And the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְreturnedשָׁבfrom the gardenמִגִּנַּתof the palaceהַבִּיתָןtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the banquetמִשְׁתֵּהof wine,הַיַּיִןand Hamanוְהָמָןhad fallenנֹפֵלonעַלthe couchהַמִּטָּהon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָEsther was.אֶסְתֵּרAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Will he evenהֲגַםsubdueלִכְבּוֹשׁthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהwith me presentעִמִּיin the house?”בַּבָּיִתThe wordהַדָּבָרwent outיָצָאof the mouthמִפִּיof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand they coveredחָפוּHaman’sהָמָןface.וּפְנֵי
Esther 7:8
Study it in the app“And the king returned from the garden of the palace to the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman had fallen on the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even subdue the queen with me present in the house?” The word went out of the mouth of the king, and they covered Haman’s face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 7:8, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- returnedשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- from the gardenגִּנַּתginat
garden
Garden, an enclosed orchard.
Where else “ginat” appears- of the palaceבִּיתָןbitan
palace
Palace: a large house of the king.
Where else “bitan” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the banquetמִשְׁתֵּהmishte
feast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appears- of wineיַּיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- 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- had fallenנֹפֵלnofel
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nofel” appears- the couchמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- Esther wasאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- subdueכְבּוֹשׁchebosh
violate
To force a woman.
Where else “chebosh” appears- the queenמַּלְכָּהmalka
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” appears- The wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- went outיָצָאyatsa
spring up
To spring up, be born, come from something.
Where else “yatsa” appears- of the mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- and they coveredחָפוּchafu
cover
To veil one's head in grief or shame.
Where else “chafu” appears- faceפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears
Translation note
“Subdue the queen”: force her. “They covered Haman’s face”: it can be understood that they were already treating him as condemned.
The context
7And the king rose in his fury from the banquet of wine and went to the garden of the palace; and Haman stayed to petition Esther the queen for his life, for he saw that evil had been determined against him by the king.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Harbona, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, “Also, look, the pole that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke well for the king, is standing at the house of Haman, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”