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And Mordecaiוַ מָרְדֳּכַיreturnedיָּשָׁבtoאֶלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְgate,שַׁעַרbut Hamanוְהָמָןhurriedנִדְחַףtoאֶלhis house,בֵּיתוֹmourningאָבֵלand with his headוַ רֹאשׁcovered.חֲפוּי
Esther 6:12
Study it in the app“And Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 6:12, word by word
- And 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- returnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- but 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- hurriedנִדְחַףnidchaf
hurry, hasten
Hurry, hasten; push someone to go quickly.
Where else “nidchaf” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- mourningאָבֵלavel
mourning
Mourning, grieving over a death.
Where else “avel” appears- and with his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- coveredחֲפוּיchafuy
cover
To veil one's head in grief or shame.
Where else “chafuy” appears
Translation note
Covering the head was a sign of mourning and of shame (2 Samuel 15:30).
The context
11And 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!”
12 · This verse (above)
13And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had happened to him; and his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”