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let them bringיָבִיאוּa royalמַלְכוּתrobeלְבוּשׁthatאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhas worn,לָבַשׁ בּוֹand a horseוְסוּסthatאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhas ridden,רָכַב עָלָיוand on whoseוַאֲשֶׁרheadבְּרֹאשׁוֹa royalמַלְכוּתcrownכֶּתֶרhas been set;נִתַּן
Esther 6:8
Study it in the app“let them bring a royal robe that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been set;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 6:8, word by word
- let them bringיָבִיאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- a royalמַלְכוּתmalchut
reign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appears- robeלְבוּשׁlevush
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levush” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- has wornלָבַשׁlavash
put on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “lavash” appears- and a horseסוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- has riddenרָכַבrachav
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rachav” appears- headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- crownכֶּתֶרketer
crown
Crown: the royal ornament placed on the head.
Where else “keter” appears- has been setנִתַּןnitan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “nitan” appears
Translation note
“On whose head”: by the grammar, the crown goes on the horse’s head, as a royal ornament.
The context
7And Haman said to the king, “The man whom the king delights to honor,
8 · This verse (above)
9and let the robe and the horse be given into the hand of a man from among the king’s officials, the nobles, and let them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor, and let them make him ride on the horse through the square of the city, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it will be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”