Esther 8:1

“On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Esther the queen the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made known what he was to her.”

Esther 8:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 8:1, word by word

dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh

Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.

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gaveנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to Estherאֶסְתֵּרester

Esther

Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.

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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.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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of 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.

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the adversaryצֹרֵרtsorer

harass

To be someone's enemy.

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of the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim

Jew, Judean

Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.

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and Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay

Mordecai

Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.

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cameבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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had made knownהִגִּידָהhigida

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2And the king removed his ring, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

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