And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Whoמִיisin the court?”בֶחָצֵרNow Hamanוְהָמָןhad comeבָּאto the outerלַ הַחִיצוֹנָהcourtחֲצַרof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְhouseבֵּיתto sayלֵאמֹרto the kingלַמֶּלֶךְto hangלִתְלוֹתMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיonעַלthe poleהָעֵץthatאֲשֶׁרhe had preparedהֵכִיןfor him.לוֹ
Esther 6:4
Study it in the app“And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come to the outer court of the king’s house to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the pole that he had prepared for him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 6:4, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- in the courtחָצֵרchatser
court
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatser” appears- Now 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- had comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- to the outerחִיצוֹנָהchitsona
outer, outside
Outer, outside: what faces outward or is on the outside part. It can also mean what is not sacred, ordinary.
Where else “chitsona” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- to hangתְלוֹתtelot
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “telot” 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- the poleעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- he had preparedהֵכִיןhechin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hechin” appears
The context
3And the king said, “What honor and greatness has been done for Mordecai for this?” And the king’s young men who served him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And the king’s young men said to him, “Look, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”