Study it in the app“For we have been sold, I and my people, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish. And if we had been sold as male slaves and female slaves, I would have kept silent, for the adversary is not worth the harm to the king.””
Forכִּיwe have been sold,נִמְכַּרְנוּIאֲנִיand my people,וְעַמִּיto destroy,לְהַשְׁמִידto kill,לַהֲרוֹגand to make perish.וּלְאַבֵּדAnd ifוְאִלּוּwe had been soldנִמְכַּרְנוּas male slavesלַעֲבָדִיםand female slaves,וְלִשְׁפָחוֹתI would have kept silent,הֶחֱרַשְׁתִּיforכִּיthe adversaryהַצָּרis notאֵיןworthשֹׁוֶהthe harmבְּנֵזֶקto the king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkarnu” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appearsif (unreal)
If (for a supposition that is not fulfilled): "if we had been…".
Where else “ilu” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appearsfemale slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shefachot” appearsbe silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hecherashti” appearsadversary
Someone who oppresses and attacks another; the adversary.
Where else “tsar” appearsbe equal
To match, have the same value.
Where else “shove” appearsdamage, loss
Damage, harm or loss that someone suffers. Related to the Aramaic word of Ezra 4:13.
Where else “nezek” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsThe ending is difficult. It can be understood: “for that distress would not be worth the king’s trouble,” or “although the adversary could not make up for the king’s loss.”
3And Esther the queen answered and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me at my request, and my people at my petition.
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5And King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Esther the queen, “Who is this, and where is this one whom his heart has filled to do so?”
