיַּרְכִּיבֵyarkive
set on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “yarkive” appears- through the squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and proclaimedיִּקְרָאyikra
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “yikra” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- it will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- delightsחָפֵץchafets
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafets” appears- to honorיקָרykar
honor
Public recognition given to a person for his worth or service.
Where else “ykar” appears
The context
10And the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits in the king’s gate; do not let anything fall from all that you have spoken.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.