Esther 7:8

“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.”

Esther 7:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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